lisah, where's your family from?

They are in Raleigh. My brother and wife and three kidlings. We're from DE and my SiL is from NJ originally but her whole (huge, 7 sisters) family moved to NC (Greensboro) back in the early 90s when her dad got transfered down there. She and my brother followed so they could finish up school in Charlotte then he went to Law School at UNC. Once he passed the NC bar he was like "We are never moving from this state. I'm not taking the bar again!"

I lived in G'boro for a couple of years for grad school and try to go down there as often as I can. Which hasn't been nearly enough in the last couple of years. I haven't seen them since last Thanksgiving. So wrong!

Apartment Vacancies Hit a 23-Year High:

U.S. apartment vacancies rose to 7.8 percent in the third quarter, the highest since 1986, as rising unemployment reduced rental demand, Reis Inc. said.

Actual rents paid by tenants, known as effective rents, declined 2.7 percent from a year earlier, the New York-based property research firm said in a report today. Asking rents, or what landlords sought, fell 1.8 percent from a year earlier.

You clearly owe your bro a visit. During which we will dominate all your free time!

Does anyone know about this: The Cure: A rock and roll fable ??

Turns out the cousin of a co-worker is involved so now I want to know more. I'm SURE it must have been discussed here somewhere. Can anyone point me to the right thread/place?

Thanks!

Shari! I don't have any information, but want to acknowledge your non-lurking....

Thanks, Jesse. I think I'm going to have to edit my profile, which currently refers to my "once-yearly posts". I'm becoming downright loquacious.

We like that about people.

We also like people who say "loquacious".

I most recently heard that word in Inglourious Basterds.

Do cats get allergies?

I had one who had spring allergies, which manifested as crusty itchy skin. A cortisone shot would clear it right up and usually take care of it for the year.