I went to my daughter’s soccer tryouts yesterday and evaluated many of the girls competing for spots for this autumn’s season…. Many of the kids had obviously never tried out before and were transparently nervous.
Browsing Category Thoughts, etc.
Virginia’s getting tougher on sex offenders
Virginia’s getting tougher on sex offenders:The Commonwealth can require a new Virginian who had to register as a sex offender in a different state to include his or her name on OUR registry. This is what I consider a “good thing.”
Why Do We Work So Hard on Our Lawns?
Why Do We Work So Hard on Our Lawns?:The answer is a combination of habit, snobbery, capitalism and government intervention.I live in a relatively new construction development (as there is so much in the Charlottesville area) and could not agree more with this – Only with the birth of the suburb could Americans finally realize the ideal of carpeting a buffer zone between themselves and the rest of the world…. Thorsten Veblen noted in his 1899 book, “The Theory of the Leisure Class,” that grazing animals had been banished from yards because they gave “the vulgar suggestion of thrift.”
DHL is the worst delivery service. Ever.
Apple sent the box in which I am going to send my broken mac back “Next Day A.M.” To DHL, this means “by 5pm…. All the while, UPS delivered to my house at 9:45 this morning and I have seen at least two FedEx trucks in Crozet while on appointments.
Scary stuff.
Wired News: Your Identity, Open to All A search for personal data on ZabaSearch.com — one of the most comprehensive personal-data search engines on the net — tends to elicit one of two reactions from…
It pays to be prepared!
Thankfully, I have a very recent backup and Apple may be able to recover the data.The next 5 to 7 business days will be a struggle…. Words cannot describe how thankful I am to have a very recent backup with all of my files, but most importantly, about 7,000 photos, consisting of a visual history of my toddler’s entire life and the majority of my older one’s life.Backup.
New blog
I was selected recently to publish on this blog, representing Charlottesville and the Central VA region…. It was nice to see this as well – “Real Estate Memoirsâ€, a blog of collective realtors, is seeking Passionate Real Estate Bloggers who wish to blog on their local real estate market on grow-a-brain.