On a more positive note, I’ve made arrangements to go back to San Francisco for a week in July. It is my fervent desire to spend that week finding and purchasing LOLCat Manor v.3.0, but even if the timing isn’t right for that to come to pass, I’m looking forward to the trip.
This time, I’m [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 21, 2009
San Francisco, again.
February 21, 2009
The Thursday night all-you-can-scavenge buffet.
The City of Seattle, in its infinite wisdom, has decided to include kitchen and yard waste pickup along with regular trash collection. For no additional fee, you get a little 13-gallon wheelie bin; if you need a larger container you have to pay for it. It’s pretty clear what is allowed in the kitchen waste [...]
February 9, 2009
Thrift score!
I’ve intentionally structured my life in such a way that I almost never have to drive anywhere. I live in an urban neighborhood, within walking distance of stores, the post office, and bus lines to anywhere else in the city. I’m self-employed, and thus my commute involves getting out of bed, going downstairs to make [...]
February 7, 2009
Businesses I’ll never start (#1 in an undoubtedly long series)
Had a dream last night.
(Yeah, I know, people talking about their dreams is like people talking about their pets or children or golf game–99% of the time it is of absolutely zero interest to anyone but the speaker. But I’m not going to let that stop me.)
Anyway, in said dream I was trying to sell [...]
February 7, 2009
Waiting for paint to dry.
January kicked my ass (not necessarily a bad thing, mind you). Then it somehow slipped away, and now I’m a week into February, looking up and saying, “Oh, hell–is it the seventh already?”
I won’t bore you with the details, but the highlight of last month was spending a few days in San Francisco, roaming around [...]
