The other question is when did you first here Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah" as part of mood music as opposed to as part of a CD you were listening to?

Outing myself as not a huge Cohen fan, because I honestly think it was Shrek.

Random question: When was the last time you used a phone book to look up a person's number? (i.e not a business, and a real dead-tree phone book.)

I honestly can't remember. 10 years? 15?

A person? Can't even remember. A business more recently but I complained that a business was actually unfindable on the internet.

Past 7, no sign of the CL people. I have a table in my garage, I haven't eaten dinner yet, and I'm irritated.

Unless you are charging an amount that makes it worthwhile, forget them.

A person? I have no idea. We do still get phone books delivered , though, which honestly irritates me.

Yes, we left them a message saying "Uh, never mind on that," and called the next person on the list. Who didn't pick up the phone.

This Christmas at my parents' house, because I couldn't get in touch with a friend via fb or her mobile phone. But she wasn't listed, so it was a failed attempt. She did finally call me back later. Before that? No idea.

We do still get phone books delivered , though, which honestly irritates me.

Yeah, there are a bunch of new phone books in the entryway of my appt. building. I decided not to take one because I never use phone books anymore.

I did use the yellow pages fairly often until about 5 years ago.

I've used the yellow pages, too, and I've always liked the civic listings in the front, for police and fire and all that. But those numbers rarely change, so I don't really need a new phonebook every year.

I think I heard Hallelujah first is Basquiat, but I don't think that was Jeff Buckley. I honestly don't remember the first time I heard it, but the time it first made me laugh instead of cry was on The OC

I heard the Iz Somewhere.... because my mother heard him at a Jazz Fest.

The saga of the Craigslist table

I think I had my first ever positive selling stuff on Craigslist experience today. We listed a van for sale about 6 weeks ago. It is one of those long 15 seat dealios that DH used both for business stuff and to haul around his basketball team. Anyway, we decided it was more cost effective to sell the thing and just rent one on the few occasions we need it anymore.

So after weeks of emails along the line of "you sound so attractive, why don't we hook up", finally today a for real group of buyers met DH to see (and buy) the van. It was a church group and they needed the van for various youth group trips that they now have to use several vehicles to attend. The kids had been doing the internet search and a couple of them came with the adults to check it out. They were all giggles and stretching out and playing in the seats. DH came away with a cash deposit and we will go to do the title stuff and so forth tomorrow. He just felt so good that it is going to be used for kids activities.