davidd's A DOLL A DAY 2024

[davidd]

What's the market like?  Are things going fast or sitting for ages?

And I wish someone would shoot out the lights next door here.  It's like living next to a feckin strip mall.  I used to be able to stargaze right on my back porch.  Lights on around the clock.  I guess they're scared of the dark or something.  

Mostly the market here is slow. The neighbor priced his place on the high end of plausible. He says he's in no hurry to sell at the moment. I eect he will grow restless after a month or two and start slashing the price.

Yeah, I do not understand moving to a "dark sky" area and lighting things up like an airport runway. People seem compelled to "leave their mark on the planet" by cutting down trees, lighting up the night, and paving over or building on every bare square of dirt. The reality is that there is no such thing as sustainable development. If you build on bare ground, the bare ground is gone.

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fishy

Why would somebody do this? Ego. The thrill of something new. But when the "something new" starts costing a lot more than ex-pected, the novelty wears off. When the somebody tends to be flighty to begin with, when the novelty wears off, interest drops from 100% to zero practically overnight. They shrug and walk away.

I wish I could afford to dabble in anything that catches my fancy and then move on to something else when I lose interest.

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18 October - A Doll A Day 2024:

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Janie disassembles a long-defunct ceiling fan

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Do you ever notice how junky your house looks in the background of photos, or is it just me who lives in squalor? Actually, I'm pretty sure it's just me. I often find myself feeling envious of the beautiful homes I glimpse in the backgrounds of online doll and toy photos.

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19 October - A Doll A Day 2024:

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Logic Problem

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Electrical wiring is usually a relatively straightforward logic problem. Of course, it's a logic problem in which even a minor miscalculation can have shocking consequences. It's a good thing Janie is a "Smart Doll."