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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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20 April 2004 - 2:34 pm
The Great Apartment Search '04 continues. As many of you already know, michael, Jim, and I have been searching for a three person apartment for the last few weeks. We've found two awesome places, but both have managed to slip through our fingers. (It's a long story.) The first good news we've had in quite a while came yesterday, when our current landlord agreed to extend our lease by one and only one month, so we now have until the end of May rather than the end of April to find a place to live. (If you happen to know of any three bedroom apartments, condos, or houses for rent in close proximity to WashU, we'd appreciate hearing about it.)
In the last few days I've been doing, of all things, some genealogy research. I don't have the knowledge or inclination to go back any further than my great-grandparents, but I enjoy searching the old census rolls for them. Its also quite convenient. If you have an idea of where your relatives lived (and their names) you can search for them fairly effectively. And you can pick up some interesting information by doing so. For example, when my paternal grandfather was growing up he lived at 2353 Dodier in north St. Louis. My paternal grandmother lived a few blocks away at 2500 Salisbury. So next time I'm in the area I might have to look those addresses up. A more interesting story takes place on my mother's side, but that can be the topic of a future post.
Posted by on 20 April 2004 at 2:34 PM
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Perhaps you, michael, and Jim can move into one of their former addresses?
Posted by Chris Hill Festival on 20 April 2004 - 3:17 PM
I considered it, but I've heard that the original buildings have been torn down. So it just wouldn't feel right.
Posted by david on 20 April 2004 - 4:40 PM