One of the best aspects of our new home in Rhinebeck, NY is that Augustus no longer howls at night. There must have been something about the Jersey City apartment that drove him nuts. And every night he’d start howling, which would keep us awake until we locked him in the guest bathroom. Now he … Howl No More!

I just ran across an interesting article in a back issue of Inc magazine about one guy’s decision to base his career in Bozeman, Montana. What really struck me was this quote from about half-way down the article: I’ve recently come to realize that I’ve been a mere consumer of place, investing nothing in and … Decisions about Location

Yesterday, as we drove up to Kingston, NY to celebrate a belated St. Patrick’s Day with Dad & Karin, we were strafed by a bald eagle. Now, I had no idea that there were any bald eagles in the Hudson Valley area; but after doing only a minimal amount of research I find that they … Bald Eagle

The other day I was driving up to Kingston, NY to meet with a potential client when I had an interesting revelation regarding the folly of exceeding the speed limit. Now I know some will simply say I’m finally growing up a little; but I don’t think that’s the case. Since I bought the Miata, … Folly of Speeding

Anna has a new favourite movie. It features Charlton Heston and is set in post apocalyptic Los Angeles. What movie is it? The Omega Man I’ll be buying a copy of this movie for Anna’s birthday… She once warned me that she might be forced to run away with her previous idol, Bruce Campbell; but … Anna’s New Favourite

What the Hell? It’s snowing again. Why won’t Winter just give up?

One of the lessons I’ve learned from reading What Color Is Your Parachute and many articles over at Ask the Headhunter is that the traditional method of job seeking just doesn’t work. You type up your résumé and send it off along with a cover letter in response to vaguely worded job advertisements — most … Cold Calls Work Wonders

I just got word from the folks at the Village Green Apartments in Rhinebeck, NY: our application was approved. Therefore, as of 1 April our new address will be: Jeff & Anna Watkins 25 Village Green Apt F Rhinebeck, NY 12572 Map & Driving Directions (from Yahoo Maps) Update: Corrected address. Although the landlord has … Move to Rhinebeck is Official

Yesterday we drove all around Westchester County looking for an apartment. We’d intended to check out the four apartment complexes listed in Mt. Kisco, NY first; however, after arriving and having a bit of lunch, we discovered that none of them were open on the weekend. How incredibly lame. What kind of apartment manager closes … Depressing Search Results

I’ve written before about our search for a new apartment. We thought we’d found an acceptable apartment in CT; but we got a weird and bad vibe from the management after following up on it. So we scratched that option. Yesterday we explored what may be the perfect town: Rhinebeck, NY. The apartments we saw … Perfect Town