great article, Eric. Now if only I can get my Wife to read it...

I'm that guy in the right-hand lane doing the speed limit. I've never had a moving violation in my life (that wasn't dismissed in court, I mean. As my dear legal secretary Mother used to say, 'an indictment is not a conviction.') I love it when somebody, usually in a VW for some reason, comes flying up and passes me…

This reminds me of a question I read a long time ago that someone sent to the Playboy magazine Q&A column. He (at least I assumed it was a he) wrote: 'I would like to become a pimp. Can you tell me what it takes?' The editor's answer was memorable: 'If you have to ask what it takes, you don't have what it takes.'

Good idea - wish I'd done that. I did photo each room in an organized way (north wall, east wall, south wall... etc) during each step of the construction. The plumbing and wiring were my focus.

We recently had to have drywall in my home office replaced after a bad roof leak. Before they put the new drywall back up, I took pictures so I would know exactly what the interior layout of the walls was in case I wanted to do work later. Now, I know where studs and cross supports are, where electrical and phone…

We recently had to have drywall in my home office replaced after a bad roof leak. Before they put the new drywall back up, I took pictures so I would know exactly what the interior layout of the walls was in case I wanted to do work later. Now, I know where studs and cross supports are, where electrical and phone…

Now I'm getting hungry ;-)

Two days late and five dollars short! I absolutely can't believe how these monster corporations can be so flat dumb handling an obvious PR disaster like this. They must have a team dedicated to this kind of thing, I sure would, so why does it take them forever (in internet terms) to make a decent move? I don't…

this is a shot across Bezo's bow - it'll happen now.

awesome. thanks. I had the same question.

Roku really missed the boat by not building in local streaming, IMNSHO

My Roku, that I bought recently too and I dearly love, is now relegated to my garage/bar. ;-)

Using your cell phone is a great point but I disagree that you have to be sneaky about it. Recently I was involved in an accident that was clearly the other driver's fault. We pulled over and exchanged licenses and insurance cards. I didn't have my glasses to write everything down so I put his cards on the hood of my…

As a former Realtor, I can tell you that is absolutely correct. The right school district makes resale a cakewalk and it adds thousands to the value.

"...fear is a bitch."

"If you were to move every 5 years, signing a new 30 year mortgage each time, you probably wouldn't do that well from an "investment" standpoint."

I agree, Andrew, and here's one more:

yeah, what's this iOS thing anyway? ;-)

Hey Ryan - just wondering how you handle buyers who try to beat down your price over the phone or email without even seeing your merchandise?

Real men know how to shift.