Monthly Archives: March 2011

Stamford Superior Court Marshall “Bo” Herring caught slapping the flounder in front of female prisoner. A Marshall’s job is a coveted appointment and obviously comes with some great fringe benefits, if you’re into this sort of thing.

Huge shark \ tiny kayak http://www.courant.com/news/breaking/sns-viral-video-shark-kayaker,0,1142181.htmlstory

5 Partridge Hollow Road, asking $4.950, has a contract, price unspecified. This house tried for $6.5 million from 2001 through 2003, then gave up for a while. They had better luck this time. UPDATE: 85 Hunting Ridge asked $3.495 in … Continue reading →

Local firm takes care of estate sales. Clearing out possessions, donating what isn’t wanted, arranging cleaning crews and carpenters and monitoring the vacant house. I’ve been though a couple of incidences where a relative has died out of state or even … Continue reading →

Just so we know who we’re unleashing. And the Muslim brotherhood is taking over Egypt. I’m getting the impression that Obama is employing Robin Williams’ “Fly Away Little Bird”philosophyof release. Who knows where it will end up and, a feckless  Obummer asks, … Continue reading →

Stock market in a state of denial

 “Consumers agree: now’s the time to buy real estate”. It’s distressing to see that, according to this bogus poll, half of all home sellers expect to sell their house at its list price. The national brokers that support this ridiculous “news’ service … Continue reading →

 You can still buy the place for $29 million, just $19 million over what he paid for it in 2005, but now it comes with a stuffed Mr. Gartner in a Lazy-Boy. UPDATE: check it out, especially the guy’s right … Continue reading →

Parents pledge $1 million towards GHS auditorium project.

But 6X more expensive, so too bad for you, Granny. Remember, according to Paul Krugman, England has the finest health care system in the world, with the very best treatment.

Prudential opens another real estate mutual fund. It’ll be different, this time.

I was playing around with that little site visitor globe meter on the lower right side and noticed that since November, this site has recieved visitors from a ton of hot spots: Iran: 583 Saudi Arabia: 243 UAE: 149 Russia: … Continue reading →

I couldn’t figure out what you folks were complaining about but the beauty of WordPress, as opposed to Google’s blog host, is that there are actual human beings at WordPress to answer questions. It turns out, they just released a new … Continue reading →

Pre-clovis tools discovered in America, pre-dating arrival of Indians from Siberia. This may, eventually, put an end to “Native American activists” screwing up archeological digs on the premise that it’s their ancestors’ bones were messing with. Turns out we don’t know … Continue reading →

Forbid them to turn left. UPS does, and has cut its mileage 20,000,000 per year while delivering far more packages. Your results may vary.

So says this banker. Societe Generale’s Albert Edwards. Edwards notes that, yes, those involved in the housing market are traditionally positive, but questions whether or not current participants have lost their minds. From Albert Edwards: I don’t normally write about … Continue reading →

Skakel’s boarding school to close. Skakel was the star graduate of this school for troubled boys and  I’m guessing that his conviction didn’t help.Maybe the schools owners can sue Mickey Sherman for his fumbling defense. The man is a nice guy, so long as … Continue reading →

I saw a couple of decent listings, one of which l’ve recommended to a client in the $2.5ish range. Having turned down a classic house because of its location – not everyone likes Riverside – he might like this one’s … Continue reading →

Tiger Woods has an iPhone app that’ll teach you to swing (a club) like him. Let’s talk after the Masters, fella.

Two shot at Toad’s Place hip-hop concert. Isn’t that what one does at such places?