I have a Subaru Outback. I love my Subaru. It's a great car. Yes, I wish that it got better gas mileage, but I love it. But you know what? I know that my Subaru is not a compact car. So when I'm in a parking lot or garage and I see the spots that say "COMPACT" I do not park there. No, I look for a different spot. I might even have to, gasp, WALK a bit further.

What the hell is up with people parking their freakin' SUVs in COMPACT spots? Today I had to wait in a parking garage for some idiot trying to de-wedgie her minivan from a COMPACT spot. I think perhaps parking cops should give tickets to cars that inappropriately park in those spots.

I did hear something on NPR about how a study was done and hybrids are now considered hot. Women surveyed would "chat up" the guy with a hybrid before the guy with the gas guzzler. Gas guzzlers are now officially not hot. Yay! But let's get them out of those small parking spaces.