I've been a bibliophile all of my reading life, and I don't imagine that will ever change as long as my eyes (or ears) work. After today, gone are the days when I will walk into a bookseller's and walk out with a new stash of books.

Today, I took a large shopping bag of books to Half Price books. Of course I understand that I won't get back even a quarter of what I spent, but $2.25?! These were not trashy mystery paperbacks. There were nonfiction works about writing, a number...

It all began really well, actually. Despite the fact that it is Monday all over the world, I had an excellent day at work. I got my work done as per the usual (and, occasionally, the unusual), and the time had come to run errands before venturing home for dinner. Successful stops and this writer got what he needed.

The evening now begins at the Case abode and, having done the necessary things I needed to do for the moment, it became time for dinner. Arriving...

Mortgage rates ended last week under pressure. Following Thursday’s rally following a much worse than expected jobless claims report, Friday came with no data and MBS gave back all of the prior day’s gains. Mortgage backed securities did open higher on Friday which allowed lenders to pass along the best rate sheets of the week, but as the day progressed they moved lower in price forcing most lender to issue reprices for the worse.

We have no economic data on the calendar this...

The economy is sucky. People are losing their jobs. It is a fact. The interesting part is that people want to become Realtors because they think they'd be good at SALES.

Just last week, I heard from THREE of my previous clients who wanted to know if I thought they'd be good in "sales". Yes, that is what they all asked. One even told me that he has been taking "sales training".

Is it odd that I have NEVER considered myself a salesperson? My...

So I use to go walking every week about 4 to 5 times a week but after afew incidents I have stoped walking altogether.
I own a 5 pound chihuahua and we have encountered many situations.

1)From a dog that strongly pulled away from it's owner and the owner didn't have to strength to pull him completly off of me I graved my dog and held him over my head so that he would be safe but the dog kept pushing at me to get to my dog,

2) To watching an owner open there front...