Since moving to the new place (warning: site intentionally doesn't work in anything but Internet Explorer), my walk to work has improved substanatially. It takes a few minutes longer, but now I walk by Grant MacEwan instead of Churchill Square. That is, I walk by cute college students on their way to class instead of creepy park dwellers asking for spare change. The only down side is that I now walk into the sun both on the way to work in the morning and on the way home in the evening. It's a small sacrifice. Having a supermarket next door is also a quantum leap in convenience. It reminds me of my days back at the house of fun with Mike and Nicki, except that the ceiling is nearly twice as high.

After much procrastination and even some helpful advice from Dave and Ben, I'm still not much closer to buying a car. All the test driving and haggling over price and insurance and gas and parking. It's just such a hassle and it's so much easier to just put it off for later and watch another episode of The Sopranos. I invite comments on car-buying strategies and recommendations.

Recently played:
Supreme Beings of Leisure: Divine Operating System
Beth Orton: Daybreaker
Elastica: Elastica

Web site notes:
It's been over 5 years since I started my web site. After putting up with the accumulated cruft for so long, I decided it was time for a change. The new antiflux.org services encourage a more long-term design instead of my usual ad hoc approach.