Your Exceptional Life

I received an email from Senator Boxer today. While I don’t discuss politics on this blog, her email contained some great history of Port Chicago. I’ve excerpted it:
Port Chicago was the site of a major disaster on the night of July 17, 1944 when an explosion rocked the Port Chicago Naval Magazine, an [...]

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The new housing bill has passed and the President is expected to sign it.  It has some interesting components.   If you asked me a year ago about a $7500 credit for first time buyers, I would have just laughed at you.  $7500 didn’t begin to cover closing costs in Contra Costa County.  It’s a different [...]

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Some people catch fire for no particular reason. And some strike lighting.
Rest in Peace.
“The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly [...]

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Unfortunately, sometimes in the middle of the night, I need these guys. I’ve needed them on Saturdays and Sundays. And they’ve always been there. I have taken a stray hit by a car to them and they did right by him. I took my dear Xica to them once she had [...]

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There’s been a lot of ink spent on the run on Indymac. This is pretty interesting to me. Today I’m going to talk a little about FDIC insurance, SPIC insurance and how to keep your accounts safe and insured by the federal government. Once you accomplish this level of safety, there’s no [...]

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Mea culpa
You know, when you’re wrong you need to fess up. I was quoted for an article by Janis Mara in February 2007 and I was wrong. I missed the mark. Majorly. In my defense I didn’t expect banks to fail. Several have failed since then including the most [...]

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