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Random stuff about HR and his world…
Last night the George Mason University’s men’s basketball team lost to Virginia Commonwealth University in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) championship game. They came close to winning the game and going to the NCAA Tournament again this year, but lost in the final minutes. Not bad for a team that was seeded sixth. And they had to beat the number two and three seeded teams to get to the final.
That this house is worth $1.2 million? It is a new house and has been on the market now for about six months. There used to be a vintage 1957 one-story rambler on the lot. The rambler was torn down and replaced by this. You can’t see it on the picture, but part of the house sits on the original 50-year old foundation. And, the contractor did not even bother to replace the original driveway. They just patched the sections that were damaged during the construction.
And, although the neighborhood this house is located in is well-kept, guess what? About 99.99% of the surrounding houses are more of those “vintage 1957” one-story ramblers! But the house is within walking distance of the DC Metro station here in Vienna, VA…so maybe that might be worth $1.2 million to somebody.
Here is another view of the house showing where the contractor patched the old driveway rather than pouring a new one.
George Mason University’s men’s basketball team made it to the NCAA Tournament Final Four last year. As a result, the average crowd size at their games this year has been just about double of that of previous years. I have been a season ticket holder since 1984 and GMU has gone to both the NIT and NCAA tournaments before, but have always lost in the early rounds. Until now, the average attendance has not really changed that much over the years, no matter how successful or unsuccessful their seasons have been.
This year, GMU is not having the success they did last year. As I write this, their record is 13-9, and they are in the middle of the pack in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). Unless they get really lucky and win the CAA Championship Tournament at the end of the season, they will not get invited to play in the NCAA tournament this year.
So, I wonder what the crowds will be like next year? Will the attendance be as high as this year…or will I once more have my choice of parking places closer to the Patriot Center?
Its cold (25.8 °F / -3 °C), its snowing and the wind chill factor make it feel like the temperature is 16 °F / -9 °C. And I just finished updating HR’s halfVAST Blog software to WordPress Version 2.1. And that’s why what you are looking at right now may be a little screwed up.
The local weather forecasters are warning that tonight will bring “bitterly cold” weather. The temperature is expected to drop all the way down to 26°F (-3°C). And there may even be “Snow Flurries.”
In the place I was born and raised, this would be considered just another mild Winter day!
The layout of HR’s hafVAST Blog has changed yet one more time. Maybe this time the layout will stay the same for a couple of months or so…or maybe not! The site displays correctly on the IE7 and FF2.0 browsers but has not yet been tested with earlier versions of either browser. One of my design goals was to avoid the use of “hacks” to compensate for the way the different browsers implement the W3C xHTML and CSS specifications.
The new layout validates as xHTML 1.0 Strict…or at least it did last time I checked! If you are using an older browser that does not conform to the standards , the layout may appear to be broken. I hope it is still readable in those cases. If the display does not render properly on your screen, feel free to leave a comment telling me what browser and version you are using, along with the screen resolution.