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I’m writing this from safely in Mystic, CT. We have good friends here who are willing to not only share their home with us for a day, but they also let me hold their 11 day old baby, Alayna. She’s a very calm baby. Just sat in my arms and looked at me. . . . → Read More: All around: Pretty good In its very own little post: How violent should I be with my moving company? I’ve been calling every day. . . . → Read More: Movers The set of things for which I’m directly and materially responsible, right now, has shrunk to one wife, two cats, two cars and a few suitcases. Letting go of all control over the rest of the stuff (all five tons of it, thanks for asking) was difficult but liberating. I had a fun time trying . . . → Read More: Moving, still.. All my stuff just drove off in a great big truck. Goodbye, stuff. Originally published at chris.dwan.org. You can comment here or there. Even as I speak, strong men are taking my possessions and loading them into a truck. We’ve got a team of three, plus the driver (owner / operator, contracted to Ace Atlas). They have a system involving little numbered stickers and a clipboard dereferencing the numbers on the stickers back to what that sticker is . . . → Read More: Movers . . . → Read More: Less thinking, more packing My friends threw a little going-away party for me this evening. It was a good time. We went out for sushi and then out for peanuts and beers. Knowing our longstanding thing for pandas (particularly Hua Mei at the San Diego Zoo), Tim and Sarah gave me a children’s panda costume. As a gag, . . . → Read More: Panda party I mailed an express mail package yesterday to my mortgage agent in Rhode Island, at the address below: 100 Midway Cranston, RI 02937 The kid behind the counter asked “is that international?” To his credit, he was very embarrassed when I said “it’s going to Rhode Island.” He kept going on about how he had . . . → Read More: Post office What’s the favorite, preferred method for finding a truly vicious and goal oriented attorney? I have a number of document’s I’d like reviewed, and the “personal referral” method isn’t working out (apparently, none of my local friends ever have their employment documents examined before signing them). I’ve gone through the bar association, which promises random . . . → Read More: Needed: Vicious, Attack Trained Attorney |
