I spent another long weekend looking for places in the city. At least this time around I had a better idea of what I'm looking for. I focused on the SOMA neighborhood and found myself feeling quite at home there. I have a couple of appointments lined up this week, and I'm starting to like the idea of a loft ( Read more... )

Wow, it has been a very busy week.

Last weekend I was in Las ( Read more... )

This was long weekend of hill climbing... I looked at about 10 places in the city and of those I could really only see myself living in one of them. The only problem was that it was in North Beach without parking. The one tip that everyone seems to agree with is "Don't do North Beach if you don't get a parking space" especially since I won't be ( Read more... )

I spent a couple hours tonight cleaning up the place after the big ( Read more... )

Today has been one of those days for the ages... The movers came and took all the stuff belonging to selena_kyleto her new place in Mountain View.  My place has this errie echo ( Read more... )

I have some sad news to share... After the last few years living together, selena_kyle has decided to move out. The time pressure of her new job and getting an MBA has pulled her away from me. She'll be moving to Mountain View next month, and I plan on moving to the city. Hopefully, we can remain close friends.

Just finished reading Amy Goodman's excellent book The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media that Love Them. As the subtitle suggests, the book exposes the intimate ties the current administration has with Big Oil and shows why the corporate media doesn't have much incentive to report on it. She doesn't ( Read more... )