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got our shit together long enough to find a house up near the eno river and we ve left the continuing deterioration of the avondale drive corridor in the hands of the city of durham its neighborhood improvement services department and the various shitty landlords who own those properties a quick glance at real estate trends shows that 4 houses on the east side of avondale sold for around 30 000 over the past 12 months or so on my block several houses went on the market on 2011 for under 100 square foot about half of what comparable houses sell for in old west durham or trinity park as of this writing neither had sold we were lucky enough to have family members who wanted to live in the neighborhood so we re not dealing with either unknown tenants or the vagaries of the resale market just yet with any luck things will pick up enough in 2012 that selling the house at any sort of profit becomes possible the other bit of news on the plus side of the ledger also involved the older daughter and her husband not only have they traded in minnesota winters for north carolina summers but they ll be bringing a baby into the world come may 2012 not that grampahood was ever anything i planned for but as mrs d said as long as we re dealing with all this other crap that comes with the getting older territory we might as well have a baby to look after once in a while so as it turns out the very first entry in dependable erection was posted 6 years ago today i guess it s fitting to post this which will be last entry in the blog today i never had any expectations for this blog i mentioned once or twice that the only audience i ever had in mind was myself and i wanted to have something that i could look at 4 or 10 years down the road and remember what i was thinking back then but if i made anyone laugh or think or say what the fuck well that was a bonus the new phase in my life doesn t involve having to deal with the incompetence of the city of durham for which i am immeasurably grateful inconsiderate neighbors ditto and with any luck health issues i ll have some things to say in the new year some images to share and if you have any interest in what that might be check back in a couple of weeks for a link to the new site have a happy new year labels cancer durham health care metablogging continue reading a lost year posted by barry at 6 37 am 9 comments digg this thursday july 07 2011 totally awesome news i m interrupting my hiatus to share this durham nc the st joseph s historic foundation inc sjhf is pleased to announce that it is partnering with durham central park and the city of durham to present the 24th annual bull durham blues festival on september 10 2011 at durham central park from 6 p m to midnight as a special thank you to the community that has supported the annual blues festival and st joseph s historic foundation inc through the years this year s event will be free to the public the event will feature performances by local and regional blues artists along with the traditional food drink and art vendors that blues festival goers have been accustomed to over the years all right y all get your ass downtown on 9 10 and show the blues festival some love labels blues festival continue reading totally awesome news posted by barry at 6 48 pm 0 comments digg this tuesday june 28 2011 thank you becky saddened to see becky heron stepping down from the bocc mid term as much for what it says about her personal health issues as it means for durham anything that gives joe bowser even more influence over the future of durham county is troublesome labels county commissioners continue reading thank you becky posted by barry at 9 46 am 1 comments digg this tuesday june 21 2011 solstice still dealing with ongoing medical issues so the blog is just not on my priority list these days but here s something that makes me feel good continue reading solstice posted by barry at 10 49 am 0 comments digg this wednesday june 15 2011 demolition by neglect so let s see if i understand this durham n c the durham city county planning department has received a written request to suspend the demolition by neglect investigation and determination process regarding the condition of the liberty warehouse paragraph 3 19 2b of the unified development ordinance stipulates that the demolition by neglect process may be suspended if the property owner agrees in writing to rectify the alleged conditions of neglect within a reasonable timeframe the property owner durham liberty llc has committed to rectify the liberty warehouse s deficiencies within a timeframe determined as reasonable by the durham city county planning department therefore the pending demolition by neglect investigation has been suspended and the public meeting scheduled for thursday june 16 2011 at 5 30 p m is cancelled in recognition of that suspension failure to make the necessary repairs to the structure within an approved timeframe will be cause to reinstate the investigation in accordance with udo paragraph 3 19 2b so apparently the city attempted to invoke a provision of its zoning ordinance an occurrence so rare that it ought to be circled in red on the calendar lest we forget that it actually happened prohibiting demolition by neglect in the case of greenfire s liberty warehouse building which sustained serious damage during a rainstorm last month and had to be condemned forcing all tenants to scramble to find new digs greenfire responded by agreeing in writing to make all necessary repairs within a reasonable time frame i don t know what s reasonable in this case do you six months 18 months 18 years what action would the city take if greenfire left this historically significant building vacant and unmaintained for 18 years right in the heart of a thriving downtown district one need look no further afield than a mile north where the duke park bathhouse has sat idle vacant and decaying since it closed just after labor day 1993 despite earnest and repeated efforts by several community organizations to take the building on as a project and turn it into a community use center the landlord has not only failed to negotiate in good faith with those tenants but has used the building to store out of date paperwork and other fire hazards while completely neglecting any maintenance issues of course since the landlord is the city of durham itself one hardly imagines that the neglect by demolition portion of our development ordinance will be invoked here if i was someone who gave a shit i d probably let city manager tom bonfield know just how bad something like this makes the city look but i m pretty much done with that part of my life i figure i ll check in on the bathhouse in another 18 years and see if any progress has been made labels duke park durham continue reading demolition by neglect posted by barry at 12 48 pm 2 comments digg this thursday june 09 2011 cancer cancer to be blunt about it is one of those things that happens to other people my extended family is quite small just one uncle who married late and had no children so no first cousins and not very close so those second and third cousins or the once and twice removed members of my family tree who ve been affected by this disease are no closer to me than say harmon killebrew whose recent passing was noted in these pages so i really had no gage to measure my reaction against when 6 weeks ago mrs dependable called me in the middle of my baseball roadtrip to dc and baltimore to say the doctors didn t like something they saw on my mammogram and they ve asked me to come back for a followup these past 6 weeks have been pretty stressful at any number of points when the really smart people have said this is probably nothing but we need to look at this it s turned out to be something which led inevitably to a day at duke surgery yesterday as a friend of mine said recently the good news is that this is pretty routine the bad news is that this is pretty routine and i m certain for the doctors nurses and support staff it is just another day on the job for the rest of us if we re lucky it s a once in a lifetime experience for the professionalism extended to us by every member of the duke medical staff we are eternally grateful it s a cliché to say i feel as if the weight of the world has been lifted off my shoulders but clichés as jimmy buffett once noted are good ways to say what you mean and mean what you say and i can think of no other way to describe what i felt when the surgeon met with me yesterday afternoon and said her lymph nodes are clean yes there s a one in fifteen chance that this will return within the next ten years or so but we ll take those odds and see what comes as it turns out we re extremely lucky i earn a decent salary i have decent health insurance through my employer and the ability to pay my deductibles and co insurance with pre tax dollars but even with all that we re looking at out of pocket expenses that would break many people in this country it s absurd to consider just how many people think this is normal or worse desirable the susan g komen race for the cure is this weekend if you can afford it donate if you can t remind those around you that early detection saves lives it really does labels cancer health care continue reading cancer posted by barry at 3 42 pm 4 comments digg this tuesday june 07 2011 dear democrats you may think that distancing yourselves from anthony weiner and hoping he will quickly and quietly resign from congress makes you look strong to the american people but you would be wrong it only makes you look like a bunch of spineless pussies who would run up to andrew breitbart and give him your lunch money the minute he steps foot on the schoolyard for the record the correct response to this scandal is yes congressman weiner engaged in some questionable behavior but as far as anyone can tell it was a private act between consenting adults that somehow became public knowledge there are several other members of congress who have also engaged in similar and perhaps more reprehensible acts who not only continue to serve but who have been re elected to their positions we believe the decision on whether congressman weiner should continue to represent his district is one that is best made by his constituents we will have no further comments to make and consider this matter closed labels democrats continue reading dear democrats posted by barry at 6 30 pm 2 comments digg this thursday june 02 2011 by the slice dammit jon stewart gets to the heart of why pizza is so important the daily show with jon stewart mon thurs 11p 10c me lover s pizza with crazy broad www thedailyshow com daily show full episodes political humor satire blog the daily show on facebook labels jon stewart pizza continue reading by the slice dammit posted by barry at 11 40 am 8 comments digg this wednesday june 01 2011 bialystock and bloom i can t quite put my finger on why but this story in the herald sun reminds me of this the original and far superior version labels development durham continue reading bialystock and bloom posted by barry at 11 34 am 0 comments digg this tuesday may 31 2011 because the current system doesn t encourage enough people to dump their shit on the street that s why from the herald sun solid waste management director donald long is telling elected officials he thinks it s imperative for durham to emulate other north carolina cities and begin charging residents a monthly collection fee for garbage and recycling long said the move would enable his department to reduce its annual demand for property tax revenues which in fiscal 2011 12 will cover 12 5 million of a 21 3 million budget one listserv correspondent wrote my initial response to this proposal is what a terrible idea we see how badly this fee for service system works with yard waste when it became fee based people opted out to make garbage recycling fee for service based in a community such as ours with a 50 rental housing rate is a recipe for disaster what happens if residents don t pay the fee their garbage isn t picked up whose responsibility is it to see the fee is paid the residents the property owner the property manager if a resident moves does their trash fee move with them or would they have to pay again at a new property who will insure that fees are paid and trash is collected for each household what happens if a property manager or rental owner goes belly up and these fees aren t paid how will the current legislation pending that would prohibit rental registries and limit inspections impact problems with trash pick up non payment of fees what happens if owners decide not to pay who will clean up after the inevitable surge of illegal dumping handle complaints from businesses who find other people s garbage in their commercial bins will animal control increase their responses to rat and pest infestations oh you mean like this rental property at 110 e markham ave yeah durham really needs to give its shitty landlords more of an incentive to be fuckups and out of curiosity i m not going to report this to one call it s on the roxboro side of the building and i imagine that there are at least a couple of dozen city employees and at least one or two council members who drive past this pile of shit daily on their way home from work let s see how long it takes for one of them to report this update 6 2 so the trash was gone when i checked at 8 pm last night no idea if the landlords will be picking up the tipping fees and penalties for mixing yard waste electronics and recyclables in with the busted up furniture and used paint containers or if that privilege will be passed on to the schlubs who pay their taxes and sort their trash because it s the right thing to do labels durham landlords continue reading because the current system doesn t encourage enough people to dump their shit on the street that s why posted by barry at 4 17 pm 8 comments digg this about since 1949 durhamites have slept soundly secure in the knowledge that in our town erection can be depended upon now thanks to the power of the internets we can spread that security all over the world about me name barry location durham north carolina united states for such an enlightened tolerant guy i sure get pissed off easy contact dependableerection at gmail dot com view my complete profile recent comments want this widget previous a lost year totally awesome news thank you becky solstice demolition by neglect cancer dear democrats by the slice dammit bialystock and bloom because the current system doesn t encourage enoug archives 12 01 2005 01 01 2006 01 01 2006 02 01 2006 02 01 2006 03 01 2006 03 01 2006 04 01 2006 04 01 2006 05 01 2006 05 01 2006 06 01 2006 06 01 2006 07 01 2006 07 01 2006 08 01 2006 08 01 2006 09 01 2006 09 01 2006 10 01 2006 10 01 2006 11 01 2006 11 01 2006 12 01 2006 12 01 2006 01 01 2007 01 01 2007 02 01 2007 02 01 2007 03 01 2007 03 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