A fool and his money...

Never trade for something which you're bidding for on ebay, thinking you won't win because you always get outbid at the last moment anyway, even after dozens of tries. It's the surest way to win, folks, and at a price you're guaranteed to feel really dumb paying now that you've already got one.

The Ten Commandments in the Alabama Courthouse: An editorial

*I* think having a big sacred rock full of religious and historical significance inside a big round municipal building is a GREAT idea. After all, they've been doing it in Jerusalem for thousands of years and just look at HOW WELL it's worked out!

That Smashing Pumpkins song... again

Well dad went to look at a house that was being shown last night but could not find it. I don't want to sound pessimissic, but I think things are reaching that stage of quiet desperation. We really *need* to get this house thing taken care of. My mom's been offered a good job and she can't take it if we don't have a house. *grr* I never imagined it would be this hard. Everything's either great but run by untrustworthy landlords, great but out of our price range, or great, but a size too small. Mind you, I was only supposed to have dad with me two weeks while he looked for a house. It's going on three months. Don't misunderstand, I'm not mad at him. I just wish we could get this thing taken care of. My lease ends in October and I'd like to have my living arangements set up by then, you know? Weariness. To bed I go.