going once, going twice, sold!

Negotiating is a funny business. Last night we went to make/accept an offer for our NEW car. My dad came along for several reasons. Ian and I sort of sat back and let him negotiate with the slick car dealer guy. And you could tell this man was intimidated by my father. He's not a big guy but he looks tough. Watching him sit there, staring this guy down, it was hard not to laugh. Because we know the real story. But looking from an outsider's perspective, it is easy to see how scary dad can be. Seriously. I almost thought that the car dealer was going to crack and give us the car for less than at-cost. He literally looked like he thought my dad would physically hurt him if he didn't give us a good deal.

Rosa Parks died. I hope there is a big memorial service with plenty of tears and laughter and remembering.

I now have a stack of new yorkers waiting for me to read at home. 6 or so of them. The dilemma now becomes do I read them in order (can be useful as some things carry over week to week, or reference previous articles). Or, do I read them in reverse chronological order, so I can catch up with the "new" news first and then peruse at my leisure the issues that may not be that "up-to-date" but interesting nonetheless? decisions decisions.