March 2011

Real Estate: Catastrophic

March 9, 2011

Lenten Thanks: Day 1 I thank God for my beautiful son, who has grown into a hard-working man with great common sense, a wide-ranging intellectual curiosity, and deep loyalty for his loved ones. The dominant Realtor in the neighborhood just sent out her occasional newsletter. A house in the area just to the north, which [...]

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Ash Wednesday: Forty thankful posts for Lent

March 9, 2011

Father Poulson, our pastor down at the church where they let me sing along with the choir, made a gracious suggestion for a Lenten devotion: for each day of Lent, find something to be thankful for. I like this idea. So, for each of the next forty days, Funny will lead off with a short [...]

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Moments of Fame

March 9, 2011

Squirrelers hosts the Carnival of Money Stories this week, kindly including Funny’s latest adventure in home security. It’s a large carnival this week, with many excellent posts. Check out some of these: In the security department, Free Money Finance posts a really interesting article titled “Secrets of a Former Credit-card Thief.” Amazing. Smart Frugality went [...]

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Workman Waltz: Save the Last Dance for Me…

March 7, 2011

Ohhhhhhhhh moan! The handyman charged $615 to repaint the eaves, install two new motion-sensitive lights, and plane down the solid-core door on the office so it will close properly. That doesn’t count the cost of the paint, which was more than any reasonable person could expect. I can’t complain too much. He repaired some dry-rot [...]

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Best Piece Jon Stewart’s Done to Date

March 5, 2011

The Daily Show Tags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Thank you, Mr. Stewart!

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I Ain’t Workin’ Saturday!

March 5, 2011

Well…yes, I am. Gotta check off a passel of student exercises and get back to work on the OB-gyn book. Oh, well. By way of procrastination, let’s go a-lollygagging in the meadows of Blogland. OMG! Have you seen what Tom Drake at Canadian Finance Blog is up to? He’s built an entire series around his [...]

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