Posts Tagged: bio

Semper renter

semper renter 5.16.2004 The mobile home buying attempt came to an ugly, ugly end. If someone’s going to be my landlord for the long term, possibly the rest of my life, they should provide a place to park my car, know where the lot lines are, and know the rent control laws. Is that too… Read more »

More home buying stress

The seller and I have agreed on a price, contingent on my inspections. My biggest worry right now is that there is a humongous double-wide that just moved in next door, almost smack dab up against my unit. And I don’t know if I can get the park to pay for any of the cost… Read more »

Soldiers in Baghdad

I finally emailed Chris Langmeyer, who’s stationed in Baghdad many months. It’s so hard to think of what to say to someone whose life is continuously in danger. I do pray, every day, in my own incoherent nonreligious sort of way, for the safety of him and everyone in Iraq. How can we bring soldiers… Read more »

Cheap thrills

It came to me. Why I love to organize everything. The feeling I get, whether I’m organizing files at work or possessions at home, is the feeling of life getting less complicated. I must be addicted to this feeling.