( I've been better )

Yesterday I officially became a homeowner and landlord when I closed and legally took possession of two duplexes. Three of the units have current tenets, the fourth I will be moving into over the next few days.

Today I collected the last paycheck I hope to ever receive. I am now working solely for myself.

2008 will be my year.

Last night I had a dream that I created an excel spreadsheet that, at first, was just a bunch of zeroes, but when you entered any number in cell A1 it magically transformed into a picture of a crab. Imagine my delight when upon waking I realized the spreadsheet would work in real life without any modification. Sadly I don't see much call for art of ( Read more... )

A recent excerpt from the popular advice columnist's writings ( Read more... )

I've been so busy I nearly forgot to mention that I had offers on two houses accepted on Monday. I've got financing set up, though I'm still shopping for a better deal. Inspections are next week, and if those go well I will officially be a landlord and homeowner in mid- January.

I'm so excited I barely sleep these days.

Life is difficult when I get up early on weekends because so few websites update.

I don't value Christmas presents. The economist in me is upset by the deadweight loss. Person A spends X on a gift for person B, but that gift provide less than X utility to person B. A more concrete example is my grandmother spends $15 to buy me a blanket featuring the logo of my favorite football team. I put the blanket on my bed and use it ( Read more... )

Detroit has been named the most liberal city in America by a recent study, with Flint being number 10. That makes MI the only state besides California to have more than one city in the top 10. Detroit was also recently determined to be the most dangerous city in the U.S. using FBI data on crime and social factors. I postulate that both of these ( Read more... )

Gather 'round me, children, and I'll tell you a story. A story of despair, hope, and love. A story called...

( I Can't Stop Loving I Can't Stop Raving )

In the painstaking process of trying to craft an entertaining and energetic technoesque Pandora station with basically no knowledge about electronic music (Except that nobody in the in crowd calls it "electronica"), I was amazed to discover the song Sound is Shocking by Dj Baby Ann & Jen Lasher. What makes this song amazing is that it samples the ( Read more... )