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This is the house in Punta Gorda, FL, we have been trying to buy now for about 6 months. We were scheduled to close on it tomorrow. We originally scheduled to close around Thanksgiving of last year. To put it mildly, this house has issues.Our plan (up until late today) was to start driving to Florida tomorrow after it finally closed, but because our insurance company delayed getting information to the bank this week due to a printing "glitch," and after the insurance agent handling the account called in sick, and therefore our bank was not able to complete our ... Flag post Flag post 
Via Skippy comes the sad news of the passing of blogger Al Weisel, a/k/a Jon Swift.
this is the saddest news we have had to report in a long, long time.
the blogger who was known as jon swift has passed away far too soon @ age 46. his mother posted this message on the comments on his blog:
i don’t know how else to tell you all who love this blog. i am jon swift’s mom and i guess i’m going to out him. he was al weisel, my beloved son. al was on his way to ... Flag post Flag post Flag post Flag post 
I suppose it’s no secret anymore. We went down to the courthouse this morning, and got a place in line.
At least 16 couples were waiting at 7:15 a.m. inside the city’s Moultrie courthouse, which houses the marriage bureau and is just blocks from the U.S. Capitol.
Sinjoyla Townsend, 41, and her partner of 12 years, Angelisa Young, 47, claimed the first spot in line just after 6 a.m.
“It’s like waking up Christmas morning,” Young said.
Washington will be the sixth place in the nation where gay marriages can take place. Because of a mandatory waiting period, however, couples won’t ... Flag post
The Supreme Court denied haters' request to postpone DC's same-sex marriage law, which begins today. That means same sex couples can start registering for a marriage license today and can get married after 3 full days, so I believe that the first actual marriages will be on Tuesday, March 9. The AP reports that 200 couples are expected to apply today. I'm not sure how they know that. Shane and I do play to get married in DC. I was hoping we could get married on May 2, which is the date we celebrate as our anniversary. I thought ... Flag post
2/22/922/23/92 Grateful Dead @ Oakland Coliseum - Oakland, CA2/24/92Another February Grateful Dead tradition was a Mardi Gras celebration. In 1992 they did this instead of a Chinese New Year celebration. I seem to recall initially heading out to this one on my own. I think I met up with my friend Joby later in the trip. Meanwhile, Joby's friend, Jeff - the guy we stayed with for the CNY run - did me a huge favor and picked me up at the airport and I stayed with him up in Larkspur for a few ... Flag post Flag post Flag post Flag post Flag post Flag post
