Can’t Sleep
I can’t sleep so I am going to ramble for a little bit.
Florida was nice. My parents have moved to an area that is one of the hardest hit by the housing crunch. Well, let’s not call it a “housing crunch” - let’s call it “thousands of individual people taking out loans they couldn’t afford from companies that had no business giving out loans to these people, creating a giant financial house of cards which is quickly and painfully collapsing for all parties involved.” There, that’s better. Anyway, in this area of Florida, there is construction *everywhere*, it all seems to be half-finished, and prices have been dropping like a rock. For the price of a 1-bedroom condo here in LA, you can get yourself a new 3-bedroom house on a golf course.
We went to the dog track one afternoon, just to go check it out. Coincidentally, there was a story in the paper that morning about how the dog track is in decline - cruelty to animals, it’s not cool, etc. As long as it’s not cats, I think that is a great way to spend an afternoon - get a bunch of friends, drink some beer, and make $2 bets for whatever reason.
My attempts are building a new PC for my dad this Christmas kinda went awry. Pretty much everything didn’t work, including the Webcam I bought for them. This is the first time this has ever happened in about half a dozen builds. Ouch.
Am back to flying Southwest when I can. It’s not so bad.
I think I am headed back into the breech again. I am addicted to what I do for a living.
Time to go get the laundry out of the dryer.