February 7, 2007

• Cold Storage Update

  The storage unit is now, officially, not costing me any money monthly. Whew. I can roll the costs over into bonds every month, because I know I can live without it.

  All the stuff, however, is still in my van. RePC charges recycling fees. The lowly CRT is going the way of the dodo, and someone has to dispose of the lead and other toxic crap in it. The sad thing is that it'll end up being shipped to India or China and separated into its constituent parts and then just dumped. I've been hoarding toxic waste. Woo!

  So I was thinking about things to do with glass with lead in it, like in a CRT. You melt it down and make nuclear waste containers out of it. Turns out this isn't a new idea; I'd only be adding the recycled CRTs. And here's a guy who proposes making glowing nuclear Christmas ornaments out of the stuff.

  Anyway. The deal is that I have a van full of old computer stuff. All about the same vintage (my van and the junk inside, that is). Now to round out the late-80s retro package I need to listen to some Level 42 or Howard Jones or something on the van CD player.

  I went to get lunch, and secretly wished someone would steal the van just then.

  I got home and posted to craigslist. Free pile of computer junk, will deliver. An hour later a guy sent me his phone number. I'll call tomorrow.

  And in honor of all this, I present 'Dig Me.' What was deluxe becomes debris.

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