Comments

I thought I would follow up on some of the comments from previous articles.

Alamo Square:
Anonymous asked how much a "painted lady" townhouse is likely to cost, and if they are heritage listed.

zipreality.com has four properties on Alamo Square listed in their historic search results, but does not specify which properties. The prices range from $399,000 for a 1 bedroom 1 bathroom to $3,395,000. homepricemaps.com has a Google Maps interface where you can zoom in and see sales details, revealing the following sale (which I think is one of the painted ladies):
818 Steiner St, San Francisco, 94117, CA sold for $1,620,000 on 2004-05-14. It was built in 1890, has 4 bedrooms and 5,250 square feet of living area.

The ladies are part of the Alamo Square Historic District, and their image features twice on the Alamo Square Neighbourhood Association Planning and Preservation page. Modifications apparently have to be approved by the SF Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board. They had quite a view during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

Optus Bills:
The bill was an eBill, which is how it managed to reach us. I don't know if the California Victoria postmaster is getting our $0.00 paper copies though.

Ted Stevens:
The "Internet is a series of tubes" lecture by Ted Stevens, chairman of the senate commerce committee, has been circulating the Internets. Ted Stevens' lecture was used as a comedy skit on the Daily Show (video). There is a remix in case you missed the point of his original performance. Somebody should tell Teddy what the Internet is for. Just don't download 10 videos at a time or you will clog your tubes.

Santa Cruz Boardwalk:
Yes, off-sites are like team building exercises with beer.