Today I found out...

That the K numbering of Mozart compositions comes from Köchel, which sounds a bit like my name. Apparently, he was a writer, composer, botanist and publisher.

Speaking of classical music, I went to the Chamber Music Society opening night last night thanks to Evan. Although I liked the Wagner piece the best, the dance to Renard the Fox was bizarre and entertaining.

Random thoughts

- REM tickets are on sale, but I have nobody to go with!
- Apparently, in old apartments, switching the boiler for winter makes brown water briefly come out of the taps.
- All Verizon cell phones seem to suck in some way.
- Extra-wide shower curtains are surprisingly difficult to track down.
- I still need to get Richard to fix Gallery and MT-blacklist.

As promised

I had the Welsh Rarebit at the very-hip Schiller's. It was good, although not quite what I expected. Maybe the gooey Mory's rarebit is more uncommon than I thought.

Google Local to the Rescue

I've been hunting for place other than Mory's that serve Welsh Rarebit for some while now, especially since Catherine and I tried to cook it ourselves and had the whole thing end in disaster. Enter Google Local. A simple search finds plenty of possibilities. I'll try one soon and report back.

Almost no longer homeless

Woo hoo! I signed a lease Tuesday. My life feels like it's been on hold for two months, but I finally start moving in tomorrow. I will soon be a proud Chelsea walkup studio dweller. Along the way, I've learned various valuable lessons like: bank checks can be cheaper than cashier's checks, movers may be slower than they claim, it's worth waiting for a good apartment, and sometimes the subway floods and makes the trip from Park Slope 2 hours long.

Mm...coinstar

I got $120 from Coinstar today! Goodbye, bag o' change!

Undercover marketing is scary!

I caught the tail end of a story on 60 Minutes about undercover marketing. It was creepy and reminiscent of Pattern Recognition. I wonder if people will every pay bloggers to hype something up?