Wednesday, May 30, 2007

What's Up Arlington: Big Read Architecture (Green) - Sunday

What's Up Arlington: Big Read Architecture (Green) - Sunday

This looks interesting. Maybe I'll use it to distract myself from wondering when Lisa will be back from NYC :)

Thursday, May 24, 2007

The Housing Bubble Blog » A Record One-Month Price Decline

Back to the 70's. Nationwide New Home Prices report came out today.

Money Quote
“The median price of a new home dropped 11 percent last month, the biggest decline since 1970, to $229,100 from $257,000 a year earlier, today’s report showed.”
The Housing Bubble Blog » A Record One-Month Price Decline

Chris's Profile on traineo | Fitness & Weight Loss Community

I have started doing a decent log of my workouts at Traineo. I don't know if you will be able to log in and see it:

Chris's Profile on traineo | Fitness & Weight Loss Community

Crossing the Styx

Great to see Mike Kalyan blogging. Welcome Mike :)

Crossing the Styx

Travel: Get the best exchange rates for cash while traveling abroad - Lifehacker

Just another little note in preparation for our England and Scotland Trip.

Travel: Get the best exchange rates for cash while traveling abroad - Lifehacker

Superb Ride on the way to work today



Superb ride in this morning!

Perfumed air full of the bouquet of honeysuckle, tweeting birds, the rustle of leaves in the trees, and saved $5 to boot!

Sometimes the Custis Trail is just lovely. Picture Credit: Eye Captain at Flickr

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

The Housing Bubble Blog » Who Made This Mess?

The Housing Bubble Blog » Who Made This Mess?

An astonishing post about the current and possible future state of the mortgage industry.

Money quote from Duane LeGate, president of House Buyer Network, a specialist in short sales and foreclosure prevention:
If you took into account every person with a lawn care service on the side, there wouldn’t be a blade of grass left in the United States.

Monday, May 21, 2007

Fatblogging to the five minute mile

Fatblogging to the five minute mile

Good to see progress. I am down as well after 2 x 2 hour hikes over the weekend. Good luck all,

Friday, May 18, 2007

BITE # pubs and bars - beerintheevening.com

BITE # pubs and bars - beerintheevening.com

This could be a good way of finding nice pubs near where we are staying in the UK.