Archive for August, 2008

The game show problem

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

While watching the movie "21" this past weekend the professor character in the movie posed the infamous game show question. There are 3 doors for a contestant to choose from.  Behind one door is a new car and the other two are goats.  The contestant chooses door #1.  The host, who ...

My furniture update

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

On August 1st, I bought a whole new living room set and got a second set for $1.  I got my furniture delivered on August 8th and have had a little difficulty in selling it.  I had set my prices high and have been slowly lowering it to get interest. I ...

A Tenant Story

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Rewind to October 2007  I received a called my a lady who wanted to rent the home.  She had a long story about her financial troubles and a car accident and she needed to rent a place right away!  She asked me all sorts of questions about the home, number of bedrooms, bathrooms, ...

I Have a Pill Popping Vet

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

I took my dog to the vet last week because he'd look like he had some trouble jumping up.  The vet took some x-rays and we found out that my dog has arthritis.  My dog can walk, jog and run fine.  The only thing he can't do is stand up.  ...

Havasu Campground flooding

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Last April I went to Havasu Falls for a weekend camping trip.  Heavy rains and a dam break resulted in the flooding of the Havasu campgrounds and the village of Supai.  The article say that people camping woke up at 2am to see the waters near their tent.  Many campers ...

The Olympics

Monday, August 18th, 2008

I think we saw two unbelievable events last weekend in the Olympics.  If you didn't watch last weekend here are the photos that I believe tell the whole story. Michael Phelp's win in the 100m butterfly by .01 seconds.  This photo below is from SI.com.  Phelps was behind coming into the last ...

Weird call from Countrywide Home Loans

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Yesterday I got a call from Countrywide Home Loans.  When I answered the phone I got a quick recorded message that said that it was countrywide home loans and it said portions of collection calls can be recorded.  Then it connected to a live person. Obviously, my first thought was that my ...