Been spending altogether more time than I’d like to on the phone and otherwise indisposed, dealing with all the little details that go with moving:

• Hiring movers.
• Giving away some unused stuff I have lying around the apartment so I don’t have to move it.
• Getting electricity hooked up, or rather, billed; it’s always hooked up—I just have to start paying for it once I move in.
• Hooking up cable TV. I wish I could get DirectTV or DishNetwork satellite access but the only satellite that might be visible from my patio is one of DishNetwork’s; however that satellite is barely 15 degrees over the horizon so it’s most likely occluded by buildings, trees, tall people walking by… not to mention a lot of atmosphere.
• Connecting phone service; I get a new phone number, so no more telemarketing calls… for a few weeks, anyway.
• Ordering high-speed Internet service. This time my only choice is DSL, which has both its pluses and minuses relative to cable modem… The thought of getting my multi-segment LAN, broadband router, IPsec, and PPPoE all working together worries me, though.