Monthly Archives: February 2011

They’re blaming it on natural gas fracking, but there’s a far scarier explanation than that: the New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812. We discussed these quakes when I was studying geology back in college. At least in 1975, there was no good plate … Continue reading →

Scam a $1 million from a bingo game, do not  go to jail. Walt, if you aren’t too busy these days, I sense a profit opportunity here.

Danno is hoping to glom onto Florida’s share of railroad money now that that that state has rejected it. Why not kill the railroad to nowhere and redirect funds from the New Haven – Hartford line to where there is a demand? Why … Continue reading →

 Then I highly recommend this review of Harlem’s Sylvia’s Chicken joint, written by a white liberal tourist. ALL I CAN SAY IS YUMMMMM  I had always known about Sylvia’s but heard mixed reviews. I must say that the food was scrumptious. I … Continue reading →

Soccer player kicks other team’s wounded owl mascot. Hang ‘em high.

Obummer and Michelle have been flying their Chicago personal trainer into Washington once a week for at least the past year. Doubtless he’s fed those locally – grown veggies from Michelle’s back yard, so I guess it’s alright, eh? It’s … Continue reading →

He’s asked for brain limbering exercises. I’d suggest he quit the Demmerkrat party this afternoon but I’m sure the damage has been done. Maybe he should go hide in Illinois.

Irish real estate developer shut down in Belle Haven. This was a pretty standard trick in town for years, exceeding your renovation specs. I’d like to think the town has finally gotten wise to it but more likely, it’s just a … Continue reading →

14 Baldwin Farms South, that foreclosed spec house off Round Hill Road, went to contract. It started at $9 million plus, dropped down substantially after Patriot Bank took it over, but none of my clients could get over the swamp … Continue reading →

There’s a new listing posted today at a couple of hundred thousand (around 10%) more than the sellers paid for it in 2006. No mention of any improvements, so I assume that the sellers and their agent think we’ve bounced back from … Continue reading →

“Low-flow” toilets causing sewage pipes to clog in the people’s republic. So now they’re dumping raw bleach into San Francisco Bay. These folks are steadily destroying an infrastructure built over a hundred years, and I couldn’t be more pleased. But … Continue reading →

“Small” nuclear war would cool the planet for decades. I don’t think even Al Gore would go this far, would he?

Washington plans on doing nothing about pirates. Okay, if governments are helpless to do anything, amend the laws on piracy to allow ships to carry deadly armaments and to employ those weapons whenever they encounter Somalis 1,000 miles offshore armed with … Continue reading →

The NYT writes about a “hamburger”chain in Holland that features a six-inch-thick contraption, replete with truffles, sixteen kinds of cheeses and a wooden shoe. And it costs $2o bucks. And no french fries! Whatever it is they’re selling over there, it’s … Continue reading →

Al Qaeda has played no part in the current revolutions. For nearly two decades, the leaders of Al Qaeda have denounced the Arab world’s dictators as heretics and puppets of the West and called for their downfall. Now, people in … Continue reading →

New York Magazine is out with a nine-page article on Madoff, including interviews with Bernie himself. The man is still lying, and still without remorse, which comes as no surprise.

All winter there’s been a big, bright yellow earth excavator machine parked in the back yard of a house across the creek. At first, I thought its owner was waiting for the dirt to thaw before performing whatever job needed to … Continue reading →

I was out showing houses today (actually, my partner Cathy Farricker was doing the showing while I just tagged along) and I was impressed by what we saw. More important, so were our clients. We saw a number of houses … Continue reading →

People of the world donate pizzas to striking Wisconsin teachers.

Five-pound Pomeranian serves as an appetizer for two coyotes. What use is a bitsy guinea pig? Our wonderful Lab, Casey the Wonder Dog , weighed in at over 100 pounds, kept burglars away, protected our children  and would have eaten these predators … Continue reading →