5 Days Into the Past

I wish I could write like this. Wow, the prognistigation, the insight, the style. Unfortunately not only cannot I not write with such panache I cannot even understand most of the technical jargon. Can someone translate Nigel's uberbroker speak so I can benefit from the wisdom?
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The "Goldilocks" economy is showing no signs of leaving and stock market bears and housing bears are getting sick of waiting outside.

Housing numbers are proving to be challenging for sure. This is no record breaking year, but no collapse either. Meanwhile the equities markets are breaking new records almost everyday. That big drop-off that occurred at the end of February has recovered and then some!

Jobs are good with unemployment near record lows and inflation is only pushing a little. Fuel prices have jumped through the roof, but it doesn't seem to be making that much of an impact. The bond markets are seeing yields increase which is pushing up mortgage rates to the highest they've been for several years. All this mixed economic data, but we're still, for the most part, doing well.

Welcome to the Goldilocks economy where despite economic numbers being scattered all over the place, most people are doing just fine.

I don't mean to be all "Pollyanna" in this post. There are some scary scenarios forming that could harm the economy and our way of life. Think about the last time this country was in an unpopular military situation, with an unpopular President, record high gas prices and rapidly increasing mortgage rates. Yes folks, it could be 1979 all over again.

Or we could be on to something new and different. The world is much different now politically, economically and technologically than in 1979 and burgeoning economies in China, India and Eastern Europe make 2007 a much different place and opportunity than that of 28 years ago.

Yes, we could be sitting on the eve of destruction with bears ready to pounce, or we may have Goldilocks with us for quite some time. I'd prefer the latter. How about you?
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So how about it? no comments at SLCRe on this gem. I was expecting 2759 at least.

IAFF R.I.P.

But the epitaph honors go to Nigel:

"Now I get it! Now I know why EN commenters and housing bubbleistas hate me. I’m too positive. I don’t think housing is going to crash. I believe in the American economy. I believe in the power of capitalism and of the ability of markets to define themselves. I believe that one should never, ever give up. The haters hate my optimism. They hate that I’ve managed to work myself through very difficult times, personally hanging on the edge of insolvency. They hate that I encourage Casey in his self made conundrum and help him with advice. They hate Casey for not giving up already. The haters hate baby kittens! Now I understand. Nigel Swaby 03/30/07

And the R.I.P. part. I mean it. A lot of people were hurt, are hurt and will be hurt. Let's not stalk the funeral. It can do no good and has the potential for great harm. Talk about here. Vent, rail. Make fun of supporting actors who are still hoping that they can get "Joanie Love Chachi" out of the cancellation of "Happy Days."

Blog note: The last of the Habitat donations are still trickling in. You guys are awesome. I will put together a comprehensive list, initials and amounts only. Duane said he will also do a match. Hopefully we'll have a grand total by 5PM Friday as a tribute to our own fliptard.

Let's Play "Where's Nigel?"

Sometimes when the heat gets to intense cowards will hide under different guises. Mortgage business goes bad? Diversify. At least for the moment these sites accept comments!

	Blog Name	Team Members
	Traverse Mountain Homes for Sale
	Greyhawk Homes for Sale
	Thanksgiving Village Homes for Sale
	Daybreak Homes for Sale
	Pineae Village Homes for Sale
	Crofter's Cove Homes for Sale
	New Homes in Utah
	Suncrest Homes for Sale

Unemployed Mortgage Brokers Used To Solve Energy Crisis

Nigel Annoys The Dawgs

... And getting exactly what he deserves.
Update:

"Ash back at close." Too funny.

You Will Bow Before Herr Buttfly

Ve vill rewrite history! All references to past atrocities by ze Buttfly Reich vill be eliminated! You vill not listen to that... that man with the "French" sounding name. They, those "French" they eat snailz! Ve masterz of the air the Buttfly Party, we swallow nothing but the largest shnitzles. Who are you going to belief?

What About Me?

Funniest post at C|NET so far. Only the EN insiders will appreciate though.

What about me?
Reader post by: Nigel Swaby
Posted on: May 14, 2007, 4:34 PM PDT
Story: Casey Serin: The world's most hated blogger?
I'm quite honestly fed up with all the media exposure that Serin is getting. I am an AWARD WINNING blogger from Salt Lake City and many people link to me as authoritative.

My success in Real Estate and Olympic Pin Sales have brought me untold riches and it is me who should be held up by the press as a role model.

Just today I was sitting in my expansive garden. I gazed into the 28,000 gallon pond with koi (which are fish)in it and I said to myself, "Nigel, you have everything anyone could want. You have a BMW, you have 12 blogs, you have a POOL... IN YOUR HOUSE; What more could you really want in life?"

Later, when I was sitting in my professionally designed kitchen, I leaned against the high grade counter top and the answer came to me... I want to be just like Casey Serin. Even the love of the entire Jamaican Bobsled Team cannot fill the void in my heart.

I have seen many things in my life. I have met Ziggy Marley, for Christ sake. I have worn the finest leatherette and doused my body in the fancy body spray. I have deleted many comments and I am stickier than any of you will ever know- but I have never had the love of the media.

WHAT ABOUT ME?
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Original Message Follows:
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From: Rob Dawg
Subject: [#146800029] Child endangerment on blog
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 14:39:42 -0700 (PDT)

[#146800029] Child endangerment on blog

This is Robert Cote. Your continued stonewalling in
the issue of robertcotesux.blogspot.com has placed my
child in danger. If you had listened the first
hundred times you got complaints about this blog you
wouldn't currentlly be implicated in child
endangerment. Do something now.
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Of course the site is archived in dozens of places. I can only hope the Blogger Team understands the seriousness and now stops stonewalling on the identity of the perpetrator. What are the consequences for concealing the identity of a a child molester? I imagine there is someone somewhere getting a tad brown in the boxers about now.

Eau De Swabbo

Squeezed from the decks of ships solely crewed by manly men. $27.59 available at better pleather shops everywhere.

Update: Sales aren't going as well as hoped for Eau De Swabbo so now for a limited time Swabtard Industries has teamed up with Flailing International and brings you this amazing offer.
Forget about Formulox. Get rid of your Propecia. And for the Olympiad's sake, throw away that spray-on hair. Try the new Swabco Scalp Algae System! Comes with everything you need to grow a colony of hairlike single-celled organisms on your forsaken cranium! You just add sun. Comes in three exciting colors: Modesto Green, Larchmont Lawn Brown, and Mormon White. Swabco Scalp Algae, good for you, good for the ladies, and good for the environment.
Free with every bottle of Eau De Swabbo!

0-0-0-0-1-0-1-1-1

What some kind of secret haterz™ code? Nope, the reply count on Swabbo's flagship SLCRE blog for the last 9 posts. Seems that when you are sinking it is your long coattails that go under first.

Good Traffic, Bad Traffic, itsallgood!

"My analytics software doesn't have haterz recognition capability, nor do my ad servers or the search engines.

Good traffic, bad traffic, it's irrelevant.

Nigel's Sites are so Bad...

"Nigel's sites are so bad..." "How bad are they?" "Nigel's sites are so bad that posters put in their two cents and demand change back.

Alright not so funny. That's why I was hoping to hear you do better. I mean I feel like I loose intelligence just by visiting. It seems as if he visits real economics blogs and writes up the opposite for his commentary.

As I spoke more with Casey...

Update:Back by popular demand.
Nigel started this. You get to finish it. Go wild. Oh and if it isn't funny enough to please me I'm going back and posting the picture the google images with safe search off brings up as the number one hit for "ugly pleather." I'm gonna need therapy for that one.

Unintended Side Effects

Nigel is ummm concerned about the recent pubie plants and the unexpected ummmm consequences.

Tell Your Fortune Mister?

Okay, okay. I get it. You need another Nigelpalloza. Here it is go wild.

CHJTS Needs a New Name?

CHJTS (Casey Has Jumped The Shark) needs a new handle. In true haterz™ tradition he's open to suggestions. Go for it. Oh, and the picture? If you can't figure out what kind of Photoshopping I'm expecting then you ain't runnin' with the pack.

And their darned dawg too

So. How'd it go? A little hate and a little intelligence are a dangerous thing. Well I'm happy to report that rather than crush the spirit the flames have tempered the metal. Pageviews are the highest for any Sunday ever. Some people are so blinded by their own inner failings they fail to see that others are not like them. Funnier still that pageviews are not important here and that confounds doubly.

Doodie!

Poooooolathon! So much better than a beg-a-thon. Casey, you promise to stay in that pool as-is (you remember that term?) until you raise enough money to buy a do-over with cashcall. Maybe even a little acapella number with the mosquito larvae as backup singers. Get Nigel (oh, excuse that), get "me" to put on one of those fake shark fins. As a finale you can get Nigel, errr me to swin around in the middle of the pool while you fly over in your sweet Jetta.

All Talk, No Progress

"Every art should accept the moral obligation to be intelligible or silent." -- Thomas Hobbes

Modern translation:
"I wish the artless or unintelligent would STFU."

[Could this be one of the last linear posts? Most likely if I can fix some nasty formatting in some browsers.]

Too Dumb To Post On His own Blog...

Anonymous [aka Nigel Swaby] has left a new comment on your post "Nigel Alert":

Robdawg -

You're an idiot. Why?

Look at your post. You say next week.

Now go back to the COCORE page which says next week's host. What date is it?

Now check your calendar. What day is today?

Now look here.

You're an idiot!


Posted by Anonymous to Exurban Nation at 4:51 PM
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Well gee Nigel. If I refered to your POS pathetic s-hole that you whore all over the net you'd never let the dawgs out. Woof, woof. Instead I thought I'd spread a little Nigel love to those not yet graced with your enlightenment.