Polite Dissent

Come the end of August, the Polite Wife and I will be moving down to the St. Louis area. Though I like the small town where we are, the Polite Wife grew up in a bigger town (Las Vegas, to be exact) and misses some of the opportunities (and most of the shopping) available in larger cities. We’re actually moving to my hometown, so we already have a bunch of friends (and source of cheap labor) there.

We have already bought a nice house there, though I’d feel a whole lot better if we could sell this one (and soon). Because we’re in the process of selling this house, we’re finally getting around to doing all the household repairs we’ve been meaning to do for the two years we’ve lived here (fix the plaster, re-prime and paint the porch, etc. etc.)

I have a nice new job lined up — Family Practice, of course. It’s in a larger office, and it’s outpatient only - no hospital patients. While I enjoy seeing patients in the hospital, it takes up a tremendous amount of family time and all my less-than-pleasant experiences over the past few years have all involved hospital patients — so I really won’t be sorry to see it go. The job opportunities should be much better for the Polite Wife (she’s already seen more elementary teaching openings in one month down there than in two-plus years here).

Polite Dissent will continue unabated — even during our already scheduled Hawaiian vacation. That week I’ll be posting Flashback Week II and a look at the Death of Superman.

Since we’re moving, I’m putting up a lot of items on eBay over the next day or so. There will be some comics, anime, manga and a great deal of RPG goodies, including some hard to find D&D complete boxed sets. (My eBay items)