it never rains

it really pours.

I have TWO job offers I'm fully torn between
The tiles on the floor of the study have started to detach and... tent?  the upstairs neighbor, who works in construction and had to do this to his own floor (see earlier post - guess it wasn't Lady Click-Click's fault after all) says we need three or four full days, one for each step of the procedure.  And we're supposed to be hosting a guest (apart from my parents) in this room in a week and a half.  Of course the longer we wait the worse it gets...
my phone fell in the toilet today
The driver of the rental car we've arranged for wants to do some car-switching at the border to Togo.  Put him and the four passengers inside a bigger car with Togolese plates and driver to "avoid headaches" from the police.  I don't know if that's really necessary for a single night's stay.

I'm supposed to head to a BBQ with some local volunteers and young cool folks but I just feel so overwhelmed that I want to go to sleep.  When I tried to call the guy who helped us arrange the car, to see if this car-switching was normal, his phone's turned off.
The guards say it's totally normal but I don't know.  I'm going to a car rental place tomorrow (and call a few others) to see what they would recommend - and how much they'd charge.  I didn't commit to this driver, after all.

And then our internet is down every 5 minutes or so, for about half a minute.  Which is just annoying when I'm trying to, well, do ANYTHING.

I'm headed to this BBQ, because none of the other problems will get sorted tonight.

At least today I: went for a run, picked up my German certificate (273.5 of 300 ain't shabby!), bought fruit, picked up bagels for my parents' visit, paid the housekeeper, went cleaning-product shopping, talked over my job options with choir buddy and 15-year resident T, and got estimates/summaries for the driver and the floor.

very overwhelmed.

Bing has no love for SSA...

So, I just noticed Facebook's throwdown.  "Facebook Places" are using Bing maps instead of Google.  I found it in the States, in Ireland, in New Zealand.

I checked out what Bing Maps has for Accra.

Three (and a half?) motorways and a railroad track.

I appreciate that some of the neighborhoods are labeled.  But that's it, really?

I looked at Lagos.  Much the same.

Nothing doing in Nairobi, either.

Rabat, Johannesburg, Casablanca and Cape Town, I am happy to say, had roads marked and usually labeled.

What gives, Bing?  You've got the top and bottom of the continent covered but the rest is inconsequential?  Are you working on it, at least?

In the satellite view, I'm surprised to learn that my house lies in the Bight of Benin.  Not even kidding.

The kicker?  When I searched Bing for "maps," Google Maps was the first result... Bing's own service pulled in at a paltry seventh place.  

I sent some feedback to Bing - meanwhile noting that their feedback box is kinda crummy.  I don't know the word for it, but when words are too long for one line, Bing splits the word rather than moving the entire word onto the next line.

It's not only family bias that keeps me sticking to Google.  That's all I'm sayin'.