Archive for May, 2007

Real Estate Pet Peeves

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

I’m in the market to purchase a new property. My property minimally has to be a duplex and ideally would be a small apartment building. Since I generally play it on the safe side when it comes to real estate investing (I’m not a speculator or a flipper or Casey-dumbass-Serin), I tend to do extensive [...]

Finding Relatives on Myspace

Monday, May 14th, 2007

Ugh.
For the record, I am so over this story. Generally, I hate to write stories that don’t have a point and something about this one screams Zero Plot! to me. The sad part is the only reason I started this mess was because I wanted to tell you about my sister. Oh, I suppose I [...]

Jesus Knows

Friday, May 11th, 2007

Brother:  Oh God, my stomach hurts! Why o why did I eat that strawberry shortcake?
V:  Uh, because you like strawberry shortcake?
Brother:  But I was full after my meal! Why would I order dessert when I’m already full?
V:  It’s my fault. I was the one who tempted you with the dessert menu.
Brother:  Jesus knows I’m weak.
(Maybe [...]

The Difference Between a Real Father and a Biological One

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

I guess most people would have been happy to hear they had a Father who was alive and wanted to get to know them. But I wasn’t.
In my case, I was happy with the Father I had before and even though he was dead and gone, I loved him with every ounce of my soul. [...]

My Adoption and How My Biological Father Tracked Me Down

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

OK, let’s rewind.
I’m going to take you all back to when I was 19 years old. I was divorced, in college and surrounded by friends. I had a pretty decent job and outside of a massive amount of debt, I thought I was finally pulling my life together.
I was actually at work when I got [...]