Holidays There Are No Cards For

It's Andy Warhol's birthday today! Happy Birthday, Andy. My favorite dead artist!

It's also 2 years since the deed in lieu of foreclosure went through on my house. Wow!

Time To Break Out The Paranoid Conspiracy Theory Box

There's an excellent first person story of a novice attorney helping a couple negotiate the foreclosure/loan modification hoops in this article on Consumerist, but the real fun is in the comments. A few people point out that banks will own some very valuable property--not houses--in the rust belt states and seem to think they will hang on to it for a few decades to make a killing when global climate change, drought and the Great Lakes Water Compact make the area rich in resources again.

Having worked in a bank, I assure you bankers are just not that smart and creative.