So yeah. The downstairs neighbor who passed away the other week? The one who knew the gossip in the community and played a lot of bridge and tried to talk me into running for state Something-or-Other just to get out some of the jerks we have?

Apparently she had a pretty influential, albeit not directly political, whole other life before she moved ( Read more... )

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Late yesterday afternoon, I had a rather polite young gentleman knock on my door and ask if I was having any problems with water leakage. After eventually determining that he was on the maintenance staff for my apartment complex (I'd recommend a logoed shirt or something in the future, as I wasn't really convinced until he mentioned the name of my ( Read more... )

So yesterday morning, I was awakened about 6 am by a loud crash and thud outside my apartment. My half-conscious mind processed it as being a fallen tree (trust me, that's something I've heard plenty), so I stumbled over to the window in the bedroom to look out into the forested nature preserve behind the building. Noticing nothing back there, I ( Read more... )