Monthly Archives: March 2006

On my 41st day of not smoking, and on the verge of the first SXSW where you can’t smoke inside anywhere, I bring you SMOKERS’ STYLE, 5 pages of graphics from Japan. I think they’re all supposed to be anti-smoking … Continue reading →

Dearest Mother, While my other brothers are busy giving you flowers and dinners and cards and grandchildren, I will give you this, a post on my blog. It may not seem like much in comparison to their gifts, but if … Continue reading →

Well, that house is gone. Last night we went through the 5 stages of grief in about 3 hours and this morning we are ready to move on. More or less. We are stil considering seeding the house with termites … Continue reading →

I knew it! I knew things were going too well. Today I got word of a “red flag”, an issue that could stand between us and our house. I won’t go into details right now, suffice it to say that … Continue reading →

So we made an offer and it was accepted. Keep your fingers crossed that we can work through all the weird closing stuff in the next several weeks. If all goes well… we have a house. This is all happening … Continue reading →

We’ve been approved for a home loan. Got a nice house to sell me?

The Lovely Wife and I were looking at houses. Thinking about them. Slowly. Now we’re trying to buy one. As quick and easy as that. It’s like falling in a hole (her phrase) because everyone (mortgage brokers, realtors, etc.) has … Continue reading →