Here's What Happened

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More hideous white stuff from the sky.

Should all melt by noon. This was a snowstorm in the middle of a heat wave! Some complex meteorology there, but I don’t feel like explaining it.

Turns out it would cost $100 to UPS the Art Installation. It’s fragile, would require acres of foam peanuts etc etc.

No way I am going to spend $100 shipping the thing. I mean, yes, yes, yes, it is adorable, but I know Max would prefer the $$$$.

I had a long conversation with the Shipping Place clerk about the economics of shipping. Turns out that this is UPS and Fed Ex’s response to Amazon’s virtual monopoly on b2b shipping. Courier delivery services can’t complete, so instead they shift the costs on to hapless personal shippers so that they can still maintain a profit margin.

Anyway, now I’m thinking the Art Installation becomes a graduation present that I hand-carry to CA in May.

Haven’t yet made plane reservations for the May trip. What I would really like to do is make a road trip to CA, which would necessitate acquiring a new-to-me vehicle – which I am 60% convinced I’m gonna do anyway – and finding someone else for whom the idea of a Rilly Good Time involves stopping in every roadside attraction on Route 80. That last one seems impossible. Really, no one but me likes road trips.

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In other news, the Saturday Tax Bwana clusterfuckery factor is under control so that it’s now entertaining. The other three preparers have good senses of humor, the wisecracks roll. All we need is a laugh track, and we’re a sit com!

And I’m trying to figure out whether there’s any compelling reason why I shouldn’t spend the rest of my life in bed streaming Monk episodes.

So far the only reason I’ve come up with is that there are only 125 hours of Monk episodes.

So, I’d be cutting my life span to six days. Or I’d have to watch a lot of reruns.

Comments

[robby]

You'll zip through Wyoming. I was amazed at how bleak Wyoming is. I'm watching the Canadian "Mockudrama" Trailer Park Boys.