Good column over at Bloomberg.com from Peter J. Wallison, Arthur F. Burns Fellow in Financial Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute.
– The subprime and other junk mortgages that Fannie and Freddie bought — and the market in these mortgages that their buying spawned — are the underlying cause of the financial crisis. These [...]

(Edit: linked to updated, framed version on Flickr)
The baby will be here any day, and we decided to add a hook to our bathroom wall. I love the visual of it and took a snapshot, then did a very minor Photoshop treatment where I made the wall black and white. The wall is [...]

I consider myself to be a reasonably intelligent guy, but generally I feel that I have a pretty poor memory. I always wondered why that was. Then, my good buddy (whom I’ve never met, nor even seen in person) Scott Adams wrote this:
At this point I will digress and give you my untested [...]

But I just had to share!  I am officially 38 weeks, 2 cm dilated and 70% effaced.  (Effacement is the thinning out of the cervix in order to let a baby out, for those of you who don’t know pregnancy).  The waiting is killing me and every little twitch, pain and jump makes me wonder, [...]

Next Wednesday (9/24) at 9:00pm on the Sci-Fi Channel, Ghost Hunters will air it’s exploration of the Buffalo Central Terminal.
Edit Video link broken – removed)

Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, recently commissioned a survey of American economists to find out their opinions on the presidential candidates.
Interestingly, most economists are Democrats, and feel their party is the one with the right economic ideas.
When asked which candidate for President would be best for the economy in the long run, not surprisingly, 88% [...]

Damn, Tina Fey is spot on!

via BuffaloPundit

Just got back from the doctor’s today and I am officially 1 cm dialated.    I am glad I am making progress, I just wish it didn’t hurt so much.  I know labor and actual delivery are going to be much much worse, but every move I make is painful and I feel that [...]

A week ago I decided it would be a good idea to get my septic tank pumped. We’ve been in the house a year, and it had been about two years before that since the previous owner had it pumped. With winter and the baby on the way, it seemed like it might [...]