12. November, 2003 - house?

• So, here’s the belated explanation for yesterday’s lack of posting: Monday evening, I headed down to Keegan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant for dinner. I was thinking I’d grab a bite to eat, have a couple pints, wind down, and then home for some reading and some sleep. But a friend appeared as I was about to call it a night, and four or five shots and a few pints later, I was still at the bar, and we’d had hours of wide-ranging conversation. Good fun, but it meant that I wasn’t feeling particularly bright-eyed and bushy-tailed yesterday morning. Off to a client’s office for a meeting. Lunch. A bit more work, then off to the lawyer’s office for a 2pm meeting to help get some legal work done (one of these days I’ll go into the details). Home through 3pm, what the hell, is rush-hour starting already? traffic and call my realtor. Spend a half-hour trying to get my printer to print out the map to the office where I’m meeting him, and then out the door to get there by 5, with no map printed. After two hours spent signing papers to make an offer on a house I want to buy (more details on that later, too), it was home again for dinner, a little TV, and then sleep. This morning, I find that they’ve counter-offered, and I think I can live with their counter-offer, so I guess I’d better get to work early so I can deal with house stuff this afternoon when me realtor’s done with his other meetings. Or maybe I’ll spend the morning trying to get my printer working again.
• Here’s a long review of Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. The best thing about Panther? Computers seem faster. In my case, it wasn’t a huge speed increase, but it was enough to notice, which makes me happy. [vowe]
• I’m not sure what to say about the Church Sign Generator, but it certainly has potential for mindless amusement, especially when some folks out there haven’t caught on to the fact that the picture isn’t a real church sign.
• Greeks query city on new house rules that are a result of the historic designation.
• MSA project seeks cheaper, safer student housing, hoping that the University will pick up the cost. Affordable student housing is a real issue around here, but there’s not really much you can do to get the per-bed cost below about $500/month. If the prices are lower than that, you’re either renting a shithole, or you’re packing people in tighter than the zoning codes allow.
• The war on terrorism: Supreme Court Justices to hear captives’ case, and decide what (if any) recourse the prisoners who have been held without trial have. [press-patch]
• U.S. Senate actions degrade democracy. Hmm. I was not aware that the senate vote on the $87 billion for Iraq was a voice-vote with only six senators voting. That Just Doesn’t Seem Right.
• Ashcroft the Avenger and the politics of mandatory sentencing. And mandatory sentences have helped with the War on Drugs how?

Copyright 2008, Dave Polaschek. Last updated on Wed, 12 Nov 2003 08:06:17.