Category: Life

An apartment is for sale in London’s Chelsea area. An 11′x7′ apartment with a closet that serves both as the kitchen and bathroom, has no wiring, was formerly a janitor’s closet and is full of rubble and trash. The asking price is £170,000. That’s right, £170,000. At today’s exchange rate that would be roughly $337,076. [...]

For the curious, and the few who know what I’m talking about: Yes, I am the person responsible for Lyza Log in the past. I now work (again) for a small company (Kavi) and do something completely different. I’m a Web engineer. So there you have it!

When visiting our previous house on Gantenbein, in N. Portland, a goodly percentage of visitors would remark upon our security or safety. There were lots of suggestions of us getting an alarm. There was lots of uncomfortable giggling about the drug deals going down in front of the house. Yet I never felt that my [...]

Quietness here a side effect of visiting in-laws this weekend. We were busy, which left little time for either mad blogging or all-nighters with the Burning Crusade expansion for Warcraft. What we did do was motor around town and beyond in their Chrysler Town & Country, which had all sorts of automatic doors and lights [...]

I am surprised. After we had our complimentary ounce or so of Château Pinchon Longueville at Liner & Elsen, shoved shoulder-to-shoulder in an inefficient crowd gaping forward for more, more, and apparently attended by the King (in a complex waistcoated suit and wearing, I swear to god, medals), we returned home and I decided to [...]

The postal service lived up to its reputation during our little snowstorm, delivering away amidst a frigid torrent of various weatherstuffs. UPS, however…hmmm. Something that should have arrived 2-day shipping from Amazon.com a couple of days ago is languishing on the package tracking page with the message: “Delay in delivery due to external factors.” Come [...]

I’ve noticed the number of comments going up a lot lately. That warms my proverbial heart. I will always try to keep anonymous comments enabled because it sucks for people otherwise. I may stop moderating comments soon as the CAPTCHA I’ve enabled seems to be quelling the comment spam. Again, thanks. Now it’s time to [...]

I have to say I feel pretty good in one regard: I believe I have walked and run more miles this month than I have driven. Granted, I’m hardly driving at all in the new house, but still. As of today I’ve walked or otherwise foot-propelled myself about 55 miles since the 1st. I’ve been [...]

Mr. Hoenig and I tend to use craigslist as our own personal alternative to Goodwill, or, god forbid, the dump. We often will put things we don’t want anymore on the “Free” list: turf left over from a new lawn, scrap wood, moving boxes. It’s amazing what seemingly useless stuff flies like hotcakes off the [...]

The first thing I noticed this morning was not, alas, the surreal once-a-year-or-so snowfall that had covered the world a few inches deep and quiet, but the chain-lightning flashes in my eyes and an inability to see straight ahead–classic signs of an impending, crippling migraine. I am sitting at home trying to keep an eye [...]