Monthly Archives: February 2010

A drug pedlar who is “well known by the police” is arrested as he tries to fly into Nantucket with bricks of marijuana in his backpack. It seems to me that if I were well known by the Nantucket police, … Continue reading →

The New England coast is getting slammed – 91 mph gust in New Hampshire. I haven’t checked yet but I’d guess Nantucket’s going to lose some more beach. UPDATE: the forecast yesterday predicted `15 to 20 foot waves on the … Continue reading →

Not always, obviously, but it’s a good starting point these days. The number, you will recall, is an estimate of a home’s 2005 value X.70. And in many cases, that’s just about right: we’re down 30% from 2005 prices (and … Continue reading →

The BET cut a portion of funds from the office of Emergency Management, which seems to be nothing but a soft job for our supposed-to-be retired fire chief. $51,000 is better than the $71,000 we’ve been paying but is this … Continue reading →

Politico: What would Nancy do? When then-Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) was admonished by the ethics committee in October 2004, Pelosi and other Democratic leaders went on the offensive against him. “Mr. DeLay has proven himself to be ethically unfit … Continue reading →

New York’s accidental governor Paterson drops election run.

This is a funky, quirky little house on Center Drive that I like very much, but it started at $1.549 back in 2008 and that was just too high to consider even bidding. It’s been dropping, slowly, and today it’s … Continue reading →

Obama considering plan to halt all foreclosures until HAMP reviewed. It seems to me that this just prolongs the agony and will merely delay for a year the massive market reset that’s required. But Obama’s never struck me as a market … Continue reading →

Four inches of snow in Riverside. Bah!

432 Round Hill Road, 5 1/2 acres of pasture with views (and a stable/house) came on a week ago asking $4.450 million and had a contract yesterday. Good land will sell because there’s so little of it. 44 Sumner Road, … Continue reading →

It was so much easier to complain about it when that Ol’ Debbil Bush was running things.

Amputee plants bomb in Harlem subway station

Even our cat Henry, who hates snow, made it outside this morning but not Greenwich school kids – classes cancelled. I’m sure the kids don’t care but really – closing schools based on the media’s hysteria rather than looking out … Continue reading →

Scammers claiming to be RCMP are calling Greenwich residents and stealing their money. GPD spokesman Danny Allen makes it clear: “we’re the only ones authorized to work this neighborhood”, he told FWIW’s Scusie, “and we’re gonna protect our turf – … Continue reading →

Some big bettors think so, according to the Journal. I don’t have the resources to play this game but if I did, I’d be betting on the Euro hitting $0.65. I may be poor and unschooled in economics, but I … Continue reading →

Ethics panel finds that his trip to St. Maartin’s  was improper. What about his unpaid taxes, his four -apartment spread in NYC, etc., etc.? No word. But he’ll be busy crafting our tax laws to ensure that we all pay … Continue reading →

Fascinating article on genes in the Wall Street Journal. I don’t know how much of it is available outside the subscription wall but here are some links. You can try evading that wall by going to Google News and searching … Continue reading →