humor: I Have Created a Monster
- 01/30/09 03:08 AM
Fisher's Law # 3: Email boxes are vacuums that when emptied will be refilled at a rate faster than the previous emptying. Here it is Friday, I have a to-do list the size of the old woman in the shoe's grocery shopping list, and I have just emptied my email in-box. 422 emails not including the canned spam-ham. (My filter does a nice job of grabbing those spam things and stuffing them through the garbage disposal before they ever get to me.) So, here I sit, Friday, what really should be a legal skip day in all 50 states, and after … (10 comments)
humor: Fire Drills in the Middle of the Night
- 01/22/09 03:54 AM
On Monday I flew into Las Vegas (yes, that Las Vegas) for the National Association of Home Builder's 2009 International Builder's Showcase. I had been invited to share my insight on marketing to other building professionals by fellow AR member, Steve Hoffacker, so I spent Monday making the trek from Jacksonville to Vegas. There were a few delays getting me here: foul weather up north keeping planes on the ground, and people trying to save the cost of checking their bags at the check-in counter or curbside by attempting to get luggage the size of refrigerators on board as a "carry on", … (2 comments)
humor: Blogging As a Stress Reducer - Confessions of a Conservative
- 10/07/08 09:51 AM
Okay, so as I told fellow AR bloggers Ted Baker, Cheryl Gilliam and Angelia Garcia last night that I dropped out of the blogging world for a month as I sort of got myself into the weeds and turned a par four with a dog leg into a double bogey. Golfers will understand exactly what I mean by that statement. Golf is a great game, but golf as a stress reducer? I am not too sure about that. I know far too many people who have wrapped their clubs around a tree, thrown a perfectly good wood into the water hazard, and literally kicked … (8 comments)
humor: Fay is on her Way? To Jacksonville??? Hello! Doesn't She Know That We Don't Do 'Canes Up Here?
- 08/19/08 05:37 PM
Someone needs to tell hurricane Fay that she needs GPS. We never (well, ALMOST never) get hurricanes here in Northeast Florida. Local lore is that it is that cute little tummy tuck up there at the crown of the state just to our north that sends them up to either Georgia or the Carolinas. I can remember living in Jacksonville during the late '70s when Hurricane David decided to march straight up the coast to give Jacksonville a good shake, rattle and roll. My dad was a general contractor down in the Bahamas, so having experienced some serious hurricanes first hand, I … (23 comments)
Dear Real Estate Swami: A couple of months ago I read something in one of your posts about the Jacksonville, Florida, Real Estate market being in a possible recovery. Are we in a recovery and if so, do you have any idea when home prices in Jacksonville will be at the bottom? Signed, Waiting
Dear Waiting: The post you are referring to was What's Really Happening in the Jacksonville Real Estate Market. Didn't The Great Swami already state in a Fisher & Company, P.A. newsletter to clients and later blog that there were numerous local market indicators that pointed … (4 comments)
humor: Is there Anything More Wonderful than a New Puppy? Warning: Baby Pom Pics to Steal Your Heart
- 08/08/08 07:20 AM
10:30 PM I put baby puppies to bed and crawl in mine. It was a long day that started for me at 5:30 AM. I was up at the crack of moon to get ready to drive down south to the breeder to pick up a precious, unseen, baby Pomeranian. I was supposed to pick up one puppy, but came home with two. Salespeople love to buy, don't they? If you've ever had a Pom, you know what a delight they are. Cute balls of inquisitive fur who are highly intelilgent, cocky, and really know how to work a crowd. I had a Pom about four years … (31 comments)
humor: If You are being Passed in the RIGHT Lane, You are in the WRONG LANE (You Moron!)
- 08/04/08 10:48 AM
I run up and down the state of Florida highways daily, and occasionally a few other states as well. I just have one question: What is it with these people who are seemingly asleep at the wheel of their cars and totally oblivious to the traffic around them? They are just lumbering and plodding along on the highways and byways, tying up traffic as they contemplate the wonder of the fuzz in their belly buttons. Don't they know that some of us are working and trying to get somewhere??? We have places to go, people to annoy. Why can't these idjuts look in … (6 comments)
humor: Is there a 1-800-HELP for Technology Addiction?
- 07/25/08 12:03 PM
For the second day I have come into the office to discover that the Internet is down. This is serious. I feel like I am on a deserted island and living my worst nightmare. Sure, I have my trusty Blackberry Curve, but it's just not the same thing! A mobile browser is okay in a pinch . . . but honestly, on a mobi-web browser you can't open 117 tabs all at once to make your lunch reservations, monitor the market, read the blogs, comparison shop for that fabulous new pair of shoes you want . . . After yesterday's taxing … (6 comments)
Observations on the homebuilding and real estate market from a former senior level marketing executive in the home building industry now the president of a hybrid sales and marketing firm geared to builders and developers.
Fisher's Law # 3: Email boxes are vacuums that when emptied will be refilled at a rate faster than the previous emptying.
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