After reading the story a few days about a recent vandalism of a Monet painting at Musee d’Orsay in Paris, it reinforced my fear about most art museums and their inventory.  I’ve never understood why paintings, at the very least the valuable ones done by well known artists, aren’t behind some sort of protective barrier.  Sure, there might be complaints from those who might not be able to see as clearly due to potential glare issues but all it takes is one clown to poke a hole in an irreplaceable masterpiece and it is ruined forever.  In a day and age where these paintings fetch up to 9-digit auction prices, I would think museums need to rethink how they display their main attractions.  Were I museum curator I wouldn’t give the unwashed masses a chance to intentionally or accidentally come in actual contact with it, much less be near it without some kid of protection.

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While we were driving out to Suburbia Generica, I mean, Gwinnett County, the other weekend near the general area where we spent 4 misguided years, I noticed new storage space complexes being built in addition to the already-existing ones.  Now this might sound like nothing special, as storage areas are quite handy in places where space is at a premium (i.e. dense urban areas or near apartment complexes).

While the reasons I listed above are valid criteria for having a storage area, our former town we lived in does not allow apartment complexes.  Almost every lot is huge and I’d daresay the average square footage for houses in the area easily exceeds 2,700-3,000 feet.  In other words, there is PLENTY of room to store your junk within your own home.  These aren't 1,000 square foot ranch houses we're talking about here.

Perhaps we really are a society completely ill with overconsumption?  Maybe it’s time for one to do some serious spring cleaning if you have a 5 bedroom, 4 bath home with a full basement and 2-3 car garage and you still don’t have enough room to hold your earthly belongings.  To need additional storage space on top of that screams of disgusting material excess.