Predictive analysis determines nutrition/survival foods a top priority during hurricane season.

Interesting fact...

The #1 selling item from Wal-Mart BEFORE a hurricane is beer.

And the #1 selling item from Wal-Mart AFTER a hurricane...is Pop-Tarts.

You know, every time I worry America might be looking the teensiest bit white trash to the rest of the world...something comes along to really drive the point home.

Read it here.

With my nice bag and my cheap shoes, do I look like a rube?

So, our home buyers are developers. But, for some reason, they keep trying to stick to their initial get-in-the-door story...young couple in love, love old houses, want to live in Wicker Park. But at this point, the guy might as well be wearing a hard hat and driving a bulldozer. Come on, buddy.

The problem is, he keeps getting his "Looking for a starter-home and we are only pre-approved for a 2-cent mortgage and have to borrow money from my mom to make up the difference" storyline confused with this one:

'Okay, so my lawyer's number goes to my family's manufactured housing development company, and in our contract we're going to try to get YOU to pay a point on OUR mortgage, extend the close by an extra six months, and also have you pay 110% of last year's taxes to us at close. Then, we're going to need an extension on the five weeks we had to get a mortgage, but the bank manages a pretty extensive portfolio for me, so getting the mortgage approved is 99.9999999999% guaranteed. Oh, and find out if your house has landmark status so we don't have a problem tearing it down, okay sweetie? Thanks.'

But...anyway...then he'll leave another phone message, "My wife really loves the house. I mean, I know I'm overpaying for it...but only because my wife loves it so much."

Okay, you're not "overpaying" and what part of it does your wife love? The ground? You didn't even bother with an inspection...it's 125 years old. I'd have a birdhouse inspected if it was 125 years old.