Open Thread

gooood morning asshats!

Loved the prison videos…it always puzzles me when prisoners show such talent, ingenuity, and creativity but somehow seem to fail at carrying that through to “the outside”.

bxgrl and THl do deserve tiaras and much more for dealing with that control freak W/o/G. Brava ladies!

Game Over!

Dibs, you remind me of the clown economist Larry Kudlow who continually ranted about the “Bush economic miracle”. Just substitute the words “Bushwick” for Bush.

Even you have changed the debate from “everything is great” to “Where is the bottom?”.

The facts are in! NYC is not immune! Admit you were wrong and move on.

One ray of hope: Even the Real Estate Brokers seem to be admitting there is a problem. The path out of this will be:

a. A rise in GDP (Nowhere in sight – a rise is different from not going down as fast).
b. An actual improvement in the employment numbers
c. A slow and painful levelling off of NYC real estate prices that reflect the actual utility value of housing.

Before all that happens, I’m on the lookout for the inevitable…

Dead Cat Bounce

I wish I had a house with a backyard…I’d so get a dog.

Yes, poor DIBS, crying all the way to the bank.

DIBS, are you in Bucks this weekend? Canoeing with the family followed by ice cream at Dilly’s Corner is maybe a 50/50 possibility for us tomorrow. Or we may hit the beach instead.

PitbullNYC — Just wanted to drop in and belatedly thank you for telling me about a few beagles up for adoption at Eva’s Play Pups back in April or so. I ended up adopting four-year-old Abbey — she’s great!