Strangely anti-climactic

I no longer own a house. This state of affairs will continue for quite a while. Since September 1998 I have owned property continuously except for 4 days in 2000 and 3 days in 2018. The flipside of this is that I no longer have a mortgage. No property, no debt; what will that do to my FICO score? I'll have to wait until mid-June to find out.

It doesn't feel like anything happened, though. We no longer sit around a table at the title company and sign documents; the attorneys do it over Zoom, and the principals just go about their business. I miss the old days.

I still love the view from my new place, though. Who knows, I might stay here for longer than I expected.

Meanwhile, out in the rest of the world:

• The pathetic, demented OAFPOTUS posted 55 times on social media within a 3-hour window Monday night, and all of it was gibberish. So why does the Republican Party still insist he's capable of doing his job?
• Nate Silver uses Math!™ to demonstrate how there is no trade-off between Democratic redistricting efforts and electing Black representatives.
• Of course, this only matters if Democrats make sure Republicans face consequences for violating the norms of democracy.
• Paul Krugman calls the attack on Iran "the apotheosis of willful ignorance."
• No, you absolute apes, Israel did not train dogs to rape people.
• James Bloodworth shows how "socialism has morphed into a racket" in Cuba.
• The United States has a long history of failing to manage pandemics.
• Chicago Public Schools plans to cut teachers (but apparently not useless administrators) to plug a $732 million deficit. It won't work, because the teachers aren't the problem.
• C# 15 has union types? Kewl.

Finally, after almost two years, the Chicago Dept of Transportation has just about finished rebuilding four bridges around Montrose Harbor. This is relevant to Cassie and me because it means a slightly shorter path from our new place to the Montrose Dog Beach. I haven't paced it out yet, but I believe the dog beach is just under 1,500 meters away. We will find out soon.