Everyone is talking about how “Home Sales Plunged In July.” Here is more.

Can you imagine being trapped underground for four months?

Or having to deal with traffic like this?

Read the caption underneath this picture. Tells you a lot about the world these days.

On the plus side, you no longer need to worry about your cell phone giving you cancer.

Honesty does not pay.

The Mossad is accused of the terrible crime of strike breaking. You will never guess who is accusing them of striking breaking.

Banks are still lending pretty freely. Only the end of the post is interesting as it talks about how much the banks where willing to lend.

Here’s What A Card Skimmer Looks Like On An ATM

Russian wildfires

More aid for states.

Coping With Vomitoxin In Wheat.

Schwarzenegger orders more furloughs.

Drug Trials Test Bold Plan to Slow Alzheimer’s

Building a castle the medieval way. The video is the most interesting part. Wish they would put more up.

What took them so long to make this?

It is already out. This review does a lot to explain why most games suck these days. Their biggest complaint is the graphics. Sadly, that does seem to be what a lot of people focus on. And that is why you don’t see innovative games like this very often.

Something for freelancers and other small business owners to keep their eye on.

Edit: The above is a review of the expansion. Here is a review of the base game.

CountryWide goes Kafka – a First Person Narrative

Asphalt Is Replaced By Cheaper Gravel; ‘Back to Stone Age’

My Journey To The Amish

NHTSA: No, Toyotas Do Not Suddenly Accelerate Unless You Press the Accelerator

American Murder Mystery

A small point of local interest. The Section8 recipients from New York City did not all go to New Jersey by a long shot. Many of them went to an upstate city near you.