If you know me, are you tired of hearing me whine about this yet???

I've only been living in this building seven(?) years, with my greedy landlord tweaking the rent upward three times during the dot com BOOM. Anyway, the act of grovelling to mortgage companies has been the final wake-up call, so that I am as I write this, getting all my crap in boxes to move somewhere cheaper -- whether for a few months until I move to Reno or for an indefinite period into the future who knows, but I think I really will get out of here soon.