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  • Goodbye Chicago

    I leave for the New State on Saturday for good (although I'll be back for a short while for my own house closing in the fall). Here's what I'll miss about Chicago: Old Orchard Shopping Center - this is an outdoor mal…

  • My Dad & I Suck At Packing

    The closing was today for my parents' house and now they're at my house until our flight for the New State leaves on Saturday. My wife took one look at the number of trunks we intended to take with us on the plane and i…

  • The New State

    Most of you know by now that I'm moving out of Illinois. You've also probably heard me mention the mysterious "New State." You are also probably hoping that YOUR state is the "New State." Who wouldn't want to live in …

  • Sold

    We found a buyer for our house today. My parents' house is sold already and the closing is next week. Our closing will probably be in a couple months. Fortunately we were able to agree on a price without much haggling…

  • I love My Mechanic

    I know nothing about cars, other than the fact that they are used for transportation. This makes it easy for me to be duped into paying for unnecessary and/or imaginary repairs. A few years ago we found a great mechani…

  • Human, Please

    I called Dell customer service today and almost burst an artery trying to get a human being to come on the phone. When you call Dell, you get a computerized system where you can respond by either pressing the dial butto…

  • Oops

    My wife and I went to Bloomingdale's Department store because she wanted to look at some make-up. The lady behind the counter was friendly and helpful. But at one point she looked at me and said "Your MOTHER has very n…

  • Update

    Come to think of it, 99% of all my readers are on Xanga. So it doesn't make sense to come here and type "Last Updated...." when all I have to do is cut and paste from my other blog. Besides, it looks like Xanga has rea…

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