My parents told me that Friday the 13th is "lucky" for the Irish.
I have no idea where they got this. I suspect they totally made it up.
But they told me so early and so often, I came to believe it.
I still do. Should be a great day!
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I've been informed that "grass" is so "60's" and "hopelessly out of date."
"No one calls it that anymore," Paul said. "Call it Weed, or..." (I've already forgotten the other terms he used.)
"If you can't call it anything else, call it marijuana."
Hey, it was grass when I was a kid and it will always be grass...
I am so unhip.
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Another B.S. callout.
The business section has a front page article entitled: "Signs of Life in Subdivisions."
I guess. Like looking for life in the universe, you can always finds signs and portents. "More earthlike planets discovered!" "Water is more common in the universe than we expected!"
I know this. The industry is absolutely relentless in their boosterism. It's very Terminator like. They never stop, they never get sidetracked, they stay on their killer mission. Housing is good. Housing is Better. Housing is wonderful!!
Meanwhile, the article in the back of the section is: "Number of Foreclosure Proceedings Rose in June."
"Banks are increasingly placing homes with unpaid mortgages on a countdown that could deliver a swell of new foreclosed properties onto the market by early next year, potentially weighing further on home values.
"June provided the latest evidence of this trend, as the number of U.S. homes entering the foreclosure process for the first time increased on an annual basis for the second month in a row..."
My own feeling is that the problems are a vast reservoir which is still being filled, and the occasional seasonal runoff is being mistaken for a true drawdown. I think the Great Recession is too big to be counteracted by 'positive' vibes.
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"What does it say about me that I don't understand anything in this store?" a woman with kids says.
"It says that you are terribly unhip."
"Oh."
"Or that I am a huge nerd."
"Probably says both," she says. "I was a cheerleader in high school, but as I've gotten older I've come to recognize that the nerds got it right."
"Hey, we could always write a comic, Nerds versus Cheerleaders."
"With deadly pom poms!" she says.
I whip off my glasses. "And razor sharp eyeglasses!"
Ha, ha. We both say uncomfortably. A little detente in our older years.
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I have no idea where they got this. I suspect they totally made it up.
But they told me so early and so often, I came to believe it.
I still do. Should be a great day!
**********
I've been informed that "grass" is so "60's" and "hopelessly out of date."
"No one calls it that anymore," Paul said. "Call it Weed, or..." (I've already forgotten the other terms he used.)
"If you can't call it anything else, call it marijuana."
Hey, it was grass when I was a kid and it will always be grass...
I am so unhip.
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Another B.S. callout.
The business section has a front page article entitled: "Signs of Life in Subdivisions."
I guess. Like looking for life in the universe, you can always finds signs and portents. "More earthlike planets discovered!" "Water is more common in the universe than we expected!"
I know this. The industry is absolutely relentless in their boosterism. It's very Terminator like. They never stop, they never get sidetracked, they stay on their killer mission. Housing is good. Housing is Better. Housing is wonderful!!
Meanwhile, the article in the back of the section is: "Number of Foreclosure Proceedings Rose in June."
"Banks are increasingly placing homes with unpaid mortgages on a countdown that could deliver a swell of new foreclosed properties onto the market by early next year, potentially weighing further on home values.
"June provided the latest evidence of this trend, as the number of U.S. homes entering the foreclosure process for the first time increased on an annual basis for the second month in a row..."
My own feeling is that the problems are a vast reservoir which is still being filled, and the occasional seasonal runoff is being mistaken for a true drawdown. I think the Great Recession is too big to be counteracted by 'positive' vibes.
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"What does it say about me that I don't understand anything in this store?" a woman with kids says.
"It says that you are terribly unhip."
"Oh."
"Or that I am a huge nerd."
"Probably says both," she says. "I was a cheerleader in high school, but as I've gotten older I've come to recognize that the nerds got it right."
"Hey, we could always write a comic, Nerds versus Cheerleaders."
"With deadly pom poms!" she says.
I whip off my glasses. "And razor sharp eyeglasses!"
Ha, ha. We both say uncomfortably. A little detente in our older years.
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