But you can hedge against an interest rate rise, can't you? (Though, I assume, people don't; I assume hedging would usually leave you in a slightly worse spot than getting a normal loan would. Hmmm.)
Jesse Jackson reading Green Eggs and Ham was awfully funny, but their send-ups of the Gore/Bush debates were nothing short of amazing. (Strategery. Lockbox.)
That was a quality episode. I also liked the "tippy turtle" cartoon.
As far as the mortgage goes, weep not! Based on the numbers I ran , even if my ARM increases to the maximum every year, it only becomes an NPV-negative decision (vs. fixed rate) in year 8-9 of my mortgage. I'll be living in the Cayman Islands as Dr. Nguyen Van Thuc by then.
Well, be happy. My site appears to be getting steadily sicker - and not in the way that I like. I may have to switch hosting companies. This has gotten ridiculous.
About the only thing I was sure about concerning your job was that it somehow involved you having a high level of familiarity with different types of office desk chairs.
That's scary. Almost as scary as this.
But not even in the same Halloween party as this.
Posted by Joe Drymala | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 9:59 AM
Now this is a post that makes me happy. It reminds me of this:
Dark and lonely on a summer's night.
Kill my landlord. Kill my landlord.
Watchdog barking. Do he bite?
Kill my landlord. Kill my landlord.
Slip in his window. Break his neck.
Then his house I start to wreck.
Got no reason. What the heck?
Kill my landlord. Kill my landlord.
C-I-L my land lord
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 10:03 AM
"Ten years from now I'll be payin' still.
(while Whitey's on the moon)
The man jus' upped my rent las' night.
('cause Whitey's on the moon)"
Posted by NickS | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 10:12 AM
Yes, Sweetie, Mommy's Heard of Gil Scott-Heron.
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 11:14 AM
Matt W:
That's good!
SCMT:
All time best SNL skit? Perhaps...
Also, I've got an ARM, you bastards.
Posted by baa | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 12:25 PM
baa, you're breaking my heart. About the mortgage, I mean.
Posted by FL | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 12:30 PM
But you can hedge against an interest rate rise, can't you? (Though, I assume, people don't; I assume hedging would usually leave you in a slightly worse spot than getting a normal loan would. Hmmm.)
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 12:34 PM
Oh, and the best SNL skit of all time might have been Jesse Jackson as the host of the game show "The Question is Moot."
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 12:35 PM
Depending on when you got that ARM, Yglesias mocked you today.
Posted by washerdreyer | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 12:45 PM
Jesse Jackson reading Green Eggs and Ham was awfully funny, but their send-ups of the Gore/Bush debates were nothing short of amazing. (Strategery. Lockbox.)
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 12:50 PM
That was a quality episode. I also liked the "tippy turtle" cartoon.
As far as the mortgage goes, weep not! Based on the numbers I ran , even if my ARM increases to the maximum every year, it only becomes an NPV-negative decision (vs. fixed rate) in year 8-9 of my mortgage. I'll be living in the Cayman Islands as Dr. Nguyen Van Thuc by then.
Posted by baa | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 1:00 PM
One of the best full episodes, though, was the Patrick Swayze episode. It featured:
1. One Ton Of Fan Mail
2. Hans and Franz, with Franz (I believe) dreaming of Patrick Swayze taking him away on a white horse
3. The Chippendales Skit with Chris Farley
4. Other funny things
Posted by Joe Drymala | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 1:10 PM
Apostropher, wherever you are, someone just did a trackback to this post.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:30 PM
So did you do something to fix it or did it magically heal itself?
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:34 PM
Magic, apparently.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:36 PM
Isn't it your job to [redacted by ogged], ogged?
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:41 PM
Is it your job to spill beans?
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:42 PM
Well, be happy. My site appears to be getting steadily sicker - and not in the way that I like. I may have to switch hosting companies. This has gotten ridiculous.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:43 PM
I'll just pretend I didn't see that Mary Kay thing up there.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:46 PM
I thought that was common knowledge.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:47 PM
It's only been a week, but Site5 seems like a pretty great host.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:47 PM
I don't think so, Ben. If I've mentioned it in the past on the blog, my apologies.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:47 PM
There was a comment by, I think, SCMT for which I'm now googling frantically.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:48 PM
I wonder if Bhoutros Bhoutros-Ghali has called up ac's friend recently.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:49 PM
I found it, but now I'm not sure if I should link to it. Suffice it to say it didn't show quite as much information as I thought it had.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:50 PM
I wonder if Bhoutros Bhoutros-Ghali
For God's sake, don't use his real name! He means, uh, Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:51 PM
About the only thing I was sure about concerning your job was that it somehow involved you having a high level of familiarity with different types of office desk chairs.
Posted by washerdreyer | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:51 PM
I must have read the same thing Ben did, because I had a serious hunch that ogged was in the cosmetics industry.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:52 PM
That seems much sadder, to pine for Bhoutros Bhoutros-Ghali. But perhaps someone, somewhere, is doing this.
Posted by ac | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:56 PM
Ogged, you dick, you told me you paid cash for that pink Caddy.
Posted by Joe Drymala | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 2:56 PM
Oh, if only my Bhoutros Bhoutros Bhoutros were in my arms again...
Posted by ac | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 3:06 PM
I have led us astray. Bhoutros is Boutros. Darling Boutros, forgive me.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 3:08 PM
Golly.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 3:08 PM
Bhoutros is Boutros.
And the Koran is the Qu'ran and Ghadafi is Qaddafi. I think you're on safe ground.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 3:13 PM
All those Muslim names look the same to you...
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 3:13 PM
Your site is hosted in Hong Kong, apo?
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 3:14 PM
Pity about Harry Potter and that poor drowned girl. That Chappaquidditch is the Devil's game.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 3:16 PM
Yes, by ICDSoft. I will say this, though: their support desk is lightning fast and their rates are dirt cheap.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 3:16 PM
Should we leave a permanent "juxtaposition" thread up for you, SB?
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 3:17 PM
That's okay, I'll get a room.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 3:18 PM
What was the "Golly" in reference to?
Posted by ac | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 3:37 PM
31, I think. See, "golly" and "Ghali" sound similar, so it was, like, you know.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 06-16-05 3:39 PM