AND my street is right by a skating rink!!!!

Mmmmmmm....

SF SF SF! Seconding this!

Or Vegas. Or Reno! Downtown is like Vegas's scuzzy but weirdly charming cousin, it's way cheaper, and the non-downtown parts are getting to be decent places to raise kids. Plus, a river cutting through the middle of town and real cowboys wandering around and bowling conventions and all sorts of oddball shit.

ION, I think I'm finally done with Evo Psych Anti-Buffy Asshole. He's just making me sad now; after many many rounds we've now established that he simultaneously believes feminists are selfish and uncaring, and also believes that men are by nature more violent, more warlike, less nurturing, and less important to their own children, and that he himself lacks a nurturing gene and is of value to his family chiefly for the paycheck he brings home. He also believes it's dangerous to society to try to change this, because it's all just nature and you can't buck nature.

He has three kids, including two daughters, and I think about the years of therapy it took me to get a handle on all the daddy issues my mostly benign but incredibly emotionally remote dad gave me, and, man, I just want to hug this guy. Cyberhug, anyway; he still gives me the creeps and if I ever met him in person I wouldn't want to touch him with a ten-foot pole. But that just makes me sad, too.

eta: We've got Kezar right around the corner from us. Bay City Bombers, baby!

house 1: [link]

Cincinnati Rollergirls: [link]

Athens GA's Classic City Rollergirls: [link]

I know people on both teams.

house #2 [link]

I met Jerry Seltzer when I was at Rollercon. I could talk to that dude all day about roller derby. He lives in San Francisco.

DH and I are having a con-fab tomorrow over possible options. He's working on his resume, calling recruiters and we're going to see how quickly we need to make this happen.

Ooh, hey, you could buy flea's old house! Solving the owning-two-houses problem, plus giving her a Buffista to stay and visit with if she's overcome with missing the house and Athens.

Although still, selfishly, SF SF SF!

Yeah, I don't know about the actuarial employment options in Athens. Also the house is not for everyone (it is 100 years old, which is a dealbreaker for some people). Although it does come with AWESOME neighbors.

ok, not for Cash, but this cutie patootie house would be good for someone single or with highschool age or older kids (elementary and junior high zoming are not good). so cute.

My sister just told my father that Megan's gay. Apparently he was stunned. She pointed out that you can't spit at my mother's family without hitting a homosexual, and he was all "really??"

HOW MUCH DO YOU HAVE TO NOT BE PAYING ATTENTION???

He asked who else, but she got self-conscious about outing people, so just named one of my mother's sisters (my sister and I had known for 20 years, but she just came out to Mummy a year or so ago, to her astonishment), and he was "Hey, I knew that one!". Sis pointed out that the woman she always travels with and sleeps in the same bed with is her long time (8 yrs?) SO, and he was all "Ohhh.....I thought they were co-workers...."

She also told him about Megan's sister, but not about anyone else. So now he's worried he'll say the wrong thing by mistake.

She pointed out he has had 1 job--diplomat, and when was the last time he said something he didn't mean to say?

My family, I swear. They're all "I can't handle the gay..."

You handle the gay every day--you just don't know it, because Sis didn't run down the full list.