friend of the built environment

… I can attest to the truth of this statement:
“Few people realize that most of the US is big blank depopulated nothing and when they bash the ‘east coast elites’ they’re really talking about a hundred mile wide swath of the Atlantic coast from Washington to Boston where over a hundred million Americans live. As [...]

My roommate in San Francisco told me she will need to move out on 31 March. She is falling on tough times with her business and will not be able to work in San Francisco anymore, so she’s moving to Napa full time.
I’m very sad. First, there’s the fact that the past year has been [...]

Bank of America to buy Countrywide for $4 billion.
Every time I think I’ve moved all my finances away from BofA they swoop in like a pathalogical vampire. Aren’t they approaching their legal market share maximum? I guess this quote says it all:
“Federal law also bars banks from acquisitions that would increase its market share above [...]

I am 99% sure I have found a new place to live in SF. A nice big room in a 70s-era flat owned by a very nice old artfag. Will also be sharing with another gentleman I’ve yet to meet. It’s in the Sunset right off the N-Judah, only a couple blocks from both the [...]

No, actually, I’m not too enticed by an ultra-thin laptop. I’m always scared I’m gonna break my current laptop as it is. I hope Apple doesn’t switch all their portables to this profile over the next few years… It’s icky.

… In any case, I had my last iBook for over 6 years before I replaced [...]