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Selling my house = Married to a Vulcan

Well the house is going on the market. Why? Oh mostly because of the money. The San Diego real estate market is going to stop growing so quickly and I want to get selling while the selling is good.

But my real estate agent nailed it when she asked why I was so hesitant. "You feel like it's a failure." And she's right. It feels like I'm failing. Even with the money I'll make I feel like I am letting the house down.

But guess what... the house doesn't care. At all. And THAT makes me even more sad. This must be what it's like to marry a Vulcan. No feelings.
--Dylan
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2004.03.01
So I'm aiming to head down to the video game convention PhillyClassic, March 20-21. I have one road buddy lined up, some guy from MIT, to split gas, tolls, and rooming expense...anyone else interested? It's kind of cool, lots of video game wackiness, tons of arcade games set up for free play. I'm going to release JoustPong there, amusingly I'll probably be asked to sign the game boxes and what not...let me know if you want to tag along, it's a fun weekend roadtrip. UPDATE: think I got a full civic load to head down there.

Inspiration of the Moment
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Of course, so does falling down a flight of stairs."
Richard Doty
Never say die. I've tried it, and it doesn't actually make people die.
Tom McCudden
"The early bird gets the worm. But then, you can also get a worm by drinking a whole bottle of tequila."
Ben Schwalb
"Every dawn brings us a fresh start, because we never freakin' learn, do we?"
Tom Witte
It takes a village to raise a child to hate all of the people in the next village.
Charles Star
"The key to someone's heart is never lost: It's just that the locks were changed 'cause your some kind of psycho."
Jean Sorensn
"You can do anything if you want it bad enough. That is why we see so many people that can fly."
Elden Carnahan
--from a contest in The Washington Post, via "Planet Proctor" in "The Funny Times".

Games of the Moment
Speaking of videogame wackiness, Lore of Brunching Shuttlecocks fame is starting a new site, Little Fluffy Industries, a blog dedicated to cataloging all the free web-based games out there. One that immediately caught my eye was Warthog Launch, an extremely compelling game. It's a 2D homage to a sport people invented by gamers fooling around with Halo when they realized they could send the indestructable "Warthog" jeeps soaring by piling grenades underneath and then shooting. (I kisrael'd that previously.) With this online version, it's very satisfying to figure out how to get all the floating aliens. Good UI too, marred only by having no way of resuming a previous game.

Toy of the Moment
Old wine in new technological bottles, it's Bush Unmasked.