Monthly Archives: August 2009
Better to be our enemy than our friend
State Department moving to cut off all aid to Hondura. Maybe the Hondurans should start developing an atom bomb.
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Joyce Carol Oates on Teddy Kennedy
The Norwichj Millionaire sends along this link. Oates is kinder to the man than I would be, or at least she leaves open a question that I would answer in a manner different from the man’s present mourners. At Chappaquiddick, … Continue reading
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Will Riverside’s Tim Armstrong have to start flying commercial?
That’s what they’re speculating at Business Insider. Time Warner is set to dump off AOL, but they plan on keeping the Gulfstream. If you hear a wailing and gnashing of teeth down on the water off Meadow Road, you’ll know why.
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We will sell no house before its time
421 Field Point Road in Belle Haven has been listed for sale since 2007. It started at $11 million and is gradually creeping downward; today, it dipped below $8 million and now rests at $7.995. The sellers are obviously in … Continue reading
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Pravda along the Mianus
Just in time to please their Friday real estate advertisers, Greenwich Time is out with the front page news that home sales are up in Connecticut and, not content with that bit of misleading copywriting, a claim that “in Greenwich, … Continue reading
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The Dirty Dutch
Dutch courts prevent 13-year-old girl from attempting to circumnavigate, remove her from parent’s custody. The kid grew up on a boat with her parents, has sailed since she was a toddler and certainly knows how to sail at least as well … Continue reading
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Finally, an incentive to get the French into showers
Peeing in shower healthy, safe and saves water, “experts” say. What would we do without experts?
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Why not a shrine?
Kennedy compound in Hyannis to be converted to museum. “No one in the family wants to live here anymore,” said recovering drug addict, bar-exam flunkee and ecologist panderer Joseph Kennedy. ”I mean, Uncle Teddy and me did our damndest to stop those friggin’ … Continue reading
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Exactly how bad has Greenwich Post become?
This bad. The photo here is supplied by the Post’s “fishing expert” to illustrate an article about an upcoming bluefish tournament. To this eye, the fish appears to be a weakfish, and very much not a bluefish. Hey, it’s got … Continue reading
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Will Walter’s woes never end? Part III
Blumenthal’s got the UBS list of tax cheats and he’s checking it once, he’s checking it twice, to see which Connecticut (non) taxpayers have been naughty or nice. Although I always worry about the Noels and their difficulties, on reflection, this … Continue reading
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KennedyCare? I say yes!
The Democrats, wailing from behind their crocodile tears, vow to ram ObamaCare through Congress under the guise of a tribute to the late senator from Massachusetts. I’m all for it. This vile man did far too much harm to our country … Continue reading
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And guess what? An $8,000 buyers credit isn’t even a rounding error in our market
Here’s a cheery chart. Especially in Greenwich, where we have almost no new houses selling but plenty of foreclosures brewing.
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A rough beast slouches towards Greenwich
Recent lis pendens (foreclosure commencement): 20 Dingletown 49 Mayo Avenue 504 North Street 22 Beech 139 Doubling 26 West Way (Lucas Point) I’m not familiar with the last three, offhand, but the others are not worth what’s owed on them … Continue reading
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There’s a butt for every seat
72 Laddins Rock, bought for $1.3 million in 2004, re-listed for $1.850 in 2008 (go figure) and eventually reduced to $1.275, is reported under contract today. I’m surprised that it’s found a buyer: busy road, literally no yard, no windows … Continue reading
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Respite for high rollers?
Reader Fly Angler has been predicting for awhile now that Wall Street will make a come back and bonuses will soon find their way back into the crocodile-skin wallets of our most beloved clients and I understand his hope: he … Continue reading
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Governor Rell decides to retire
Our Republican governor has thrown in the towel and given the Democrats what they wanted: higher income taxes. I suppose we should admire a politician who would end her career doing what she perceives to be the right thing but I … Continue reading
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Why stop at grey water?
Two design students (in France, of course) have designed a shower/plant base that filters waste water and allows you to enjoy a crisp glass of aqua without soap suds. You’d think that the biggest drawback to its popularity would be having to … Continue reading
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Now I really have to get cracking on my Noel novel
Dominick Dunne is dead at 84. I’ll certainly miss him more than the other guy who died yesterday. He won a bronze star as a 19-year-old teenager (no mention if swimming was involved in his bravery), graduated from Williams after … Continue reading
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Who is John Galt?
I logged onto Seablogger.com to see what he had to say about Tropical Storm Danny (nothing much – it’s going out to sea, if it even holds its form at all, and NYC has nothing to worry about) and found … Continue reading
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