Archive for the 'Real Estate' Category

Its like Superman losing the Fortress of Solitude or the President being evicted from the White House: Michael Jackson appears to be losing his famed Neverland Ranch.
“You are in default of a deed of trust …,” Jackson was told in the five-page filing, according to a copy of the document published by FoxNews.com. “Unless [...]

Whitney Stump, Local Hero

Whitney Stump of Muncie, Indiana, couldn’t get his local government to paint a crosswalk at his local intersection, so he painted it himself. Then the city threw him in jail for 10 days. Now he’s sworn to finish the job.
Stump, a 27-year-old Ball State University graduate student and father, says he was arrested once on [...]

Unsustinable Urban Growth

Cities collapse due to unsustainable growth? Naw it’ll never happen. We have science. [unsw.edu.au, creationmuseum.org]

I’ve never had the pleasure of owning a home, but it’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot more lately. I haven’t yet bought a place because I live in New York, where buying anything nice costs a million dollars, and also because I’ve been waiting for this housing bubble to burst so I can [...]

I hate subdivisions. Grew up in ‘em in my teen years. Just aren’t my scene. Not enough character.
But if I were going to move into one—and god forbid a faux “luxury” one—it would be “Victory Lane,” the under-development community being built in the hills of Georgia. At Victory Lane’s heart: a 4.5-mile race track, including [...]

When it rains, our apartment leaks. Minor leaks, usually through the air vents in the bathrooms, which make very little mess. Occasionally we’ll have to toss out a soggy roll of toilet paper.
A good-sized storm blew through New York yesterday, slowly but assuredly soaking everything for hours. Our bathroom drips soon turned to a steady [...]

Because if there’s anything a cop needs, it’s another gun.

A Russian real estate magazine accidentally puts a picture with a (tiny) hobo taking a leak on its cover. [EnglishRussia.com]

The Housing Bubble Blog

I know dickall about real estate, but I’m trying to keep an eye on this failing housing market, perhaps to swoop down in a few years to pick through others’ mistakes. This guy is a pessimist, but I like pessimists. [The Housing Bubble Blog]

I apologize for posting so many movies today, but this one just seems so right on for this here website. It’s a documentary video of a 100-year-old church being moved from one location to another with lots of time-lapse shots, set to a sort of rock-and-roll choir piece written specifically for the video of the [...]

New Jersey prototype home generates power, saves it as hydrogen for the winter. Getting closer, but: “Caminiti argues that the cost of the hydrogen/solar setup works out at about $4,000 a year when its $100,000 cost is spread over the anticipated 25-year lifespan of the equipment. That’s still a lot higher than the $1,500 a year the average U.S. homeowner spends on energy.” [Reuters]

Spanish Mushroom Farm

For sale: Purpose Built Large Scale Mushroom Cultivation Building in Granada, Spain. Cheap local labor! Only 210,000 € (negotiable). [Viviun]




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» Evidently a fan of Ebert’s is trying to help Mars breed the supreme race of M&Ms.

Whenever I get a package of plain M&Ms, I make it my duty to continue the strength and robustness of the candy as a species. To this end, I hold M&M duels. Taking two candies between my thumb and forefinger, I apply pressure, squeezing them together until one of them breaks and splinters. That is the “loser,” and I eat the inferior one immediately. The winner gets to go another round.
M&Ms prove Darwin was right Thanks Ryan  # 0

» Baconpig. Zenith of mankind’s porcine proclivity or just gross? You be the judge. Don’t miss the Pig Butchering Guide in T-shirt form. # 0

» A man wants to know if jerking off into his guppy tank will cause his fish any harm. Just don’t forget to cuddle, I say. [StraightDope.com# 1

» An Atlanta florist is selling the “Broquet,” baskets of amply masculine cactus and carnivorous plants that can be given from one man to another. [BananaFlorist.com via Seth Godin# 0

» What may be my next car, the Mitsubishi Evolution X, goes on sale today in Japan. Next year for North America. [Crave.CNET.com# 0

» I haven’t really dug into it much, but JoS. A. Bank is having what appears to be a pretty major sale, with up to 50% off on Fall items and 70% off on clearance items. [JosBank.com# 2

» Cities collapse due to unsustainable growth? Naw it’ll never happen. We have science. [unsw.edu.au, creationmuseum.org] # 0

» Headline of the Day: “Men want hot women, study confirms” [CNN# 2



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