Settling in

Looks like I should have broadband set up at the house on Friday. My "communications" budget is getting shredded, but that's how it goes. I'm still a bit ahead of the game overall due to rent being a lot less than I'd originally anticipated, so life is good. I spoke with Aoife last night, and it turns out she'll be home tonight or tomorrow, rather than May. I'm looking forward to meeting her.

At the moment, I'm back at Mocha Beans, the local free wireless cafe. They haven't kicked me out or barred me from entering yet, so they must be tolerating my utter abuse of their 30 minute policy.

Oh, here's an update on the Great American Sports Team Licensed Goods Race: I've decided to just completely disqualify Yankees stuff once I saw an entire display at Dunnes Stores of Yankees hats in all various combinations of colors. If those folks who like to crack down on unlicensed merchandise and get their mugs on TV before every Super Bowl, Final Four, etc, really want to have some fun, all they'd need to do is spend a weekend in Ireland, targetting only Yankees properties. Seriously, everyone's wearing that crap around here. Its ridiculous.

Aside from that, I'm happy to report that during my first grocery shopping trip, I spotted a Michigan sweatshirt. Score. Unfortunately, I do think I had seen a guy with an ND hat at the bus stop the day before, so as far as college stuff goes, they're tied up at 1 each with no other competitors so far. As I was approaching the cafe, I saw someone with a Cleveland Indians hat, and that's about it. So, the standings:

Yankees: *disqualified*
Red Sox: 1
Indians: 1

Michigan: 1
Notre Dame: 1