I'm just so glad that I bought when I did. The prices will have to dip really quite a bit before my house is worth less than the mortgage.

:: dutifully knocks wood ::

The song Emily was trying to think of is "Saved" by LaVerne Baker. I should know, I included it in my Buffista Frankenmix a few years ago now.

I can't believe I disturbed ita!?!

You ate a puppy. Raw. I have limits.

I have nothing useful to contribute to the mortgage discussion. I haven't taken the housing plunge yet and am grateful that none of my friends have been caught in the crunch.

I do have an uncomfortable question to ask the hivemind.

It's about an equal employment opportunity complaint being put forth by one of my former clients. She called me to ask if I would be comfortable making a statement about her state of mind while she was on this particular job.

The short answer is no. The reason we stopped working together is that she did not agree with my assessment of her options for dealing with the situation and pretty much refused to take any personal responsibility. She knew that I knew her complaints were specious, so there was no point in going forward.

I can't fault her for asking. I'm sure her attorney considers it sop to ask for statements from people like me.

The problem I'm having is framing my response in a way that does not put me on the side of the enemy and also acknowledges that I would do her no good.

Any thoughts?

I should know, I included it in my Buffista Frankenmix a few years ago now.

I knew I should've known it from somewhere more specific than the land of Huh, That Sounds Vaguely Familiar!

You ate a puppy. Raw. I have limits.

Chomp chomp!

So cute!

Is anyone else watching this new Ashton kutcher show? Because I have never gotten his appeal, but he is adorable!

I am so tired I do not even know. mac, nsm with the tired, but he is being cooperative, and I think I am faking being a non-zombie.

also, I am starving. dinner did not so much fill me up. grr

You ate a puppy. Raw. I have limits.

How long should puppies be cooked?

Scrappy, glad to hear your neice has stabalized. ~ma to you and yours.

ita, I had a situation a year or so ago where my sister didn't tell me the whole truth about someone, and I regretted I didn't know.

Lastly, I used to sort of work in the mortgage industry, and we did a lot of delinquency counseling. I wish I had the time to get into it, but I will say, there were a lot of brokers getting people higher loans than they could afford with exotic products when the homebuyers could have had conventional fixed rates.

Chomp chomp!

Be careful of splinters!

I recognize that some of these borrowers should have known they were in over their heads, but I think that one of the main purposes of the law is to protect stupid people. For example, we just had one of those cons in which two people convinced an older woman that she was helping them with a bank investigation, which is one of the older cons out there.

Bonny, I think all you can do is say no, politely, in the vein of "I don't think I'm in a position to help you with this suit, but I wish you well."