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Happy Chrismahannakwanzakkah
Just swinging by to wish everybody a great holiday season. Much news, I'll be back soon. Peace, Bob -
'Bye Real Estate - THIS IS BIG!!!!!!
This afternoon, I had the opportunity to show a "unique fixer-upper opportunity" to a potential buyer in Berwyn, the suburb just south of Oak Park. Today marks the first day of the third year of my ill-fated Realtor career. The house was a beautiful old place that's been heavily vandalized and is vastly overpriced. It will take six figures worth of ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: No Laughing Matter
Rape. I was myself 29 years ago this summer and it will never be something that can be taken lightly.
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Back from San Diego, now both physically and mentally
Hey, friends. Back from CA. Actually landed late last Friday, but it's taken me a week to really get acclimated again. Missed you guys, my family (kids, Jim, dogs) and accomplished what I set out to do: examined what was happening in my life and where to take things from here. Decided that real estate isn't where it's at for me right now, at least ( Read more... ) -
Not sure whether to be flattered or creeped out....well, mostly annoyed, actually
So I had my first "stalker" at the gym yesterday.
I have been reflecting over the last couple of days, rolling over and over in my brain a phrase that our friend Delmarmar used in his comment last week related to my son's bar mitzvah, "everybody's hot to somebody." I got a good chuckle out of it. Well, it got turned on its ear this week!
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Dodged a Major Bullet Tonight, I'm Calling it Karma and Pretty Much Leaving It at That
Not gonna belabor this one a lot because it could have been a whole lot worse. But I am thanking Jah or whomever is looking after me and feeling pretty good about always treating people with kindness and good will tonight. I decided that I would use the gas grill on my upstairs deck so the kids and I could have yummy grilled burgers for dinner. The ( Read more... ) -
Who's Your Daddy? Not ME, That's For Sure....
I don't pay much attention to local high school basketball, since my alma mater is not the public high school but a Catholic (formerly boy's, now co-ed) Jesuit school in the city. (I know, I know, explains a lot, blah blah blah!) So when a bunch of boysterous boys were making much noise in the steam room of my health club late yesterday afternoon, ( Read more... )
