tomtom

But are priceless.

It's the crack right above the big roof. What the heck is going on?

Ummm, that's not news. No doc negative amortization home loans were pretty common. No assets + no income + no doc loan = New House WaMu would even supply the paperclip.

Smoke em if you've got em.

http://www.johnforester.com/Articles/Social/natattit.htm BS. It's all Bush's fault. If it wasn't for the War for Oil in Irak, we could be putting that money into driver education and we would be able to reduce the needless slaughter of Innocent Americans on Our Highways.

The largest single cause of accidents to American bicyclists, both collisions between motor vehicles and bicycles (hereafter called car-bike collisions for simplicity) and other types of accidents, is the incompetence of the bicyclists involved. The reported car-bike collisions cause about 1,000 deaths and 50,000 injuries annually; the actual numbers may be several times greater for injuries and a small factor greater for deaths. The total number of deaths and injuries in bicycle accidents is probably about 500,000 annually. Over half of American car-bike collisions involve the cyclist suddenly getting in front of a motor vehicle by doing something that doesn't fit the traffic pattern: a dart-out, a swerve, riding in the wrong place, riding without a headlamp at night, etc. The behaviors that cause the majority of American car-bike collisions can be observed and measured. According to the measurements that have been made, the large majority of American cyclists habitually act in the ways that cause many frequent types of car-bike collision. Moreover, those accosted with criticism of their behavior tend to reply in two different ways. The majority say that they behave as they do to be safe, while the minority aggressively and vociferously defend themselves by arguing that the laws don't apply to them and aren't safe anyway. The investigator often finds that those who exhibit the worst behavior are those who are most concerned about safety.

I'll disagree with this. If the lane is wide enough so that a car can pass and not have to cross into the next lane , then it's rarely a problem. (Unless it's psycho like Kurt). Basically, it's incorporating the bike lane into the roadway without the dividing white stripe, creating a wide curb lane.

Jay, you are so insensitive. Home prices have stopped rising at double digit rates and the flippers are suffering. Feel their pain.

This should be extended to pedestrians as well. I've seen way too many folks just step off the curb without looking both ways. Sidewalks are expensive to install. Look at all the money the city will be spending in North Seattle to retrofit the neighborhoods without. Pedestrians are getting a free ride in the tranportation game. We should tax the hell out of them or they should stay home. It's only fair.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

In Canada

5. Margarita A gay man’s nectar of choice. It’s limey-taste is excellent for concealing rank breath after a “trip to the bathroom”. The fact that it’s frozen and comes equipped with an umbrella is not very macho. Group this with Pina Colada and Mudslide and reserve it for a night at Applebee’s with your lady.

It's on the Chief

i was barely considering you. I'm sure that came as a suprise to folks. Considering he will screw anything on two (or four) legs, yes.

Honda Motor Co., which is discontinuing the hybrid version of the Accord sedan because of weak sales ...

Ghouls.

anyone?

Wal-mart

Where is The Nodder?

Yes, it's in Canada.

Company Offers Rapture Insurance for Nervous Christians ARMAGEDDON, GA- By now everyone has surely seen this bumper sticker. That's some clever stuff. It's not just roll-on-the-floor, so-funny-'cause-it's-true, Calvin-peeing-on-a-Toyota-logo sort of funny, either. It brings up an important issue that many Christian-Americans are blithely ignoring. According to evangelical scholars, the end times are fast approaching, even faster than they were fifty years ago, and that means that a roadway filled with hundreds of driverless cars careening across lanes of traffic at 70 miles per hour could soon be a very bloody [and costly] reality. In the aftermath of the Great Ascension, the unclean sinners who remain will be keen to place liability squarely on the shoulders of the righteous, bleeding their wayward loved ones dry of what fortunes remain. That's where rapture insurance comes in. Mammon Enterprises, providers of fundamentalist financial products as well as Christian-themed bumper stickers, has branched out once again into the area of personal liability. Rapture insurance compensates policy holders for damages caused by Rapture-related disappearances, dissipations, and heavenly ascensions. "For traditional conservative Christians, this new insurance product is a load off their minds," said Mammon president Jerry B. Jenkins. "Once you no longer have to worry about your coverage, you can concentrate on the true purpose of the rapture- looking down from heaven on your horrified neighbors as they scramble to atone for their sins." Many people who bear this delightfully mirthful sticker on their bumper already believe that they are covered in such an event. However industry experts say that this confidence is not only baseless but dangerous as well. "Traditional insurance does not cover vehicular liability in case of Rapture just as homeowners policies usually omit coverage of flood damage," said Althea Thoon, spokesperson for the Insurance Association of America. "A quick check of your policy will confirm this," said Thoon. "But it's highly likely that the second coming of Jesus Christ and the divine judgment of all mankind would probably fall under the category of 'act of God' and therefore be uncovered." In much the same way that misinformed families lost their homes and savings to raging flood waters each spring, the Rapture could bring posthumous financial ruin for millions of the faithful. In another boon for the company, several Southern states have begun considering new public safety legislation to make rapture insurance mandatory for all drivers in addition to the minimal vehicle insurance they are already required to carry. In such a scenario, Jenkin's company could grow at close to one million percent in the next six to twelve months. Even though that could mean trillions of dollars in claims on a single day, Jenkins says the company has every intention of making good on its commitments to its departing clientele. As innovative as the idea may be, some potential customers have balked at the idea, concerned that the company's church-going adjusters will be taken up on the Gospel Ship along with them and won't be around to handle their claim. However, Jenkins insists that there is nothing to worry about. All insurance is a matter of faith, he contents, and therefor subject to strict literal interpretation. "How do we know for sure that our agents will be available when the Lord comes to take us home? They're all jews."

Uh, they ARE represented, whethr they join the union or not. Do the 1%'ers have a vote on union matters? What is their representation within the union? Or do they have to pay extra for this right?

I don't know if this is standard, but UW recently adopted a TA's union under the United Auto Workers of all things. I was opposed to it, but that's neither here nor there. Once it was passed everyone had the option to join the union and pay 2% of their salary for union dues, or not join the union and pay 1% anyway. That pretty well irked me. So the union has the right to tax workers? Taxation without representation? Hmmm.