I want to move. I want to move because I know that my new neighbors won’t be having loud parties every weekend until the wee hours of the morning.

*sigh*

Yesterday, Jessi and I signed many many documents saying that we promise to pay back the money that the bank will be lending us. Now I know why they call it Legal sized paper.

While I haven’t gotten around to scanning in the full building plans, we received the appraisal from the bank’s appraiser today and it included a simplified floor plan drawing. I scanned it in case anyone wanted to see it. (And if you want to see the full plans, come over sometime.)

Flier with no mention of homosexuality deemed ‘homophobic’

This scares me.

Tonight, I’m running another Standard Constructed Magic tournament at Card Stop.

Friday, I get to join millions of Americans by acquiring oodles of debt! We’re doing the closing on our mortgage.

Over the next couple weeks, we’re having various people over for meals, and occasionally going to someone else’s place for a meal. You may be able to be one of those people if you contact us.

April 1st through the 3rd is SFS Gaming Weekend, which I’m looking forward to. I’m also planning on running another tournament there.

Just got this email from my mom:

Dad got a call from the Planning Board chairman, John. John and the
Planning Director talked with the highway foreman about the driveway
permit. They have reached some kind of agreement so the permit will
be signed, and the process for a building permit will continue.

Happiness!

Oh, and in other house-building-related news, we’re closing on our mortgage Friday.

When ordering servers from Dell, make sure that all the fans that are supposed to be inside were in fact included.

It occurred to me today that I very very rarely need a physical mailbox. I wonder if someday it will be common to not bother putting one up. That is, much like nowadays where fewer and fewer people are bothering to get a physical land phone line in favor of cell phones; maybe someday physical mail will get phased out in favor of electronic mail (especially when it has authentication and encryption in common usage). Of course, package deliveries and such would still need to occur, but I’m not so sure about “normal” mail.

First of all, if you haven’t checked out Google Maps yet, I suggest that you do so. It’s very nifty. Its only downside is that it doesn’t support Opera yet, but I’m sure it will eventually.

If you look at the area surrounding our future house with most mapping services, including Google’s, you will see that Berry Corner Rd. comes southwest past Ten Schoolhouse Rd., and then curves around onto Ayers Rd. That curve is where my parents’ driveway ends. What you do not see on that map is that Berry Corner Rd. continues, eventually connecting (and ending) at Mcgilpin Rd. in Sturbridge. You do not see it on that map because the road has never been paved, and has not been maintained in any way for a Very Long Time. It is on this segment of Berry Corner Rd. that our house will be built on. Apparently, most maps have forgotten that it exists.

I got to be on a Jury today. It was a nice experience, to see justice administered by the community, and helps one appreciate what’s so special about the freedom we have in this country.

We found the defendant Not Guilty, in case anyone was curious.

How Microsoft Lost the API War is an interesting article on the future of computing and some things Microsoft’s done right and not done right. I found it a particularly interesting perspective, and probably very on target. Some of you may find it interesting, too.