The Vig

They put in $15,600 and took out $599,800.  Just another story from the Bush economy.
At some point the smart people on the tee-vee are going to figure out the free money from home equity lines is no longer flowing into the economy.  Once they do, this talk of a “mild” recession will cease.

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Old Yeller Dog Food. Coming soon, Charlie, The Lonesome Cougar bait traps.
Not to be outdone, Mateo and Nicole stumbled across the next great potato chip fad while shopping in Queens last night.

Ketchup chips.
All together now…
Yick.
Hat Tip:  Slog.

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I’ve been in the Couv now for what…three-and-a-half years? This may be the longest stretch I’ve ever had in one place. I’ll have to get back to you on that. Anyway, with the current housing meltdown, there seems to be an excess of rental properties out there. At least that’s what […]

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He’s pushing back against this temporary repeal of the gasoline tax and good for him, I say.  This idea is about as stupid as the one the Senate Republicans floated a few years ago when they wanted to send us all a check for $100 to help pay for the $3 gas.  Giving me $2 […]

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I’ve experimented with the Mentos and Diet Coke thing a time or two.  Kids freaking LOVE it.  And they think I’m a genius for coming up with it.  Generally I don’t dissuade them of this notion.
Leave it to the Belgians to take the whole concept and turn it up to eleven.  You’d have to be […]

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An interesting quote from Morgan Stanley.  I don’t know whether it’s that the pundits don’t fully appreciate what’s happened with the housing bubble or they’re just wishing it will all go away.  This isn’t like the dot-com bubble earlier in the decade.  This is something completely different and it’s infiltrated literally every nook and cranny […]

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Jerome and me:
HT:  The always awesome Basic Instructions.

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Driving by the zoo outside the Candidates Gone Wild show last night, I briefly flirted with a transvestite holding a Sam for Mayor sign.  I didn’t have the heart to tell her I’m from The Couv.  Hopefully my plates said it all.

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Did you know that Eugene Oregon’s own David Vobora was selected as this year’s Mr. Irrelevant in the NFL draft?  The honor goes each year to the last player selected.

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The summer between 7th and 8th grade I broke my arm up at Camp Baldwin. Like an idiot, I was cruising around after dark without a flashlight and I tripped. I fell either on to a root or a downed limb Either way, my arm was punctured and I was bleeding pretty […]

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