Fascinating Wanderings In The Land Of Foreclosure

Took a look at a fairly large place in the hills above San Leandro the other day.  Outside was fairly nice with a few modifications that caused some headscratching as to why the hell someone had done the modifications they'd done (i.e. linoleum flooring on the entryway outside the front door).  The big "huh" was the door that had been sealed in a half assed manner to the kitchen from the backyard stairs.

On the inside, there was a unpainted piece of sheetrock over the sealed door.  On it, the previous owners had written this farewell message:

"GOOD LUCK.  This place has been robbed 3 times in one year."

It was then that I looked out the back window and took a really good look at the downslope view.  A flea bag motel...the back of a rather sketchy looking, possibly Section 8, apartment complex.  If you're gonna rob a house, why walk farther uphill than you have to I suppose.  Sure, there could be tastier goodies at the top but, dude, like that's effort.

Minion Update

He arrived at work this morning with no fresh stitiches or tattoos nor had he spent any time in jail.

It has also been declared that I have ruined him for cheap ass booze.  Someone brought a bottle of Popov (the finest example of bouncy bottle booze if there every was one) and the taste of it mixed in punch, in his words, "Tasted like some scraped my tongue with a razor that had just been pulled out of a rubbing alcohol bottle."  His friend who came with us to the distillery never got as far as tasting the punch and put it down after sniffing her glass.

Two more satisfied customers who now drink for the Epicurean delight rather than to get blitzed.
 

Well, There Goes A Few More Brain Cells

Darn you leifvignirsson .  Darn you straight to heck.

Warning Conspiracy Wingnut Content

Handy Antarctic Glossary

Because I had to define a few things for rick_day , I thought I'd repost them here.

"The Ice" (n) - Colloquial name for the continent of Antarctica.

Polie (n) - A person who has wintered-over at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.

Polie (adj.) - 1. Pretaining to the actions, people, or places at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. 2. Patently crazy, primarily evidence being the willing agreement to spend a year at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.

Winter-Over (n) - A person who has stayed at one of the Antarctic stations through an Austral winter.

Winter-Over (adj.) - Crazy

Toast (n) - The state of diminished faculties associated with a winter spent at one of the Antarctic stations, likely related to thyroid hormone imbalance due to extended darkness and cold.

Toasty (adj.) - A descriptor of foolish acts or person who is likely suffering thyroid hormone imbalances due to a winter-over conditions.

Taking from these definitions, a Polie is double crazy.