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I’d totally go to a Foreclosure Squirt Gun Party.

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Viagra.

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I just cut the cable myself. HD antenna on the roof and AppleTV/Roku/Netflix/Hulu/iTunes/AmazonPrime pretty much provide everything we need. Saving $100+/month. The only bummer is NHL games. I would get GameCenter or CenterIce, but they black out local teams. And somehow SD is in the LA Kings market rather than the Anaheim Ducks market. Whatever.

To get around that I’m researching setting up my own VPN on a Linode in Atlanta to route all my traffic through there so that I can stream Kings games. Anyone have experience doing that?

I guess I could always just go to Stout House for every game…

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I love it, and seeing all the photos on FB/Twitter/Instagram and now Piggington make me wish that I had gotten passes this year. 🙁

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Why would we want our money back? Last night’s premature fireworkation was worth every penny. It only would have been better if it was synched to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhnUgAaea4M

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Awesome Photoshop of fake landscaping + stucco/paint job: http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2438-33rd-St-San-Diego-CA-92104/17075626_zpid/

Compare the 1st and 4th photos. The 4th photo is what it actually looks like.

But I suppose it’s better than the militia compound landscaping it used to have.

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You also get instant streaming of Amazon’s library of movies/TV shows included with your Prime Account. You can watch on your computer, or on devices like Roku, PS3, etc. It works just like Netflix Streaming:

http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=sv_mov_aiv_3?ie=UTF8&node=2676882011

Ever since I’ve signed up to Prime, I pretty much buy everything from Amazon.

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From what I hear, Ramon “Bostich” from Nortec Collective is a great dentist when he’s not playing private parties for Bono.

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Would Santorum’s 13% have gone to Mitt or Newt or not shown up? Do the fundamentalists side with the Mormon or the polygamist? Wait, what?

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As a recent buyer on the border of North Park/South Park, and as a recent father, we couldn’t be happier. Though we’re not yet at the point where we are considering schools (that’s 4 years away), everything else about this hood has been amazing. I can walk one mile north to hit the vibrant North Park restaurant/bar/craft beer/boutique scene, or I can walk one mile south to hit the same in South Park. We’ve got gourmet burgers (Station Tavern), sushi (Zensei), Mexican (El Take It Easy, Ranchos, Sombreros, Saguaros), French (Madeline’s), Chinese (Wangs), sausage factory (Linkery, not Congress), seafood (Sea Rocket), breakfast joints (Big Kitchen), fine dining (Urban Solace is UH-MAY-ZING), coffee shops (Santos, Rebeccas), ice cream shops, boutique shops, book stores, toy stores, wine bars (Rose), beer bars (Hamiltons, Stone, Toronado), dive bars (Bar Pink, Whistlestop), night clubs, etc all within walking distance. Many of these said establishments (Linkery, Station Tavern, Toronado, Sea Rocket) are family/baby friendly. A surprising amount are dog friendly (I’ve seen dogs literally belly up to the bar at the Whistlestop). If craft beer is your thing, 30th Street is the epicenter of the craft beer explosion in San Diego. All of this is within a 10-20 minute walk.

I see lots of families on bikes, lots of kids, lots of strollers, lots of joggers, and lots of dog owners at all hours of the day and night. I see lots of people tending their gardens. Everyone is friendly. Lots of old homeowners who have been in their houses for 50+ years, but also lots of young hipsters. A Friday night in South Park looks like San Diego’s version of Portlandia. And I’m seeing lots of 3/2s and 2/2s recently hovering around the high 400s. So it’s definitely in your price range if you look hard enough.

We’re 5 minutes from Balboa Park and the Zoo, and 10 minutes from Downtown/Airport. I work from home, and take the little one to her grandma’s house down in Chula Vista two days a week, and it takes me about 40 minutes to drive down there and back in both the mornings and evenings. Not bad. The only thing we lack that I wish we had was a trolley line going down 30th/University/Park. If I had that I’d probably ditch my car.

Hit up urbanrealtor, he knows his stuff about these areas. He did us good. But renting in any area for a while before you purchase is always a good idea.

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Closest without going over? In that case, I bid $1, Mr. Barker.

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[quote=urbanrealtor]Funny thing.
I have a recurring issue with gutter punks (the ones that sit there high and ask you for change as you walk by) parking in front of my office (we are near Ichiban).
One of the things I have said to them to get them to go is to remind that them that essentially, I am doing the same thing. Please don’t crowd.[/quote]

Those must have been different punks (cruster vs gutter?) than the ones on the Vermont St bridge who always offered me a hit off their joint rather than begging for change.

I loved those guys.

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Thanks. Should have mentioned in my previous post, but budget is around $400.

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