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Plain Talk Home Loans / Mortgage Financing » Getting a Mortgage? On What Term?
Posted 5 minutes ago
When exploring your options regarding a mortgage, people often overlook the most basic consideration. How long do you want to make payments?Many people automatically obtain mortgage financing that amortizes over thirty years. Amortize, according to Wikipedia, “is the process of decreasing, or accounting for, an amount over a period of time. The word comes from Middle English amortisen to kill.” ... [Link]

Plain Talk Home Loans / Mortgage Financing » What’s the Low Down on Loan to Value?
Posted 5 minutes ago
When buying a home, most people only concern themselves with the interest rate and the type of loan they are getting. However, the loan to value may be another aspect to take into consideration.It’s not very often that a borrower takes into heavy consideration what his loan to value is when shopping for a loan. In fact, if the subject ... [Link]

mer mag » [guest blogger: calico]
Posted 12 minutes ago
May we all be free from singing, banging, dinging, and ringing toys without any moving pieces or parts smaller than your gift receipt.Peace on earth, and good gifts towards men.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 [Link]

Natter from Na-Nupp » Childhood Revisited, Sort Of
Posted 12 minutes ago
Whew! What a great holiday weekend! For the first time since we were kids, I got to share Thanksgiving with one of my brothers. Good company and food. Four days later and we still have leftovers. (Mmmmmmm, carbs how I’ve missed you!) A dear friend from my grade school days came up with her family from Texas for a visit. ... [Link]

Domestic Psychology » Thanksgiving weekend pics
Posted 31 minutes ago
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Domestic Psychology » If it’s too wet to play outside,
Posted 31 minutes ago
Anyone want to play with them? [Link]

KnoxViews » Breaking: Hillcrest withdraws from purchase deal
Posted 64 minutes ago
WATE reports that Hillcrest has withdrawn from the Knox Co. purchase deal. In their statement, they say the idea didn't originate from them. KnoxViews [Link]

Straight White Guy » Snow.....
Posted 65 minutes ago
.... had snow squalls here on and off all day......but it all melted as it hit the damp soil.... my goodness, it has rained for the last few days and the earth is a bit too waterlogged to handle a... [Link]

Suffering the Benz » Penguin vs. killer whale ...
Posted 86 minutes ago
This is too cool (nod to Kayak Yak, where I found it ...) [Link]

Instapundit » SLOW-COOKER ADVICE: In response to some earlier recipe posts, people asked me about my All-Clad slo…
Posted 89 minutes ago
SLOW-COOKER ADVICE: In response to some earlier recipe posts, people asked me about my All-Clad slow cooker. I like it, but it’s discontinued and the new model is awfully pricey. I got mine as a gift, but I don’t think I’d spend that much money on one, especially as Consumer Reports liked this Hamilton Beach better for under fifty bucks. ... [Link]

KnoxViews » Dog number 4 dies at Happy Tails
Posted 90 minutes ago
It's enough to make you sick really. Three broken ribs, a lacerated liver and a suspicion of heat prostration. Every dog owner in Knoxville should be outraged. I can't believe this place is still open. I can't imagine who would continue to bring their dogs there. The family's veterinarian, Dr. Denise Frazier, said the preliminary results of a necropsy performed ... [Link]

Mama Tried » a better night
Posted 93 minutes ago
My last post shows that I am a bit of a drama queen because the girls did really well last night and the handyman got a great night’s sleep in the basement.  I think it is the pregnancy insomnia of June and July that has just done me in and I just can’t feel caught up on anything close to ... [Link]

Instapundit » QUESTIONS ABOUT Sirtuin-enhancement drugs for aging….
Posted 103 minutes ago
QUESTIONS ABOUT Sirtuin-enhancement drugs for aging. [Link]

When You're Strange » Kiffin almost had him at hello
Posted 2 hours ago
Lane Kiffin was the first candidate Mike Hamilton interviewed for the Tennessee football coaching vacancy. That Nov. 13 session in Atlanta went so well, Kiffin became the man to beat. Nobody did, and so he's the new coach. "The first interview was strong,'' Hamilton said Monday after introducting Kiffin. "I thought I was going to go in and meet with ... [Link]

Instapundit » HOMELAND SECURITY: “The U.S. military expects to have 20,000 uniformed troops inside the United Sta…
Posted 2 hours ago
HOMELAND SECURITY: “The U.S. military expects to have 20,000 uniformed troops inside the United States by 2011 trained to help state and local officials respond to a nuclear terrorist attack or other domestic catastrophe, according to Pentagon officials. . . . There are critics of the change, in the military and among civil liberties groups and libertarians who express concern ... [Link]

RoaneViews » WRCVFD Roane County Favorites Cookbook Sale Runs to Dec. 24th
Posted 2 hours ago
Start: Nov 24 2008 - 12:00pm End: Dec 24 2008 - 12:00pm These cookbooks are available for only 30 days, so order your copies now! They make excellent, low-cost local gifts. Half of the $15-per-book cost is tax-deductible. Read more at RoaneViews (Link...) or on the WRCVFD site at: Link... [Link]

KnoxViews » The $14 million man
Posted 2 hours ago
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Dr Jim West » There Should Be More Cops Like This
Posted 2 hours ago
This chap should be voted Officer of the Year. A motor scooter rider in central Taiwan was held at gunpoint during a traffic stop for not wearing a safety helmet, local media said on Thursday. After a police car whistled to the scooter to pull over, the officer in Taichung county pulled a gun on the 54-year-old rider surnamed Lin, ... [Link]

Instapundit » TRYING TO STOP DEFENDANT’S LAWYER FROM being paid? Doesn’t seem like part of a prosecutor’s job to …
Posted 3 hours ago
TRYING TO STOP DEFENDANT’S LAWYER FROM being paid? Doesn’t seem like part of a prosecutor’s job to me, but what do I know? [Link]

The Prettiest Denny's Waitress » Welcome to December, kiddos
Posted 3 hours ago
NaBloNoMo is exactly that: no mo'. So why am I here? That's a good question. I should be taking the day off, but the truth is I haven't actually blogged since Wednesday, so I feel pretty well rested and ready to tell you about my Thanksgiving vacation. Then we can get back to posting sporadically in a half-assed and barely ... [Link]