http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/Talarohk/ en-us http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/Talarohk/post-3171.html I think a storm is coming. I'm not any sort of economist, but recent events make me suspect that our economy is not in the best shape. Credit markets are still frozen, and things are a bit bleak. But still, that's not the worst part. As has been pointe... http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/Talarohk/post-3170.html I wrote this in a moment of irrational grumpiness about the proposed bailout. A letter to Congress September 22, 2008 How dare you? How dare you propose that we shield these institutions from the consequences of their bad decisions? How dare you e... http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/Talarohk/post-3159.html The rehab continues. I wanted to put in one of those pop-up stoppers in the working bathtub (the trip lever kind which was in there didn't work very well). We removed the trip lever without incident, and I went out and bought a dumbbell wrench to remov... http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/Talarohk/post-3158.html So we bought a house. I've posted the story of the purchase elsewhere; it was a short sale, and those make full novels on their own. But in the end, we got it. Now we discover what "fixer" means. Background: while I am not physically incompetent, I h... http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/Talarohk/post-3150.html We are (hopefully) going to get word on whether we will be buying a house sometime this week. With that in mind, I am considering other changes I might make. I have been pretty happy with a lot of changes I've seen in myself lately; I have some new hob... http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/Talarohk/post-3149.html Welcome to the Suppository, home of the eloquent and informative Asylum Blogs! To make a blog for yourself, DON'T try to make a new thread in here. Don't click on the "New Thread" button. No! Don't! OH, GOD, NO! Dammit, you did it anyway. You should ... http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/Talarohk/post-3143.html We are currently in the process of applying for a mortgage and trying to buy a house. Here in north San Diego county, home prices have been skyrocketing for years; between about 2000 and 2006, they went absolutely nuts. When I applied for my current jo... http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/Talarohk/post-3138.html It's been a weird couple of weeks. At the end of January, while driving along the freeway (taking kids to school), my Jetta died. Turns out the timing belt slipped or snapped or some such, and since it's an interference engine, it trashed the engine. T... http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/Talarohk/post-3111.html Hypocrisy = failing to live up to one's stated ideals Hippocracy = political rule by horses Just something I've noticed recently. http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/Talarohk/post-3109.html At the moment, I seem to be in an expansion mode. Not in terms of gaining weight, but in that I seem to be hungering for new ideas and new knowledge. Example: I've signed up (no pun intended) for online ASL courses. I've always been interested in sign ...