Because I said so...

In a recent online conversation, one of Active Rain's regulars told us that his MLS systems were combining, allowing him to potentially list a property 4-5 hours drive away from his home base.This, of course, opened up the conversation into "just how far would you go" to service your sellers/buye...

Recently Active Rain has become a little bit of a colourful greasy spoon, with all the food being bandied about.  Pricing like potato chips?  Scrambling some eggs, the devil's avocado.  All colourful phrases, no?I love all of the above.  Potato chips, I still haven't met a bag I haven't liked and...

This single-take drone video is taking the world by storm.It's an amazing inside out view of a Minnesota Bowling alley, showing you more than you probably wanted to see.  Over under around and through.  Make sure you've taken your dramamine before clicking "play".  This is like watching a roller ...

Wow.  That's about all I can come up with... Wow!Whilst walking and head-bobbing, banging artistically on his guitar, this guy is a one-man band indeed.  Covering a classic from my fairly distant youth (Kashmir by Led Zeppelin).   This Polish guitarist can manage more than I could even imagine in...

The suggestion was made in a recent Question in the Q&A section, that the Ambassadors are "entertaining".  Do you find AR's Ambassadors entertaining?  Now, I'm not talking about me, nor am I fishing for compliments, (or brickbats).But in general... do we amuse you?  What do you mean, you mean the...

I've been hearing a great deal about how Zillow has purchased ShowingTime, and apparently that is one of the indicators of the apocalypse and the end of the world as we know it.I wasn't aware that Zillow was one of the four horsemen portending doom. Of course Realtors have been walking around wit...

For those, of a certain age, Carole King is an icon.  And her best-selling album Tapestry is a landmark of our memory.  Believe it or not, Tapestry celebrated it's 50th birthday yesterday (February 10th).  If you didn't feel old before you read that, I'll bet you do now.It was groundbreaking at t...

This is a picture of a young woman named Amanda Gorman.  Today, she was invited to be the Poet Laureate and read a poem that she wrote, shortly after the events at the Capitol on January 6th.I know that some of you will want to tell me that you didn't watch the inauguration, and you'll want to te...

Having come to cooking late in life... read that as "got divorced and had to learn about cooking, or be prepared to live out my life on carry-out food" ... I've only just learned about Maldon Salt.As I understand it, it's used primarily as a "finishing" salt.  So, you're not really using it IN th...

I found this on YouTube today... I could imagine myself sitting in the auditorium watching my child in the school band participating in this performance.It's a little long, just under six minutes, but I couldn't tear my eyes (and ears) away.I couldn't stop smiling.  Enjoy!