Parkview High School alum Eric Shanteau has made the US Olympic Swimming Team, competing in the 200 Meter Breast stroke.  He finished 3rd in the 2004 Trials in both the 200m and 400m Individual Medleys, just barely missing the team.

That, in an of itself, would be an amazing accomplishment. His list of swimming accomplishments is [...]

Not really a sexy topic…  But, one of the more important things we can talk about.  Let’s start with a definition…
Hyper-Local Content is writing about a certain specific area.  For example, writing about the goings on, events, properties and market activity for Lilburn, GA… as opposed to writing about the Atlanta market or the national [...]

I have been resisting… but I can’t resist any more.

I am now posting up on Flickr.  I am loading pictures and more pictures.  I suppose that by the time I am done there will be thousands of pics (I’m not kidding, I’ve done a couple hundred tonight…).

You can find my pictures on Flickr here.

And you [...]

I keep seeing and hearing about “dirty little secrets” that real estate agents won’t tell their clients.  Most of them turn out to be pretty stupid points.  However, today while going through my morning routine (dead-heading, so my brain needed something to do) I thought of the dirty little secret that FSBO companies don’t tell [...]

In western Germany, about 75 miles northwest of Frankfurt, there is a track… some would say the ultimate track… called Nurburgring, or simply “The Ring”.  It was built in the 1920s around the village and castle of Nurburg.  Originally, it was about 17.5 miles long, and had 174 turns.  Today’s North Loop  (the Nordschleife) is [...]

Each year, the Smokerise Baptist Church in Stone Mountain hosts a gathering of model train enthusiasts.  They come from three different clubs, and from as far away as Chattanooga to play with their trains… and let the public watch.  Frankly, it is pretty cool.  And this happens to be the weekend.  It is generally the [...]

I can’t believe how busy I am out here for the Inman Connect.  I will get back up to speed in a couple of days with a renewed vigor.

Today has been pretty chewed up with travel and getting things ready for RE Bar Camp and The Inman Connect.  Both of these are real estate technology events this week in San Francisco.  Since I am with a brokerage that leverages Web 2.0 technologies, it is only fitting that I be here for these great [...]

So, I thought it was high time I added some different types of racing to my Sunday Video collection…

And this one many of us can go out and practice TODAY… with no new equipment.  Maybe it will help get some of those pesky lawn chores done…This is just more proof that guys will race ANYTHING…And [...]

I have a friend in PA that is a mortgage broker.  He also views the world from a unique perspective.  And that unique perspective makes seems to push him to talk straight… or at least think straight while writing with more curves than Marilyn Monroe.

Think “Beatnik meets GenX” or “Jack Kerouac as a mortgage broker”.  [...]