From xraytheenforcer
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Proper update one of these days.

Our movers showed up an hour late, but then managed to get everything out of our old place and into our new one in 2 1/2 hours. Add 3 car trips (one of which was to bring just the cats) and we were 100% moved in. We did some cleanup of the Apartment of Doom and turned the keys in at 11:30 am on Saturday. After that, we took an epic trip which featured getting $50 in credit at the used bookstore (all of which we spent on the spot), $35 (cash) at the used video game store, and an epic round of shopping at Bed Bath & Beyond out in Queens. After shopping, we went to Flushing for pho and bubble tea.

This morning we had our first breakfast (coffee & oatcakes) and our first lunch (haggis on toast) in the new place while unpacking and setting the place up. Much more of that to come. The arranging of the bedroom will prove to be an interesting matter. Measuring tape, graph paper and scale drawings are likely to be involved.

Oh, and there are 5 unlocked wifi signals available (plus about 10 locked ones), so it seems the wait until Friday's visit from the cable guy won't be so terrible.

Thanks for all the good wishes from the previous post.

Touch and Go Records, home to notable bands like Slint, Rodan, Big Black, and now Ted Leo, announced that they will offer their music for sale as DRM-free 256kbps mp3s. The pricing looks to be along the lines of $0.99 per song or $9.99 an album.

Now all I need is to not be broke.

The rules: List eight random facts about you and your habits. Tag eight people to do the same.

Tagged by ebenstone.

1. I have attended exactly 3 NBA games in my life. All three were Portland Trailblazers games, and I paid a total of $0 for tickets.
2. I have an autographed photo of Richard Dean Anderson from his MacGuyver days.
3. I have 26 first cousins. 4 of them live in NYC.
4. My great-great-great-grandfather lived right around the corner from our current apartment.
5. Sometimes I eat salt.
6. One summer I spent a month traveling from California to Okinawa by boat. I read 11 books during that time.
7. I can recite pi to 22 decimal places.
8. I have Gerry Faust's business card from when he was head coach at Notre Dame. I met him in the men's room at a restaurant in State College, PA.

Tagging:

bassmike
ailiergauche
i_am_vidoq
weaklingrecords
jonsiron
icemannorth
sermelt
pippingeek

Finally got to see Dan's Cingular ad:

I'm looking into car rental options and was wondering which sounds like the better option to the locals?

1) Plan to return the car on the Friday when we get into Edinburgh, which would likely mean leaving it at the airport and taking buses to (on Friday) and from (on Sunday) the city, but would mean not having to park it in town

-OR-

2) Plan to return it on Sunday morning right before we go and check in for our flight back to London (and NY), which would mean dealing with parking in town for the weekend.

Basically, I was wondering if parking is problematic and if keeping the car really saves much hassle in the way of getting back to the airport Sunday a.m. when compared with bus options.

Yesterday I actually got to use the word "eaves" in a NY Times crossword.

And the last two crosswords I've done (not actually from consecutive dates) have both mentioned Phil Ochs.

Page of the Week. It's from the "Order of the Science Scouts of Exemplary Repute and Above Average Physique," based in British Columbia. The page has a list of Boy Scout style merit badges for all sorts of nerdtastic achievements. There are certainly many deserving winners of various badges on my FL. Mayhap I'll make a list later.

My favorite, naturally, is the "I Will Crush You With My Math Prowess" badge: