In DC, the median price for a one-bedroom condo is $279K. sigh.

and frankly, that's on the low end. Stuff below that is in bad parts of town and/or old with no amenities like washer/dryer or air conditioning.

Yup - I checked out my chances of buying this summer. Unless I'm willing to relocate to the outer 'burbs - double my commute and seriously increase the transit cost - I'm going to stay a renter. Although my building's going condo ... and even with the insider price I can't afford to buy (according to the developer, one bedrooms with minimal improvements will average $350K with a condo fee of $515).

Although my building's going condo ... and even with the insider price I can't afford to buy (according to the developer, one bedrooms with minimal improvements will average $350K with a condo fee of $515).

Todd, you should buy if for no other reason that you can make a profit on the sale. I find it odd that it would be so much for someone who already lives there, that's as much as a new place will cost. You can maybe make a deal with someone to front for them, they pay a little less than market value, but you make a profit. Dont' forget, it's in the developer's interest to inflate the price so that you agree to move.

And, babble away to us now to knock it out of your system.

Hee! Thankfully, I did not babble at the nice HR boy. The job he talked to me about was a site manager gig, which would involve writing, editing, and working with project managers on several different projects. It sounded interesting, and it would be different than the contractor feast-or-famine cycle.

Toddson, have you had a bank tell you that you can't afford it, or is the number just too scary? I only ask, because we passed up houses we could have afforded, when we were still too afraid to buy. Later, we passed up other houses the bank assured us were in our range, because we were too afraid, and bought down. In retrospect, we were wrong. Fortune favors the brave. Yada yada butting out cakes.

I don't trust what banks say. I've been told I'd qualify for a loan, but I know I couldn't afford the payments.

How to clean up water-damaged electronics

Oh, I'm glad

1. Disconnect your device as soon as you realize that the liquid is inside it. Normally it just stops working but you might get electric shocks or it might explode or it might break if you leave it connected.

Thanks, ita.

Giles is in this trailer! At the end, just for a second, apparently he plays the father of the main girl character.

Movie looks possibly interesting or possibly bad, but full of British accents at least. Always a plus.

Hugs everyone here. Buffistas are love

and advice about love, and sex, and...:)

Those stockings look cool. But barely thigh high. They are cheaters.

That's exactly what I thought! But they do look cool.

An exorcism is need. But without the pea soup.

Hah! That's awesome.

Have I mentioned that phone interviews always make me super-nervous? They do.

That's because phone interviews are SCARY

Giles is in this trailer! At the end, just for a second, apparently he plays the father of the main girl character

Gris, I just saw that movie (in a screener/preview thing) last night! It was pretty good, though ASH plays a fairly out-of-it character, he does have a few Gilesy moments.