Flat hunting...

Was looking at flat-hunting websites again this evening. Found one place that's a bit off the top of my price range, but looks really nice inside. Then I noticed, it's a first-floor flat, straight on top of a pub. "Maybe not", I think.

Then I think again... after all, it's a pub in EC1. A City pub. It's probably rammed in the early evening, but I doubt it's that bad by kicking out time... and quite possibly quiet at the weekend too.

I decided that I'd drive past it a few times over the next week, see how noisy it seems at various times of day and week.

I just drove there for the first time, on the way home from visiting the House of Monkeys this evening. I managed to find it, got out of my car, and instantly felt incredibly at peace and at home - to a positively disconcerting degree.

I hope it's always that nice there. I hope I can get it.


Update: walked back there this morning... turns out the pub is closed, and has been for at least three years according to the locals. So not really a noise issue now, but could be re-opened any time I guess. Or could stay closed for the next ten years, or get converted into more flats. *shrug*

Best. Webcomic. Ever. ...?

Rediscovered an old xkcd on my hard drive today - really glad I saved it, it's brilliant, even by the occasionally stratospheric standards of xkcd.

It was this one: http://xkcd.com/c137.html

I'm also a huge fan of this one: http://xkcd.com/c150.html

I'd hate to have to choose between those two. They're both differently best, okay? :)

Finally, this series was brilliant: http://xkcd.com/c264.html (5 parts). Slightly slow build up to a great punchline in part 4, and lovely epilogue in part 5. Brilliant.

Anybody else got any favourites they'd like to remind me/us of?