I live in a one bedroom apartment in a 4 unit building. It's a 2-up 2-down sort of a situation. I live in a second floor unit. There's absolutely no soundproofing, but other than that it's a nice place to live ( Read more... )

Working for an energy efficiency organization, my coworkers often have decided opinions on the use of natural resources. We do not officially work with transportation issues, but a coworker mentioned this one at lunch yesterday:

FU H2!

What an appropriate salute to a ridiculous vehicle!

I'm not sure if I'm going to go to this or not, but some of you, dear friends, who live in Boston, may be interested in this organ recital tomorrow evening.

It's tomorrow ( Read more... )

I've been so impressed by how well this seems to be doing for others that I thought I'd try it ( Read more... )

As some of you know, I now work for an organization that promotes energy efficiency. I specifically work in natural gas efficiency. Natural gas utilities typically measure natural gas in Therms, while electric utilities bill electricity in kilowatt hours (kWh). Last week, I was talking with a colleague who pointed out that he has an intuitive ( Read more... )

Quote of $1600. I'm reporting it to insurance.

So that's why it was only my car that had it's wheels stolen...still it could be worse!

I had intended to post on my feelings of closure of one part of my life and beginnings of another, but then everything this week went into a downward spiral. The center did not hold ( Read more... )

So at lunch at work today, a coworker asked me a question I couldn't answer. She apparently saw a gateway in a mediaeval hilltop town in Tuscany that puzzled her. She said it was 35 ft tall and 10 feet wide. She wanted to know why it was so tall and so narrow. Any ideas?