3 Feb 2000 
 
La di dah.  I don't know what to say, I've just not been in a writing mood 
of late - I've been a little busy.  So let's see -- I've moved into a new 
place (21 Jan 2000 is a date that will live in infamy... but not my own 
memory - let's see, single-handedly moving almost =all= my stuff out of 
storage, getting my first moving violation for operating a commercial 
vehicle on a highway that doesn't allow such, getting hopelessly lost 
because I was restricted to the Van Wyck Expressway and the LIE and my 
directions included the verboten highways), I've learned the importance of 
the circle of fifths (and fourths), I've got a working microwave, big 
fridge, dishwasher and stove (though all need a little cleaning), I made 
myself a new bathroom mat with cotton I really needed to use up, I've been 
involved in an experiment in which I have to stare at a screen and decide 
which way some squares are deformed (which is an illusion in and of 
itself), I've got two new projects I'm working on, I've been roped in to 
give a talk at Stuyvesant High School, I've discussed the point of the 
shape of a chicken egg, and told someone why the union of a sequence of 
closed intervals isn't necessarily closed.  And I finally saw Star Wars I 
(for $2 -- I want my two dollars!)  And there's a film series starting 
here soon called Screwball Jews.  I think I'll go to Some Like It Hot. 
 
You were wondering why I haven't typed? 
 
I've got my new address, but I haven't figured out if the post office is 
actually delivering anything there.  I must find out who my supposed 
carrier is.