Apr 8Talons and AllongesIn the early eighties, the U.S. government didn’t know what to do about bearer bonds. The government hated them because they are a tool for tax evasion. American corporations that donated to political campaigns, by contrast, liked them because they are a good way of raising capital. So in 1982…Loans5 min readLoans5 min read
Dec 2, 2022A Few of My Favorite ThingsHere is the first verse of the song A Few of My Favorite Things: Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens Brown paper packages tied up with strings These are a few of my favorite things The song is from The Sound of…Real Estate Investments4 min readReal Estate Investments4 min read
Aug 14, 2022Hamburger HillIn a recent Ketamine-induced dream, I dreamt that I owned a mobile home park in central New York State. The park had fifty lots in all, forty-eight of which were occupied. The two empty lots had park-owned homes on them. One of the park-owned homes — the one closest to…Real Estate6 min readReal Estate6 min read
Apr 14, 2022Another Day, Another ScamThis one does not concern mobile home park management per se. It does, however, concern greed, deception, fraud, and lame excuses. The broad outlines of the manufactured housing industry are never distant. In December of last year, my credit card number was stolen. A bunch of fraudulent charges were made…Scam8 min readScam8 min read
Apr 12, 2022Arch StantonHere are two communications that I recently received. The first was by email, the second by text: FUCK YOU AND YOUR FUCKIN VACINATED YOU STUPID TWISTED BRAINWASHED HUMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And, Without being rude here, why do we have to get vaccinated? Both were in reference to a rule in my mobile…Vaccination4 min readVaccination4 min read
Mar 25, 2022Fools Crow Once, Shame on HimOn a recent trip to the parks, I binge-listened to Season Two of Deep Cover: Mob Land, about the one-time Chicago criminal defense lawyer and fixer Bob Cooley. During the seventies and eighties, Cooley helped the Chicago Outfit bribe judges and fix cases. In March of 1986, Bob walked into…Real Estate Investments7 min readReal Estate Investments7 min read
Mar 25, 2022A Thousand-Plus WordsI have not flogged the techno-music group One Eyed Bastard Frog for some time. That is not for lack of belief or enthusiasm; it is merely because I thought that the message had gotten through and I did not want to bore readers. My SEO consultant tells me that I…Water6 min readWater6 min read
Mar 1, 2022COVID, Fake News, and Affordable HousingYes, hello I was reading a craigslist ad in the ad it said that uh, park applicants have to be vaccinated? That goes against Geneva Convention Article 6 Section 3. So you might want to read up on your history. All you people. You people are weird. You people are…Covid-195 min readCovid-195 min read
Dec 14, 2021The Nakba, Two Years OnHere’s how Gibbon describes the fall of the city now known as Istanbul: In the first heat of the pursuit, about two thousand Christians were put to the sword; but avarice soon prevailed over cruelty; and the victors acknowledged, that they should immediately have given quarter if the valour of…Real Estate Investments8 min readReal Estate Investments8 min read
Dec 13, 2021Past Pretty PleaseOne exception to the striped New York State rule is an ecdysiast who used to live in my mobile home park in central New York. In early 2020, I noticed that she had a Biden-Harris lawn sign on her lot. Downstate skews democrat and leftish. Upstate skews Republican. This resident…Vaccines5 min readVaccines5 min read
