Stuff That Happens tells me all about politics and beer.
I know that the Beer Politico would enjoy the train of thought. But, it also reminded me of the Pixies singing “politics goes so good with beer”…
One two three
She’s a real left winger ’cause she been down south
And held peasants in her arms
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Do you want to live close to me? I know you do. But don’t fret your pretty head, you can’t afford it. The price of all the destroy-the-neighborhood new homes pretty much assure I will receive baby boomers nearing retirement. (What do they need with 4 bedrooms and 3 baths?)
I was talking to my neighbor. We think it’s time to put some cars up on blocks in our front yards.
602 E 8th 1/2 St - The most expensive listing of 67 in the area: $1,150,000. At the end of my street - a block and a half away. Still under construction.
711 E 8th 1/2 - The #6 on the list, ordered by price: $925,900. I love the architectural rendering that makes it look alone and pristine. This one is 3 houses down - almost complete.
619 E 8th 1/2 - The next is down on page 2 of the 7 pages of listings on HAR. $599.900
Hmm, the 728 across the street from me isn’t in the list. It’s complete and been on the market for a while. Had a pending sign for a while, too. It’s had an “Open House Sun 2-4″ sign since January, and I’ve only seen it open a few times. It’s not listed on the open house list on the realtor’s site.
724 E 8th 1/2 St [nextag] - The boarded up duplex between the newly built and two just started constructions is valued at $266,860 - but it’s not clear that it’s actually for sale.
I’m not sure the nextag site is worthy - i think it’s a property estimate site. It lists the three closest schools as Wharton School, Christ The King School, and Jefferson Elementary School. I’m assuming they only are listing elementary schools. They missed the closest two: Harvard and Travis. Their link to Jefferson is a bogus link. Both it and Wharton are past major Interstate highways.
It’s been an insanely busy week - and I still haven’t had time to deal with my apparently broken air conditioner. Stopped off for dinner/beer/wi-fi before an evening of board games at the Stag’s Head.
They have the most awesomely amazing St. Arnold’s Imperial Stout aged in whiskey barrels on the cask pull. It’s an amazing beer, and being served at the perfect temperature. Austin Beer Boy should be salivating! I’ve only had this beer once before - at the 2007 St. Patrick’s Day Gonigel competition and party. Sean Lamb had brought a chocolate cake he made me eat with the beer, at the same time. It was amazing!
After laundry and chores and trying to fix an A/C on Monday (didn’t work), I had dinner and Power Grid at Sivco’s on Tuesday, edited a lengthy podcast last night with more laundry. Games tonight. Tomorrow is Ringwalds sans Jennifer plus derby in-service if I can make it. Saturday is crawfish boil (in the 281 - eep), and Sunday is roller derby with an after party at Onion Creek. I’ll be late to work on Monday for sure.
This looks interesting. Almost like what CNN was to news 25 years ago - on the edge and trying to figure out where they fit.
The deal? 100+ feeds from live news cameras across the country and across the globe. Often (they’re working on 24/7) they have a live person, who will alert you to what channel has something interesting on it. They’re often doing the same thing you’re doing - watching the feeds.
The Compressor/Condensor for my air conditioner has been running for over 36 hours straight. I haven’t been able to determine what the cause might be. When I turn the A/C off, or run only the fan, the compressor still runs (and cools with the fan).
I cut the power to the compressor for a while, and then back on. It still runs continually. Annoying.
The tree guy finally came and righted my rose bush on Sunday. Four guys couldn’t get it up. They had to tie a rope to it, run it over the house and to the street. Pulling it with their pick-up truck. Then it took over and hour to attach it.
A good read:
The idea that Apple will inherit Microsoft’s problems is based in the ignorance that Windows’ security problems are rooted in its popularity, rather than its poor architectural design. That is not true, as countless examples of viruses attacking minor platforms attest. Malware targets weakness, not popularity. Windows is plagued with malware, not because it is ubiquitous, but because it is riddled with weaknesses.
The Unavoidable Malware Myth, roughlydrafted.com
