I'm Baaaaccckkkk!!!
Becca, Brandon and I finally came back after being in Ohio for a month. Boy it's nice to be "home". (See, Israel, I know what sarcasm is, too.) As I am typing this at Zion's computer, a stupid fly keeps attacking me, and even though it's only 9 am, it's already hot and stuffy in this house. (I should have waited to come back until Zion and Jariah found a newer house with ac... aww well, what's done is done.)
Nothing of truely important significance has happened yet, we got to Phoenix at about 3:30 pm, went out to eat, drove back to Tucson to our house, talked for a little while, then crashed at about 9 pm (AZ time, that's midnight for Becca and I still) then I woke up at about 9 am, got a shower hoping to cool down, then decided to come let everyone know that IT'S TOO HOT!!!!
Talk to everyone later when something happens, I'll be busy house shopping for a while...
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I'm looking at the latest houses you sent. They look pretty nice despite being priced at considerably less than half a million bucks.
I don't know how good the Marana school district is and I would have to say the one in the Sabino area looks better. It said there was some kind of homeowners association fee, so I was curious as to what that was for.
I also explained to Zion that it is very important for him to get a job, because we would feel more comfortable renting to someone who actually has a job and can pay rent.
We're kind of weird that way...
Hey Shan, glad to see you made it back ok. Things have gotten more, shall we say, interesting (and not in a good way) since you left.
Hey Israel, I think we were all shocked to discover that there are hypocritical politicians. I was under the impression that they were all as pure as the wind-driven snow. Thanks for keeping us abreast of this shocking development.
I just think that if you are going to build a party around a platform of hate, your party leaders should actually believe the anti-immigrant, anti-gay, anti-minority rhetoric they expouse.
If you are Strom Thurmon and you preach the separation of the races, by golly don't go around knocking up Black women. If you are Guiliani, Gingrich or McCain, don't go around with a holier than thou attitude when it comes to someone having Oval Sex in the Oral office.
If you are the Republican Mayor of Seattle and you wanna trade city jobs for sex with boys, don't come out and condemn gay people.
If you wanna curse like a drunken sailor in private, don't go around praying in public and pretending you've been born again. And for goodness sakes Georgie, please close your mouth when you chew. I liked Poppy Bush better, because you didn't see what he was eating until he puked it up all over the Japanese Prime Minister.
The bottom line is, they are insulting the intelligence of their loyal racist, xenophobic, homophobic and born again followers. I won't stand for it.
Jeshanah,
Sunday in Stockton it reached 115 degrees, the hottest it has ever been, ever...
In California only Death Valley was hotter.
In the San Francisco Bay Area where lot of folks don't have air-conditioning because they have never needed it, it got to 105 degrees.
So Tucson is not alone, lots of places are having record temperatures and suffering from this heatwave.
Watch the Al Gore "An Inconvenient Truth" movie about global warming, and you'll know what the future holds.
You should be happy that you are in Tucson, because you'll be better acclimated when the time comes and the entire planet is a desert.
You should read the book "Dune" by Frank Herbert so that you can start learning Fremen ways to deal with the heat.
By the way, is Becca related to Erika Badeau the singer?
Becca has never heard of Erika Badeau, so she doesn't know. And I wouldn't watch a movie with Al Gore unless I was being paid for it. (Alot) I couldn't stand him WITHOUT the beard, let alone with... =)
We have found tons of very nice houses <200K-400K>, the only reason Zion sent you that one is because it was under priced for what it was and he thought you might be interested, not because we are only looking at the higher priced ones. (Quite honestly, we are trying to find a cheaper one that meets all your requirements because we will probably fall in love with whatever nice house we get to live in and we might become the buyers, so we don't want one that we are automatically priced right out of.) Plus, if not for that, the rent will most likely be more manageable in a cheaper house, too. (My only requirements are that it has AC, and there isn't a fat black man sitting across the street on his porch on a recliner staring at us all the time.)
Zion has been looking for a job everyday since he got laid off, he'll find one soon.
P.S.
If you require me to watch some Al Gore thing for the house, I will. (Or I'll say I did... I'm republican, remember)
=)
http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110008220
...speaking of inconvenient truths...
By the way Jeshanah, Zion is fat and part Black, so are you talking about him?
He's an Octoroon, which is a person with one black great-grandparent. This makes him the child of a quadroon.
Legally that qualifies him as a Fat Black Man although I don't know why he would be watching you from across the street unless you have happened to run out of deodorant.ukqgqjd
Thanks for looking at the houses in the lower price range, you scared us with the half million dollar deal.
Ask Zion when he is going to start up the fantasy football league and whether he has registered it with Yahoo.
P.S. Being commisioner of the league does not count as a job.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4880328.stm
Oops... looks like clean air, not pollution, is causing global warming.
I didn't see it. Did Algore mention this in the movie?
I've got some scientists in the Chinese part of my family and I have dealt with scientific experts and professors of all kinds.
Believe me when I tell you, some scientists are just trying to make a buck.
Some of them will sell their soul to tobacco companies or other companies that will fund their research and their studies and make their lives quite comfortable if they come to certain preordained conclusions.
Vested interests and corporate america have not only corrupted politics, they have corrupted science as well. That's why you have scientists who claim that carpal tunnel syndrom is unrelated to computer use and cigarettes aren't addictive and don't cause cancer.
First the Reagan and the Republicans blame cow farts for our problems with pollution. Now you tell me they are blaming clean air for global warming? Does that means that cow farts are the answer to all our problems?
The corrupt scientists are corroborating with the Republicans. I believe they are trying to draw our attention away from the fact that cow farts cause all kinds of societal ills, like pollution, global warming and Republicanism.
I know for a fact that all these farteginic chemicals in the air are a leading cause of Republicanism, because I've noticed that the more manure I smell and they more cows I see out the window the the more Republicans happen live in the area.
Give me 3 million dollars and I'll run a study for you give me 5 more and I'll start an advocacy group / lobby called the BICPB (Bovine Industrial Complex Pro-flatulence Brigade.)
you had the e-mails last year. also we need a league number.
Danny, Sam, Israel, Josh, Zion, Sam's weird friend Bill, Phil Tanner, John Hullinger, Hurold, Dave Rodrigues, Patrick and Harry Mok
Harry's e-mail is:
chinoloco@yahoo.com,
Dave's is:
drjrea1040@cs.com,
Phil's is:
philnmarytanner@yahoo.com
I'll call Hurold and find his out
johnhullinger[at]yahoo[dot]com
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Touring that new house with a pool, you imagine a future of weekend swim parties, envious neighbors and relaxing evening swims. Reality, however, includes weekly chemical treatments, higher utility bills and endless pool skimming.
Experts recommend that before taking the plunge on a home with a pool, house hunters should take a hard look at the costs and upkeep involved. In addition, they say, an aging pool is not only likely to require costly repairs but can actually hurt the resale value of the house.
Real-estate agents say it's important to know the condition and age of the pool you are getting.
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It also pays to study the market. Depending on the region or even the neighborhood, a pool can add or detract from the resale price of a home.
That Sabino house for $374,000 looks nice. Can you ask Lilly to look at her real estate web site and run some comps for us. (Comparable home values for houses sold in that area.)
We actually saw that one yesterday and Lilly said that it was overpriced for what it was.
Israel,
You are missing her point. It is not the fact that the man is fat or black, we have no problem with that. It is the recliner on the porch that causes us concern. We are talking a real honest to goodness Lazy Boy right on the front porch. It just isn't done!
We did see one that looked pretty promising, it meets most of your criteria, but it has alot of carpet. We have about 19 houses that meet most of what you want that we are going to be looking at in the next couple days, we'll keep you posted. (It would be pointless not to... =))
Sharla it's not nice to call a fat black man a "Lazy Boy" even if he does hang out on the front porch!!!
P.S. I was, and am, joking...
By the way, the front page of the Stockton paper said the heatwave is killing an estimated 120 cows a day in the San Joaquin Valley.
So maybe global warming is a good thing.
Fewer cows = less cow flatulence. Less cow flatulence = less pollution and Fewer Republicans.
Less pollution = clean skies which according to John = global warming.
Therefore global warming = Less Republicans (Especially when pigment-deprived minutemen start dying of skin cancer while patrolling the border.)
Less Republicans = Less Immigration restrictions.
Less Immigration Restrictions = The Mexicans take over.
Bring on the heat!!
Hey, that wasn't me that said less pollution = more global warming. Blame the BBC.
Israel,
I am sure your tongue is just as firmly planted in your left cheek as mine is in my right! I find nearly everything you say hysterically funny. Jeshanah and I thought it was funny to joke about the recliner on the porch but then there is a lot of truth in it, too. Do your neighbors move there old furniture outside to use? I have to admit I never saw the "Lazy Boy" joke coming. That was a good one. You are very clever.
Oh, come on. You practically gift-wrapped that one for him.
hahaha, I miss you already, Johnny!!
Where does Lilly think the Sabino house for $374,000 should be priced? How long has it been on sale and what are the comps on the other houses around there?
There is nothing wrong with making a bid significantly under the asking price.
Make Lilly do some work. Tell her if she wants our business she can't get by on glamourous looks alone. She has to work hard and find us a deal.
John,
I know that, give me a break. If he can get my kids and my grandbaby into a safe neighborhood and into some air conditioning I'll ROFL at everything he says. I'm thinking about starting a grass roots movement to get Jimmy Carter back in the White House!
I got your daughter and grandbaby into a safe neighborhood and air conditioning and you don't laugh at all my jokes. Heck, I even let your other daughter sleep on my couch in a safe neighborhood with air conditioning for a month. At least she laughs at my jokes.
John, You're all heart.
Israel,
She didn't say, I don't know, I don't know, I know, and 10-4 good-buddy, I'll let her know that next time I see her.
Mom,
Don't do it.
John, don't be jealous because your Mother-in-law laughs at my jokes. Jealousy is an ugly thing.
My mother-in-law doesn't laugh at my jokes at all, which is a good thing because most of them are at her expense.
Every once in a while she'll say something to Christine in Mandarin, look at me and laugh an evil mother-in-law laugh. Christine refuses to translate, so I'm guessing our feelings are mutual.
At least my M-I-L only speaks one language. I've got that going for me. (Although she did call me an "azy-lay oy-bay" once. Whatever that means...)
Attention span problems again, Zion?
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