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I am a gadget freak. I am addicted to electronic stuff, especially if it helps me get to the Internet. My addiction is a disease, and I am ashamed to admit that the gene has been passed on to my son.  Which may explain why I found this discussion of how gadgets are changing all of us so interest...
07/20/2010
  I hate to throw away food, but I also hate to eat food that will either attack me or lacks nutrition because it's been refrigerated too long. Kathy's method of chucking anything that's been refrigerated over ten days is too draconian for me. So what to do, what to do? I found this site by accid...
07/17/2010
Closed Transactions July 8-15   A number of subscribers have written asking me to track stats for more than just North Tacom. I am happy to do so. From this point, I'm providing stats for North, Central, and South Tacoma. Closing activity was nearly 50% less than last year at this time. Selling ...
07/15/2010
Closed Transactions July 8-14 Almost no activity again this week, and what little there was much less than that during the period last year.   Except for Silverdale, which saw no activity at all, time on market was less in all areas, particularly in Bainbridge Island.  The sole transaction in Ba...
07/15/2010
Well, it's here: Hell, or what passes for it in God's Country (the ever-rainy Pacific Northwest--we're wimps here; I spoke to a CSR in South Carolina who was suffering high humidity and 105 degrees). Last week we were complaining about Junuary and trying to stay dry, wishing for sunshine and war...
07/09/2010
Closed Transactions July 1-7   Sales during this period: 71% fewer than the same period last year--almost no activity.   Transactions closed more quickly and the average selling price was up 29%. Overall, though, the market looks stronger for buyers. Sellers interested in upsizing should conside...
07/09/2010
Closed Transactions July 1-7 Almost no activity this week, and what little there was was much less than that during the same holiday weekend last year. Except for Kingston, time on market was less in all areas, particularly in Bainbridge Island.  For the second straight week, the average selling...
07/08/2010
Closed Transactions July 1-7 Almost no activity this week, and what little there was was much less than that during the same holiday weekend last year. Except for Kingston, time on market was less in all areas, particularly in Bainbridge Island.  For the second straight week, the average selling...
07/08/2010
Closed Transactions June 22-30 Activity was down compared to last year at this time with the exception of Bainbridge Island, which was up 125%.  Time on market was less in all areas.  The average selling price was higher in Silverdale but much lower on average in Poulsbo and Kingston--and especi...
07/01/2010
I love oysters and am grateful for my source at a private beach in Lakebay. But the only times I've suffered food poisoning was from oysters, once at a restaurant in Toronto, the other on a beach at the lower end of Hood Canal. I always worry when I open my first. Here's a great way to check on ...
06/24/2010
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