All Knowledge Is Contained, Twin Cities Version

My friends quility and jdoggiedogg are planning to move to the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Unexpectedly, they sold their house in Iowa quite quickly, and thus need to move sooner than they'd expected. Quility is looking for information on the rental market within a few miles of the U (the relevant point being biking distance): "How little can we hope to pay for a ~2bedroom apartment? When should weget up there to look? is this a same day kind of thing? are therealways places available? what is the average air-speed of a swallow?aaaahhhhh!"

Please, if you have any useful information, especially but not only if you live up there yourself, leave it as a comment to her journal.

All Knowledge Is Contained, Twin Cities Version

My friends quility and jdoggiedogg are planning to move to the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Unexpectedly, they sold their house in Iowa quite quickly, and thus need to move sooner than they'd expected. Quility is looking for information on the rental market within a few miles of the U (the relevant point being biking distance): "How little can we hope to pay for a ~2bedroom apartment? When should weget up there to look? is this a same day kind of thing? are therealways places available? what is the average air-speed of a swallow?aaaahhhhh!"

Please, if you have any useful information, especially but not only if you live up there yourself, leave it as a comment to her journal.

How did I get here?

In a discussion just now with Marta about what level of attention the book I'm working on needs, and what things should and shouldn't be changed at this stage in the production cycle, I said "Our goal is to help them pass the Regents."

Like most New Yorkers, I figured I was done with Regents exams when I finished high school. That phrasing is a stronger "how did I get here?" than the also valid observation that what I'm most concerned with is making sure the math is right.

How did I get here?

In a discussion just now with Marta about what level of attention the book I'm working on needs, and what things should and shouldn't be changed at this stage in the production cycle, I said "Our goal is to help them pass the Regents."

Like most New Yorkers, I figured I was done with Regents exams when I finished high school. That phrasing is a stronger "how did I get here?" than the also valid observation that what I'm most concerned with is making sure the math is right.