Archive for January, 2008
Moving?
My roommate in San Francisco told me she will need to move out on 31 March. She is falling on tough times with her business and will not be able to work in San Francisco anymore, so she’s moving to Napa full time.
I’m very sad. First, there’s the fact that the past year has been [...]
Posted: January 7th, 2008 under San Francisco, Travel.
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Religion and Me
I’m pretty non-religious, but I usually stop short of calling myself atheist these days. I’ve started to view secular intellectuals as no more tolerant or worldly than bigoted evangelists. Not least this guy - proselytizing atheists are just as trying as door-to-door bible-thumpers. I think religion (well, some religions, practiced in certain ways, in certain societies) is [...]
Posted: January 8th, 2008 under About Me, Get In My Head.
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Is There No Escaping Them?
Bank of America to buy Countrywide for $4 billion.
Every time I think I’ve moved all my finances away from BofA they swoop in like a pathalogical vampire. Aren’t they approaching their legal market share maximum? I guess this quote says it all:
“Federal law also bars banks from acquisitions that would increase its market share above [...]
Posted: January 9th, 2008 under Economics.
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New Home Away From Home
I am 99% sure I have found a new place to live in SF. A nice big room in a 70s-era flat owned by a very nice old artfag. Will also be sharing with another gentleman I’ve yet to meet. It’s in the Sunset right off the N-Judah, only a couple blocks from both the [...]
Posted: January 16th, 2008 under San Francisco, Travel.
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MacBook Airhead
No, actually, I’m not too enticed by an ultra-thin laptop. I’m always scared I’m gonna break my current laptop as it is. I hope Apple doesn’t switch all their portables to this profile over the next few years… It’s icky.
… In any case, I had my last iBook for over 6 years before I replaced [...]
Posted: January 17th, 2008 under Mac.
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