Later update: the quiz mentioned at the bottom of this entry is up now, right
href="http://quizilla.com/users/dichroic/quizzes/What%20fictional%20detective%20ar
e%20you%3F">here. Don't worry, I won't keep perpetrating these. This is the
last, at least for a while.
Yesterday was a good one, financially speaking; I got the check for my car (RIP
Zippy) and Rudder and I sent off the paperwork to refinance our house again. We
did it only about a year or so ago, but rates had fallen so quickly that it was
worth doing again, and fortunately we applied before they headed back up. This
particular bank had a system allowing you to do the paperwork on your own, but it
was so confusing figuring out which parts had to be notarized and exactly what we
had to sign that I think I'd rather go to an office next time. Also, I wasn't sure
whether to leave in the loan for Zippy, which should be closed out in a couple of
days. (We left it, since they'd already approved us anyhow.)
Right
now the prime choices for a replacement vehicle are a Honda Civic again, regular
or hybrid, a diesel turbo VW Beetle, or a Toyota MR2 Spyder. The 2004 Toyota Pruis
hybrids also sound like they might be worth waiting for. And yes, the C&E matrix
is actually helping with the decision.
I'm in the mood to create
another
href="http://quizilla.com/users/dichroic/quizzes/What%20hero%20%5C%20heroine%20of%
20children's%20literature%20are%20you%3F">quiz. Since there's no point in
doing a LMM heroines one, with a good one in the same vein already around (and
even less point in one on her mostly-cardboard heroes!) I've been thinking of
alternatives. I may make one on fictional detectives. Just don't blame me if you
don't get to be Lord Peter ....