Back online

It's been a while.

When I moved, I made the request to move my phone line two months in advance. Unfortunately, due to a strike they didn't process my request until I called them. When I reached them, the phone company gave me an appointment for mid-September. This meant no phone and no internet (I used DSL) until then. When the appointment came around, nobody showed up, and my connection was further delayed until October. Frustrated, I switched to cable Internet and finally got online again last weekend. My phone also eventually came, so now everything seems to be back in order.

While I've been offline, I've noticed the blog spammers have reached me. I've turned on word verification for comments to stem the tide.

Watching the news these days seems more depressing then usual, it seems like there's been a bumper crop of natural disasters this year. I'm tired of watching various tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes, and floods.

But perhaps there's nothing more depressing then this: Fire destroys Wallace and Gromit treasures

Gibson Retracts his Five-In-The-Noggin speech

Well, this is surprising.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,166059,00.html

Back to Buisness...

The house is complete, so maybe I should go back to blogging about things other than the house now.

Expect some updates to this blog soon.

It's almost ready!

It's almost finished! Cabinets are in, the carpet and hardwoods done. There's just some minor details remaining.

New Low for Fox News.....

The British cops shoot somebody who turns out not to be a bomber
(and not even a Middle Eastern), and what does that moron Gibson do?

Praise them.

Just read......it makes me angry just thinking about it.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,163420,00.html

House update #5,125

Well, the house is nearing completion. Only four more weeks to go until we move, and the house itself should be finished in three. Notice the little wooden knobs on the kitchen cabinets. We wanted polished nickle knobs, but the builder wanted to charge $200. Cost of the knobs at Home Depot: $19.95 for a pack of 20. Wisely, we decided to install the knobs ourselves, and just let the builder put in whatever. The wooden knobs will be making a voyage to the Habitat for Humanity re-store down the road in a couple of weeks (along with a few other things).

I'm probably boring people looking for insightful political commentary, but the house seems to occupy all my thoughts at the moment.....

Oh, and I got my $1000 back. It only took three days, and several trips to the bank. However, except for a huge inconvenience it seems life is back to normal.

No luck o'the Irish

First, there was the accident with a drunk driver a couple of months ago.

Then, came a letter from my old employer that a computer with various personnel info (such as name, SIN#, address, etc) had been stolen, forcing me to put a fraud alert on my credit report.

Now, we discover somebody made a copy of my girlfriend's bank card and stole $1000 out of our joint account.

ARGH!