I only have very random things to blog about, and only then in small doses. Five and a half days a week of solid Lifestyle Coaching will do that.

First, a cartoon:

Next, an observation:

- Are all dancers completely bovine? In the summer SPU hosts the Bovine Dance Festival. Dancers congregate everywhere, looking beautiful but, well, dim. So dim, in fact, that they won’t get out of your way when you’re trying to park and they’re standing in your space. Or out of the way of a moving bus (really).

Finally, a statistic:

- We own 5000 lbs of stuff. Apparently that’s not very much. And alas the people who estimated the weight of our things (for free) will charge more than we can afford to move it all to Large Southern Metropolis. So it looks like it’s a U-Haul for us, albeit with hired muscle. We’re going to buy walkie-talkies so car and U-Haul can keep in touch. So at least we’ll get walkie-talkies.

Posted by B. W. Ventril in Miscellanea

 

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9 Responses to “5000 lbs of pure love”

  1. Phil says:
    5000 lbs of stuff does seem pretty light for these days. But I compliment you on your lightness.

    Re: the cartoon — when I was in college, the undergraduate film bulletin did fake letters to the editor including one from a well-known (and controversial/pugilistic) Judaic studies professor laughing about how Hanukah came *after* Christmas that year, which meant cheap treats for the Jewish kids. He sued.

    June 14th, 2005 at 11:28 pm
  2. Lisa B says:
    U-haul is the way to got–you han hire help to unload it on the other end. Moving companies WILL rip you off. They will estimate the weight of your stuff and then whe it’s time to deliver tell you it actually weighed a lot more and hold it hostage until you cough up the dough in cash. Here’s a whole web page devoted to the topic:
    http://www.movingadvocateteam.com/index.htm

    June 15th, 2005 at 10:32 am
  3. B. W. Ventril says:
    Yeah, we’ve been quoted about $2700 to move our stuff. We can U-Haul it for $5-600, plus labour. And the cost of the walkie-talkies. I’m really excited about those.

    June 15th, 2005 at 12:27 pm
  4. Christa says:
    dancers are not only bovine, they’re asinine.

    June 15th, 2005 at 1:23 pm
  5. Bear Left says:
    Can I recommend NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT involving any exes in your U-Haul experience? On the bright side, if you exclude therapy costs, I kept my move from LMV’s old apartment to Southern College Town 75 min. east of Large Southern Metropolis to well under $1000. Mental duress, however, is a whole other calculation.

    June 15th, 2005 at 4:20 pm
  6. dickumbrage says:
    dancers are not only bovine, they’re asinine.

    as opposed to BWVentril, who is pure quinine?

    June 15th, 2005 at 4:43 pm
  7. lady macventril says:
    With a little juniper thrown in for good measure.

    June 15th, 2005 at 8:24 pm
  8. B. W. Ventril says:
    I am so quinine, it’s true. Five G&T’s a day will do that to a man.

    As for the move, all my exes live in Texas. Oh, wait, I mean my spouse is from Texas.

    June 15th, 2005 at 8:26 pm
  9. very anonymous says:
    that’s why i live in Genessee

    June 16th, 2005 at 5:00 pm