This afternoon at the ballpark Teddy won the president’s race for the first time ever.
This is a big deal in the capital.
Photo by Dan Steinberg (The Washington Post)
“Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.”
- Westley, to his beloved Buttercup, in The Princess Bride, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year
THIS is a brilliant and beautiful thing I need in my life. Actually I could use a few. My inner-hippie has been seriously lacking in the reusable sandwich bag department lately.
Guess who’s coming to The Office?
That’s right: Stephen Colbert will guest this season. Too bad Steve Carell won’t be around for an Even Stevphen rematch.
(Oh, you want to know who Colbert is playing? Well…)
It Is Now Cheaper to Own Than Rent In Every Single One of America’s Largest Metros
There’s no doubt that home ownership is far more affordable today than it was before the bubble burst. Even so, it still makes sense to balance the short-run costs of owning versus renting with longer-run expected returns. Four of the five metros above — New York, San Francisco, San Jose, and L.A. — may be expensive because the market is pricing in predicted appreciation over the long-run. The reason prices are lower, and more affordable, in other metros likewise may be because the market expects lower rates of appreciation. There’s also the all-important question of ability to exit — whether and how quickly you can sell if you need to.
Read more. [Image: Trulia]
Famous album covers recreated with socks…there is a whole tumblr of these!