May I forbid the use of any/all photographs taken during the 007 Days of Christmas? You can take up the specific terms of use with my manager.

One also hears that you might *start* with a laptop on a laptop, but overly-plugged-in syndrome soon enters a downward spiral that can only end in tears and blogging. Other symptoms are making angry, downward trending red graphs and happy, eco-sensitive upward trending green graphs with exuberant rising trend lines.

Very much a compliment. We have sons. They are grubby and could shower and shave more often. On the other hand, they are probably less expensive ….

One of my more endearing male pig qualities (I have many, according to my wife) is that no-way I let Mrs. Smithers take the wheel when I’m in the car, let alone in the snow. At least make her put the chains on (the front tires) first. If she can do that, then maybe she gets to “drive” a few hundred yards.

Smithers – Yes, she has his smile, and it only cost me several thousand dollars.

You wouldn’t believe the Friday night/Saturday morning snow. We had to leave early Saturday to get the million dollar mouth back to the plane for college, and Steve ending up driving my VW bug down the hill fearing that, left in my hands, I would be lost forever in some snowdrift. It was a little dicey driving the unplowed roads, even for a mid-west boy.

I read the article in the LA Times regarding Brent T. White, by Kenneth Harney, “Professor advises underwater homeowners to walk away from mortgages” as well. Sort of contradicts a preceding article in the same section, written by Alejandro Lazo; “Letting your home go into foreclosure does have consequences” Tough call. (I’d share the link if I knew how to! This box is not Twitter, FB, E-Mail, Digg, etc. =) )

Reader no. 4 here. We went down to my brother’s for TG. They live at ground zero of the housing bubble pop, also known as “Eastvale” (aptly named, since it is located at the west end Riverside county). Looks like you guys got a little snow at Arrowhead on Friday night – Saturday morning. We had a short but loud pre-dawn hail storm, complete with thunder and lightning.

I suppose the observable supply-demand curve is not so helpful because so much of the market is happening at the “low” end. there are not enough REOs and short sales at the “high” end to create a similar market dynamic. Unless and until more high end properties HAVE to be sold, things will stay the same. There is always uncertainty, there is more uncertainty these days than the average bear or bull can handle. In the mean time, sellers don’t want to “give it away,” and buyers are not interested unless they can “steal one from the bank” (to quote JtR), so nothing happens.

Your beautiful daughter no. 1 has her father’s smile.