When I was in high school I started restoring a 1968 Corvette. My friend Richard and I put in long hours driving 1.5 hours to my uncle’s shop, working on the car all day Sunday, and then driving back. We did this almost every weekend. Those days I was long on time, [...]

I’ve had a humidor since I can remember. I don’t smoke cigarettes, but I enjoy a cigar every once in a while. Like wine, I always buy one to smoke and at least one more to save. As a result over the years I’ve built up a bit of a collection of [...]

My realtor sent me some listings to glance over today. As usual, they were all bank-owned (foreclosed) properties. It’s pretty sad when there are 9 half-a-million dollar bank-owned properties within a few blocks of each other. No wonder the RE and the CDO-paper-holding-stock market are hurting.
But this is kinda funny:

Nice suburbia sprawl, [...]