It seems fitting to leaven the Valentine's Day muck with a dose of reality about women's rights, sex, and the institution of marriage. Not to be a scrooge about it, but it's both sobering and very hopeful, the changes that women are fighting for in Iran. Now if there were just a way to give them money...
http://www.meydaan.org/english/default.aspx
http://www.campaignforequality.info/english/
Friday, February 13, 2009
Thursday, February 05, 2009
crazy for craigslist
There's nothing like Craigslist when you need to get rid of things and get new things.
Like a roommate. No, I love my current roommate, but I'm adding to the household to help balance the freakin crazy costs of home ownership. Today, I bought a new dryer. Yet another way to mount up that debt!
And our first tax bill is due in 6 weeks. But I digress.
This weekend a medical student from Germany will be moving in. And hopefully by next week I'll have a second person lined up for my old bedroom. Then my monthly will be vaguely like it used to be when I rented -- and had my own place.
Still, I have high hopes for living communally and well.
Going from two rooms to one has meant a lot of contraction in my stuff world. Most of it is welcome. I'm posting ads on craigslist like a maniac -- enjoying the Santa-like feeling of giving away an old rug and desk. Also trying to make a buck on extra furniture and past mistakes in briefcase choices. Check me out.
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/clo/1022971820.html
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/fuo/1022233018.html
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/fuo/1022996229.html
What can't you do on craigslist? I haven't found it yet. I'm having fun hiring people in the Gigs section. Got two guys to come over this week and move my bed from one room to another. $40 isn't bad for 20 min of work, though they earned it. My bed is heavy.
Just found a dozen handymen who want to replace my locks and install vents in my building. (I need a lot of venting.) Next I'm thinking of posting an ad for the riding helmet I've had for, um, 20 years. Maybe I can even find someone who wants to buy my EU50 note, no exchange fee.
I wonder if Mr. Newmark had any idea what his "fancy" BBS (bulletin board system) would lead to? Goodbye capitalism friction!
Oops, loks like someone wants to buy my coffee table...
Like a roommate. No, I love my current roommate, but I'm adding to the household to help balance the freakin crazy costs of home ownership. Today, I bought a new dryer. Yet another way to mount up that debt!
And our first tax bill is due in 6 weeks. But I digress.
This weekend a medical student from Germany will be moving in. And hopefully by next week I'll have a second person lined up for my old bedroom. Then my monthly will be vaguely like it used to be when I rented -- and had my own place.
Still, I have high hopes for living communally and well.
Going from two rooms to one has meant a lot of contraction in my stuff world. Most of it is welcome. I'm posting ads on craigslist like a maniac -- enjoying the Santa-like feeling of giving away an old rug and desk. Also trying to make a buck on extra furniture and past mistakes in briefcase choices. Check me out.
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/clo/1022971820.html
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/fuo/1022233018.html
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/fuo/1022996229.html
What can't you do on craigslist? I haven't found it yet. I'm having fun hiring people in the Gigs section. Got two guys to come over this week and move my bed from one room to another. $40 isn't bad for 20 min of work, though they earned it. My bed is heavy.
Just found a dozen handymen who want to replace my locks and install vents in my building. (I need a lot of venting.) Next I'm thinking of posting an ad for the riding helmet I've had for, um, 20 years. Maybe I can even find someone who wants to buy my EU50 note, no exchange fee.
I wonder if Mr. Newmark had any idea what his "fancy" BBS (bulletin board system) would lead to? Goodbye capitalism friction!
Oops, loks like someone wants to buy my coffee table...
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