The house hunt this past weekend was quite fruitful. I saw this place in Morningside on Friday, and took Jen and the boy over yesterday, and we all love it. It’s really in move-in condition, which is a bonus. And from the it’s-a-small-world department, I used to work with the guy who is selling it.

Posted on January 19th, 2004 by admin
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In six days, the 2004 season begins in Monte Carlo. I’ll wrap my season preview and Monte preview into a single entry, just for convenience sake. This is Sebastien Loeb’s championship to lose. He made a few uncharacteristic mistakes on his favored surface (tarmac), missing out on big points in Germany and France. Don’t expect […]

Posted on January 17th, 2004 by admin
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After a year’s sabbatical, Mitsubishi returns with a new drivers line-up and a completely redesigned Lancer WRC. The car features a redesigned body and engine, and promises to be a strong competitor once the bugs are worked out. New number one driver Gilles Panizzi said the car has felt very good during the tests, and […]

Posted on January 14th, 2004 by admin
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Salon’s criticism of a Howard Dean interview that mentions the word “God” I’m not quite sure what all the fuss is about here. Howard Fineman did not attack Dean with his questions about Dean’s faith. He didn’t try and twist his answers. Fineman was trying to learn to learn more about Howard Dean the person, […]

Posted on January 13th, 2004 by admin
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Pittsburgh City Council to raise parking tax to 50% to provide budget relief. Wow. Imagine for a moment you own a business, and you receive notice that the city will now be taking 50% of your revenue. Keep in mind these people will still be paying their federal and state taxes with the 50% of […]

Posted on January 13th, 2004 by admin
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I finally wrestled the anklebiter.net domain name from our lame hosting provider, which means that everything now points to the same servers as ankle-biter.net. Including email. The old provider’s service would just mysteriously disappear every so often. That shouldn’t be the case anymore, though. Hoo-ray!

Posted on January 12th, 2004 by admin
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If one established factory team was a model of inconsistency in 2003, it was Ford. The team debuted the new Focus, and it was incredibly quick — when it was running. Markko Martin showed poise and skill in winning Rally Finland — but retired or crashed out of a handful of other rallies. Francois Duval […]

Posted on January 11th, 2004 by admin
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Instead of sending out my typical “I’ve got a new job” email message, I thought I’d just make the general announcement here. I’ve got a new job. I’ll starting with Full Tilt Solutions near the end of January. Things just didn’t work out with my current employer (to put things nicely), so I needed to […]

Posted on January 9th, 2004 by admin
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Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Though Peugeot didn’t have a disasterous year in 2003, taking second place in the manufacturer’s championship, it was still a huge disappointment after taking both the driver’s and make’s titles in 2002. The team had problems everywhere, so where to begin…. Reliability suddenly become an issue for 206. After […]

Posted on January 8th, 2004 by admin
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After a fine season in 2003, which saw Sebastien Loeb and Carlos Sainz finish 2-3 in the driver’s championship and a manufacturer’s championship, Citroen is poised to have another fine campaign in 2004. They are clearly the strongest team in the championship, with Peugeot putting all its muscle behind Marcus Gronholm. The Xsara has proven […]

Posted on January 6th, 2004 by admin
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