Archive for April, 2006

YABM
(Yet Another Book Meme)

Saturday, April 22nd, 2006

Robust’s key (plus some stuff) works for me, so here it is:

bold = read it
italicised, but not bold = a book I want to read but haven’t yet
italicised and bold = a book I’m currently reading
bold and struck through = a book I tried to read and have formally abandoned out of disinterest
purple bold = […]

Stop this mortgage, I want to get off!

Saturday, April 22nd, 2006

Wow. Ok. So, plenty of people warned me that buying a house would be easily one of the most delightful and yet despairing times in my life. It was described as quite the roller coaster, but that doesn’t begin to really cover it. One moment there is elation as the plan seems to come together, […]

Try, try again.

Sunday, April 16th, 2006

So, what’s for dinner after a hard day of househunting? Apparently with one challenge behind me, I felt another one was in the offing. I had stuck a chicken breast in the fridge to thaw a day or so ago.
Now, for most people ‘a chicken breast’ doesn’t spawn Marsellus Wallace-level fright. Me? Oi, vey. I […]

Adventures in house-hunting:
The Marsellus Wallace incident

Sunday, April 16th, 2006

Looking at houses is always pretty fun. I think it might be a bit more fun if you’re not the person signing the huge honking checks…but still–a good time.
But I didn’t realize that it would be such a thrilling event.
So there’s this house. Same street-name as the ill-fated Knightdale house on 2 unperkable acres. […]

Short list.

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

It is late, but before I forget to mention a few key things, here’s the list:

I’m getting really annoyed with all the spam. Viagra ads is one thing, casino ads another, but rape pron? And the lame-ass compliments? God. At least be interesting like Robust’s crazy conspiracy theorists.
ArG is now I think actually missing her […]