is a cool hybrid that's all the rage? Well, because this car did not move from this spot from about August of 2004 until possibly recently. I took this picture a few days ago, and at that time the car still had its dealer temp tags on it, tags that expired in August '04, so unless the driver of this car was getting around illegally, I don't think this car moved for about the first six months of its life. Of course, I could be wrong, but I pass by this spot pretty often and at all hours of the day and night and this car has always been in this same spot, zero changes, with the temp tags on. This struck me as very weird. Why would anyone buy a $20k car, let alone one that people are waiting in line for, and then let it sit apparently undriven for six months? I have no idea, and no, it's none of my business, but it was fun to think of scenarios to explain this, such as that the owner was murdered and the body has yet to be discovered but the killer couldn't find the keys to the Prius. Or the owner bought the car, then learned of an opportunity to go to Botswana for six months, so she left it parked and took off. Yesterday when I passed by this car, it was there, but it had actual license plates, so I take that to mean it's going to move soon, or has moved recently. At any rate, something's changed. On the subject of parked cars, there's a lime green VW Beetle parked on the street in front of our apartment that has not moved since at least the first week of January. Odd, no? I know, it's weird for me to care about parked cars. And I don't care, except that it just seems so unusual. Cars parked on city streets usually move. A lot. But ok, I'll stop recording parked car movement patterns before you lock me in a rubber room.