Where I live now, I can park free on the street. (Otherwise I'd never even consider owning a car.)

Street parking can be a bee-yotch with having to move it several times a week for alternate side. When I lived in Astoria even having a car for a week now and then made 'nannas with the alternate side.

I'm sure you have but have you tried renting from the airport? Supposedly they can't/don't charge the premium You're a New Yorker rate anymore. And there is always Jersey, if you're going to have the car for an extended period of time it might be worth renting one west of the Hudson.

Falling in love with an inanimate object was his therapy. That's how he worked through his issues. I don't think the doll represented a psychotic break; I think he had always been that way and the doll was the start of the healing.

It seemed to me that Lars had never connected with people in his entire life. It was too much for him. When everyone was socializing with the doll he could start to have connections through her without so much pressure.

I've been writing all. damn. day. I think I have carpal ... shoulder, weirdly. And my brain is fritzing.

I want to stay up to see Tina Fey on SNL, though, or at least the beginning. I'll have to mute the Bieber parts. ::shudder::

Airport agencies don't let you take the car outside the US. (All-Car, which is the shady local place right down the street, is the only rental company I've found yet that will allow it without jumping through major hoops.)

Tina Fey's contributions could be pretty good. Still, this sounds like a job for TIVO.

Falling in love with an inanimate object was his therapy.

They brought the doll in too fast for me, then. The first therapy-needing thing I saw was him bringing a doll around like a girlfriend. And it seemed pretty obvious really early on what would be the trigger to resolve the whole thing, so it because a waiting game of indulgence until then.

I'm not good with harmless delusions. I was the five year old that told others there was no Santa, and it took a big sitting down to stop me from preaching Atheism too.

My dinner guest just left, which is honestly kind of perfect. And the food was good -- new recipes from a Moosewood cookbook. I should maybe eat at my table more often.

I was the five year old that told others there was no Santa, and it took a big sitting down to stop me from preaching Atheism too.

It probably doesn't help that I find that charming, too, does it?

Airport agencies don't let you take the car outside the US.

Ah hah! I see.

Pretty sure Zip Car does, but they don't (I think) let you have a car for a month at a shot. PitA, man.

Is there a friend with a car who'd let you buy it from them for two weeks? That wouldn't give you the day to day convenience but you could probably cut the annual rental in half.