Year: 2004

Stating the Obvious

An article in yesterday’s paper had a a subhead which read “The heat blanketing the Bay Area can be explained by laws of physics”. Well, duh. Yes, this is the Bay Area, where stating the obvious over and over again can be somewhat necessary, if only to remind residents that — evil as he may be — George W. Bush is not responsible for ALL bad things. Nor are people who (shudder) drive CARS…

I wouldn’t be terribly surprised to see “Current recession may be result of economic factors” in the Chronicle, nor would I surprised to see the moral outrage which would follow such a statement…

Just wait ’til we see this headline: “High housing costs in California may be related to growth limits”…

Suffragitos?

So the way to solve the problem of low voter turnout is by allowing 14-year-olds to vote? It’s sort of like solving the unemployment problem by creating thousands of new fast food jobs. Color me unconvinced…

I wore my Elmo shirt to work today. I always get lots of attention when I wear my Elmo shirt. Random strangers come up to me on the street. Evil co-workers even have nice things to say. I guess Elmo has that effect on people. Elmo is good…

Jury Duty

Did I mention that I’ve been called for jury duty again this week? It’s been less than a year since last time, but I can’t find the summons to prove it…

It’s hot. I’m not happy…

Charlotte

I think I’ve finally found the definitive squash casserole recipe. I knew it was going to be good when I saw that it was from the Barclay Cafeteria in Charlotte. I used to love that place, and not just because I could eat there and charge it to my Belk card when I was broke…

 

I’ve been thinking about Charlotte a lot lately. As a matter of fact, I found the aformentioned recipe by accident while looking to see if the Barclay were still open. I was looking up some of my old haunts and reminiscing about my first years there. But that’s all fodder for another journal entry…

All you need to know now is that Mark and I have set a tentative deadline for moving there. Why? Because we both like Charlotte and we both find SF rather distasteful. Because we want to own a house and not live our lives in an apartment the size of a postage stamp. Because I never want to ride a bus again unless it’s by choice rather than necessity. And because a new health issue involving my mom reminds me that I really want to live closer to my parents again…

It’s made me much happier than I was earlier this week…