Eric likes to set a good example whenever he can. He recycles, uses CFL lightbulbs, and is even sure to use all-natural fertilizer on his lawn ("Watch where you step!" he called when I brought James over to trick-or-treat last week).

So it came as no surprise that Eric's parking spot sported an alternate vehicle earlier this week.

Eric later relayed this story to me:

As I pulled up to my parking space on my bike, Kyle the painter was on a ladder in front of the ticket booths. He asked, "Are you really chaining a bike to the fence?"

"Yeah," I said. "There are a lot of crazy people out here."

Without pause he replied, "Yeah. Like the guy chaining a bike to the fence."