http://www.biffsocko.com The End of the World Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:44:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm a picky fuck. It's been six weeks that we're on the market looking for a home. By all accounts it was supposed to be difficult selling my co-op and easy pickings picking up a new house. I haven't seen much I've liked yet. It's been ... http://www.biffsocko.com/2008/08/25/picky-fuck/ Alas, its that time of year again, time to register for school. I've gotten a little lazy over the summer and am NOT looking forward to heading back to school again. As many of you know, I'm on the 50 year school plan. It was kind of ... http://www.biffsocko.com/2008/08/22/getting-ready-for-school/ I've been looking for a new home for a few weeks now. I've become quite good at reading through the lines of real estate ads. They contain certain keywords that can easily tip you off. Here are a few of them: 1) handy man's special -- ... http://www.biffsocko.com/2008/08/19/real-estate-code-words/ Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz - one of the better books I've read in quite a while. It's about a short order cook that can communicate with the dead.  It's a very interesting story with a twist at the end. I give it a thumbs up. http://www.biffsocko.com/2008/08/13/book-review-odd-thomas/ Rosie and I have been on a house search for a while now. At this point we've reviewed hundreds of homes and have been to dozens of open houses. I LOVE shopping for homes. Sure I'm worried about not finding just the right one and ending up ... http://www.biffsocko.com/2008/08/13/house-search/ Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do ... http://www.biffsocko.com/2008/08/13/heres-to-the-crazy-ones/ Well, we sold our home yesterday. I've talked about doing this for at least two years, but there was always repairs or something that needed to be done before selling it. A few weeks ago Rosie and I looked at each other and said, well .. there's really ... http://www.biffsocko.com/2008/08/10/sold/ Rosie and I spent the weekend in Williamsburg Va. We stayed at our timeshare with my sister-in-law and her family; three boys (ages 2, 5, and 7) and her husband Charlie. We did Busch Gardens on Saturday and took in Colonial Williamsburg on Sunday. Busch ... http://www.biffsocko.com/2008/07/27/williamsburg-va/ when i find myself in times of trouble mother mary comes to me speaking words of wisdom: "code in C", "code in C" This is a great article on the software behind the Mars Phoenix Lander http://www.biffsocko.com/2008/07/16/nasas-phoenix-mars-lander-the-software-behind-the-machine/ Rosie and I headed up to Boston for the weekend for a family gathering. People flew in from Austrailia and Ireland to meet up. Boston is a nice enough place, but it just doesn't have the heart that NYC has. It's like something is missing somehow. ... http://www.biffsocko.com/2008/07/14/boston-for-the-weekend/