Monthly Archives: June 2010

Police reopening Al Gore’s assault on massage girl John Edwards was unavailable for comment.

Thief held at gunpoint by armed homeowner. A suspected Maryville burglar is under arrest after he was allegedly caught in the act and held at gunpoint. John Ross Webb, 24, of Maryville, is facing charges of burglary of a vehicle … Continue reading →

Apple looking to hire antenna engineers for its iPhone Let me know when you have it worked out, guys.

State finally starts slashing spending. I’d say too little, too late, but we have to start somewhere. Since the imposition of Lowell Weicker’s income tax, we’ve doubled the state payroll and quadrupled (after inflation) our spending. As they say, when … Continue reading →

These guys are great in the wilderness, but two little girls attacked in the town next over make me nervous.

Microsoft’s Steve Ballmar on the iPhone, 2007. Hahahahaha! This guy gets paid a ton of money to run Microsoft, if you care. January 2007: INTERVIEWER: …  The Zune was getting some traction. Then Steve Jobs goes to MacWorld and he … Continue reading →

One armed citizen, two burglars, tax payer savings. If this guy and his pal were waiting for you at your home, would you want the telephone number of the ACLU, or a pistol?

Diversity shall rule. PARIS — France is embarking on a grand experiment — how to diversify the overwhelmingly white “grandes écoles,” the elite universities that have produced French leaders in every walk of life. Honestly, I can’t think of a single … Continue reading →

Former Giants coach beats school child who called him”fatso”. Shocking. No mention of rape, though.

I watched two deals go south today because my buyers (and I) think the market’s going down, while sellers think it’s coming back up for air. I make no special claim to brilliance on my part but my clients are … Continue reading →

Nine-year-old New Canaan girl rescued from chimney

According to Bloomberg, the same bankers who enriched themselves selling financing to idiot Boston politicians are now getting rich again selling them a”solution”. If it weren’t that Boston has such a squeaky-clean reputation among its politicians, I’d suspect that the … Continue reading →

Here’s the deal: you missed the spring market. Sales are old information, contracts are what’s going on now, and there’s nothing going on now. See you in September.

123 Lockwood, Riverside We’re watching the moderate -sized goats pass through the python I believe that after this – famine. This house tried getting $2. 195 back in 2007. The owners got real and sold it today for $1.510. Good … Continue reading →

  Listed at $969 and sold for $990 in 16 days. Must have been one of those buyers’ credit deals, don’t you think? My clients and I looked at it and weren’t impressed but that’s what makes a horse race. Assessment … Continue reading →

Started at $39.5 a few years ago, closed today for $24 million. (I’ll search – I think I predicted that price). But don’t cry too hard for listing agent Joe Barbeiri, he got both sides of the deal. UPDATE: It seems … Continue reading →

Just sold for $2.125. A big beautiful home, perfectly livable as it was but could easily be renovated, on the creek, with seawall and dock, 0.5 acres. I tried fruitlessly  to interest some of my clients in this property and now … Continue reading →

  $1.3 million, in this case. Assessed at $1.1, started off at $1.595 or thereabouts but sold in just 49 days, so the sellers (an estate) were adaptable. 1/4 acre.

Drunken british oil trader buys $520 million in futures while in blackout. PVM Oil Futures trader Steve Perkins bought 7m barrels of crude in late-night trading binge on his laptop, driving the oil price to an eight-month high. Not a good … Continue reading →

Lyme disease, plague and now a second coyote attack on a little girl! This keeps up, Detroit’s going to look safer. Time to get a carry permit?