I keep thinking that I’m going to have free time for blue sky projects at Christmas, and I just keep getting busier. I accidentally sold another house today — 166,800 packages of Top Ramen to me, but it’s a new build that won’t close until around July of 2008. As the Phoenix market recovers, we could end up with a lot of Top Ramen in the pipeline.<\/p>\n
I should be linking more, but I think Christmas has got everyone, one way or another. The much-promoted Yankee Blog Swap<\/a> was today. I credit Mary McKnight<\/a> with an impressive amount of preparation, but only three bits of news jumped out at me:<\/p>\n First, Kris Berg is a rare wit wherever she goes<\/a>.<\/p>\n Second, Dan Green thinks mortgage weblogs are boring<\/a>. So much he knows<\/a>.<\/p>\n And third, Glenn Kelman is much more tolerable at his increased dosage<\/a>.<\/p>\n I have houses closing all week, along with our own refi. It’s cold here, something I almost never get to say. But I caught the wind in a sinus, and I have that half-stupid feeling that precedes a cold. Wonderful. 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