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BASC, The Huntsville Bike committee, has these pdf graphics available of the swell bike route map that's in bike shops and other public areas.

http://hsvbike.com/?page_id=544

As a bike commuter, I greatly appreciate this work, something I could have used back in 1994 when I committed to bike commuting full time after skateboarding and bicycling when my car at the time would often be broken down due to planned obsolescence.

Pick one up even if you're not a bike commuter because it has instructions on bicyclists right to the road and how auto operators should behave in conjunction with them, and beyond that, it's actually a really good map of the city.

This comment I made (once it's approved) should show up after this link:

http://huntsvilledevelopment.blogspot.com/2009/09/housing-authority-shifts-to-lowe-mill.html

here;s the comment with irritating mispellings included:

That's not good. not good at all. Lowe Mill is already benefiting. It's already gone from alternative underground with the Flying Monkey Arts Center to above-ground with the Lowe Mill stuff aroudn it.

this happens againa and again ins city after city. The creative class risks going through and living in a rougher part of town, makes it more interesting and the new "cool" place to go and the upper crusts wants to kick out the pople who already live there? Let's not let Huntsville make the same mistake and instead work with people who need help instead of shuffling them off where some people dont' want to see them because it makes them "feel uncomforatble".

And I'm terrified.

I was fine until we talked to the mortgage broker. Devon was anxious until we talked to the mortgage broker.
We have a really, really good mortgage broker.
Now I'm anxious and Devon is perfectly at ease.
We love the house we're renting.
But we'd have to have a conventional loan, more money at a higher interest rate, as it doesn't qualify for FHA.
The great First Step program I found last month that would have really, really helped us-is completely out of money.
We gross too much for the excellent Next
Step program. So that limits some of our options, even though we do qualify for the $8,000 federal.

The old house we're in needs a LOT of work. But it's structurally sound with a good foundation and a good roof. I figure if it's lasted over a hundred years, theyete

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But lousy insulation.

The houses we've looked at aren't even close to compare for character or location (at least to me).

We live in a neighhborhood, with trees with branches over the street, and extremely walkable. When we went to the suburbs, whoo it was HOT from the asphalt and sidewalks and no coverings. The only trees were up against the houses.

We live near a railroad track and 565 and still the noise pollution was so much worse by Research boulevard at the suburbs we were looking at. 2 of those houses needed as much maintenance as ours, built within the last 20 years, but they were $60,0000 more expensive. So no go.

But we don't want to be trapped in an endless money pit if we buy where we are at, either.

But while the other house we look at, the 3 bedroom ranch houses have 3 bedrooms, they're really, really small bedrooms.

But that could save us a lot on insulation. Then we have a storage problem.

We found some really good deals in the Merrimack area. But every one of them is still a fixer uppere with a ton a maintenance needs. But lots and lots of storage space. Great if your an investor, but not so much for a first time home buyer.

We were happy with our realtor until we realized he wasn't going to be doing much negotiationg for us as buyers. So looking for someone else. Nice enough guy, but not a good fit for us.

I'm mainly just writing these down so I can find the information later when I need it.

We knew this part would be difficult. Now instead of Devon freaking out, I'm freaking out. There's so many variables going into this.

AAAAAAUUUUUGHHH!!!

UPDATE: after looking at several other options and havig one of them ripped away from us,we decided to go with the houe we're in. No FHA, but price is low enough forus to do conventional. Once we get it, we need to do 3 things. Get a new energ efficient refrigerator, buy a sofa that pulls out into comfortble bed for guest, and proper inuslation so our gas heating bills aren't so feaking high.
I'm scared and excited about this.

I haven't talked about this because I never knew the whole story. I still don't, so keep in mind these are my opinions, okay?

I decided to do some investigation myself. I went by the intersection of Wynn and Technology Dr. the other day. I went all four ways by car first, then all four ways later by bicycle. There is no way that bicyclist should have been killed in that collision if she was bicycling legally and safely on the road like she was supposed to. The person driving had to have been not only been going quite a bit over the speed limit for that hill to cause any visibility problems, and had to have not been paying any attention to the road at all to not slow down and brake properly, even if the cyclist actually "swerved" (very doubtful) in front of them. Clear cut case of criminal negligence, if not manslaughter, to me, if the bicyclist was biking legally and not wildly and badly (and I'm pretty sure she wasn't from other accounts of how she bicycled). Accidents are unavoidable. This was completely avoidable. It was a collision that killed a bicyclist for no damn reason other than someone being in a hurry and not paying attention.

So, please, slow down, pay attention and ask yourselves what you're in such a hurry for? Leave just a little bit earlier and drive safer. Please.

I was about to post more, but the last paragraph of this post summed up what I was going to write:

http://ping.fm/WxibW

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I pretty much have to disagree with the police on their conclusions on this. As anyone who know me knows, we've had disagreements before.

I pretty much agree with everything Mark Evanier said here:

"And you've got to wonder: If Congress will bend over backwards to overlook the excesses of a spectacularly unpopular administration, what are they going to do for one that America actually trusts?"

http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2008_06_20.html#015429

These are one day behind. I don't know why.

• 13:09 New books received at work: Followship, Followship, Hello Kitty. #
• 15:09 @Team_Edwards The History of Sanrio, the company behind Hello Kitty. Thought it was funny after seeing 2 "Followship" titles. Cults R US! #
• 17:46 Yeah! Habeus corpus restored. Let's get America back from the fear-mongers. tinyurl.com/5jdxon #

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I just finished Cory Doctorow's YA novel _Little Brother_. Really great read everyone, not just YA should read.

It is available under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license. download yours. Librarians, ask for print deals.

http://craphound.com/littlebrother/download/

These are one day behind. I don't know why.

• 15:30 READ:Chris Anderson, Jared Diamond, John Forester, Malcolm Gladwell, Michael Hart, Naomi Klein, Steven Levitt, Bill Moyers, Eric S. Raymond. #
• 21:46 @Ohmu, all non-fiction authors I believe everyone should read works by. Hope Thai Garden food was as yummy as ours was! #

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Surveill the Surveillance. Let's take back the Constitution's hijacked 4th amendment as soon as we can.




http://www.aclu.org/privacy/spying/surveillancesocietyclock2.html

These are one day behind. I don't know why.

• 14:36 Excited about visiting my brother in Presscott and visiting the Grand Canyon. Terrified of the TSA at the airports, though. Chill effect. #

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These are one day behind. I don't know why.

• 16:51 After finishing _Global Values 101_, I'm reflecting on the value of forgiveness and why some people think 45% right is equal to 100% right. #
• 17:01 Almost forgot! Celebrate Document Freedom Day!
  documentfreedom.org/ #
• 18:51 Computer Network Services guy at work is catching on to gnu/Linux. Uding Xubuntu on an old laptop to check out what the kids today use. #

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• 11:48 Looking into the Lakota Nation. Looks like the UN indigenous people's thing they passed in 2006 may work for them. #

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This is pretty cool.

"Share the love with One Laptop per Child, the Creative Commons, Textbook Revolution, and the entire world."

LiveContent CD

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/sj/2008/02/14/olpc-bookdrive-and-hackathon/

Re-mix and mash-ups away! Just be careful of the music sometimes.

Classic Tv in the public domain.

http://www.archive.org/details/classic_tv

That's interesting:

http://harpers.org/archive/2008/02/hbc-90002487

It explains why my videorecording of that 60 minutes segment was mostly a parking lot.


Definitely not just theories anymore.

UPDATE:

WHNT re-broadcast it at a sane hour during their 6:00pm broadcast.

http://www.atlargely.com/2008/02/whnt-re-airs-60.html

Good for them. Finally.

Here's a link I missed:

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/media-blackout-update-pakistan-and-alabama/index.html?ex=1361682000&en=f74ecfb0dce41cfd&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

I left this comment at the last link:
"I live in Huntsville. It’s a great city, really. And Alabama is a great state. It’s just very unfortunate that the publicity we get is from our loudest, not necessarily brightest. And we have very, very bright people here, especially in Huntsville, the Rocket City.

That being said, the coincidences are way too much for these to be just theories. Again, NYT hasn’t owned WHNT since May2007. There’s a link in the comments to the Republican crony who does. Follow the money, think critically, and ask yourself who stands to gain.

Seigelman was definitely railroaded unjustly.

I don’t think he was a very good Governor, and Riley has surprised me in a actually being the best Republican governor this state could hope for. He is good for this state. His party and the current administration are and have been disasters for this country.

What bothers me the most is the attempt to dismiss this as one little station in a city in a state, when what’s going on has much farther reaching consequences. But Britney or a flash of Janet’s boob during the Superbowl or crimes in sports are more important and worthy of outrage and attention than crimes by our city, state and federal judiciary? Why the heck is that?

Thank goodness the internet hasn’t been locked down yet (but oh, how they are trying.)

— Posted by cainmark"

Who stands to gain? and Follow the money. are things to keep in mind when such "coincidences" happen.

Both Roy Scheider and Steve Gerber died earlier this week.

This post sums up eveything I started to write about Steve Gerber:

http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2008/02/12/steve-gerber-creator-of-howard-the-duck-1947-2008/

And his after-blog has some great remeberances of the man and his writing:

http://www.stevegerber.com/sgblog/

and this is a good write-up

http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/steve_gerber_1947_2008/

Howard the Duck was incredible for the time it was written (Forget the movie, I'm talking about the ground-breaking comicbook). In the 1970s, you never saw questioning of everything like that anywhere else. And his run on the Defenders with the Headmen and Nebulon and the Bozos was fantastic. His Foolkiller miniseries is still one of my favorites, and I've been really enjoying his take on Dr. Fate in Countdown to Mystery, which sadly, may never be finished now if he didn't plot to an end point. Great writing from him and his ideas will be missed.


Roy Scheider was a great actor. He was the Sherriff in Jaws and a thinly-veiled Bob fosse in this part:

http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2008_02_10.html#014805

"Vote early. Vote often"-John Sayles' Silver City

"Vote for the Kennedy of your choice, but vote!"-The First Family 1960s vinyl record album.


My wife voted for one candidate, I voted for another.

I really hope there's no criminal doings this year like there was in 2004, 2000, 1984, 1980, and 1960 and before.

Stuff like this, just, aaargh! Unjust, unfair, and that girl is still dead. Cracks in this system need to be fixed.

http://phoenixnewtimes.com/2008-01-24/news/the-wrong-driver/

This is mainly for trampoline_girl

Swiped from Polite Dissent, The best blog on comic book and superhero medicine and analysis of the TV show House

http://www.politedissent.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB-KPHQqwzc