On of my favorite movies is the 1996 Coen Bros. classic, "Fargo". I was looking for a movie to watch this evening and smiled when my eyes scanned the spine of the DVD case.There are a lot of things I like about this movie. The erratic speech pattern of Steve Buscemi. The slow but effective … Continue reading The Self Destruction of Jerry Lundegaard
Change of Plan
Well, due to our outlying nature the Estate Sale folks won't hold a sale for us. Looks like we're going to have to do our own.OR!We've recently started looking into possibly leasing the house fully-furnished. A quick look through a few sites like craigslist shows quite a market for that kind of thing. We are … Continue reading Change of Plan
Movie Review x 2
Wall-EI've been a fan of Pixar since the original Toy Story. Technically, I've been a fan since Superman (1978) as they were responsible for the eye-popping credit sequence. But I've enjoyed their films so far, all being good, some being great, a few being absolute masterpieces. Wall-E falls squarely in the latter category.Wall-E is a … Continue reading Movie Review x 2
Special Guest @ Charlie’s Chicken
Paradise by the chicken fryer light?Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
Estate Sale
As we're mentioning our forthcoming travels and plans to friends and family, Indi and I have been surprised at how many people have asked to buy stuff of ours. We're considering forgoing the formal estate sale process and just doing one ourselves. I'd hate to be left with riff-raff stuff that we'd just get rid … Continue reading Estate Sale
House for Sale!
We now have a for sale sign in our yard. It's a little surreal to see, and hopefully we don't have to look at it too long. We'll be lucky to break even on the house, will probably have to pay some to get it sold. Sucks, but that's the housing market for ya.Also, yesterday … Continue reading House for Sale!
Back to Life…back to Realty
We met with a realtor today. Signed all of the paperwork and all that jazz to get the house on the market. We also got some cheap plants and such for the cobblestone area @ the front of the house and are borrowing Lori & Danny's bench to make it look all nice. So our … Continue reading Back to Life…back to Realty
The New American Dream
On the welcome page to our site, I call our journey the 'New American Dream'. Indi mentioned that she didn't quite agree with that, and I realize I have not really explained myself. So here is what I think:The old 'American Dream' is exactly what we've been doing. We own a home, have respectable jobs, … Continue reading The New American Dream
Telling Family
Well, all immediate family has been informed, plus my Nana and Papa - most of whom took the news better than expected. Honestly, most of the feedback we've received so far from family and friends has been very much along the lines of:"Man, I wish I could/would/did do that.""You only live once. Do it before … Continue reading Telling Family
Packs
So I went through my normal routine on my lunch hour; grab some food nearby and browse the web for an hour. On Engadget, I randomly came across an article about backpacks for travel:http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/ask-engadget-best-backpack-for-traveling-with-gadgets/It's fun when things like that happen. Also, as I sat here, I thought about my daily routines and how they would … Continue reading Packs
Rhys' Pieces 