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I've been reading up some on Crypto and the thought of throwing down a couple hundred bucks and hoping to hit the lotto is pretty alluring. I’m most interested in coins that have a relatively low coin circulation (less than 100-150 million), have a reasonably low price, and appear to have a novel concept in some way. If I can figure out how to actually buy some, the currency I like is Ark. What are others strategies? Any advice to a newbie?

Excuse the football analogy, but this is kind of like 2010 when the Bears had the division wrapped up and faced the Packers in week 17. They could have rested their starters or they could have played to win and kept a red-hot Packers team out of the playoffs. They opted to go for the win, lost anyway, and the rest is history. If I'm the Reds, I'd much rather face the Cardinals right now than the red-hot Brewers.

I thought The Office was great tonight. It wasn't perfect, but lots of storylines developed. It was actually funnier than P&R in my opinion.

I'm not sure at all. I think it's a short-haired person's issue. It seems like if my head is pushing my hair against the grain (so to speak) for a long time during the night, it really irritates my scalp. It's a strange pain. Almost shooting and pretty intense. I feel like a wuss saying my hair hurts, but it's painful.

Sleeping awkwardly on my hair and waking up with that sore spot on my scalp that will last 3 days. Am I the only one that gets this?

I called an attorney's office, but have yet to speak to an actual attorney. They must not be too interested in anything non-injury suit related. I have heard back from the Tenant Resource Center. They told me what I expected to hear - that our landlord has no grounds here and that we have every right to stay in the house until the end of the lease. They advised me to contact a lawyer so I'll be calling a few other offices next week. Most offer a free consultation so maybe they can advise me on what might be proper compensation for moving out early if it comes to that. I met our landlord on Friday. Assuming he's telling the truth , it sounds like he was just too passive or naive in the whole process. He claims when he saw the house, our side was either vacant or not under contract. Which can not be true. It could have been vacant, but the house wasn't listed for sale until we had signed the lease. It's possible he saw it before we moved in and he assumed it was un-rented. He says his realtor showed him a copy of the lease for the other side of the duplex, but not ours and that his realtor assured him that he'd be able to move into our side immediately. I'm guessing the realtor hadn't been given our lease because we had just signed. Anyway, he eventually did get a copy of our lease before they closed (when? I'm not exactly sure) and instead of addressing the issue then, he just assumed everything would work itself out. Well, now he's aware that he could be committing mortgage fraud and he' s pretty scared of the penalties. I told him we won't be moving without him paying moving expenses on top of further compensation for the inconvenience of this all. I suggested he cover our rent for the duration of the lease, but he said he couldn't afford that. He's fine with us living here until the lease ends, but he needs to get approval from his bank which I'm sure won't happen. So, what is proper compensation? Are we being greedy? Moving right now would be a huge pain in the butt, so I feel like we need something other than moving expenses to motivate us to help him out.

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The Tenant Resource Center seems like a busy place. They don't answer their phones, but have you leave a message and return calls once they can. Hopefully I hear today. I left my landlord a voicemail and hope to hear from today as well. I plan on meeting him somewhere to discuss what is going on (I'm nicer in person than on the phone and I don't want to get hostile!).

NMF - Thanks! I'll be contacting the Tenant Resource Center first thing Monday. Nope, he needs/wants to move in by mid-September is what is sounds like. The other side of the duplex is a little nicer from what I've heard, but the lady there has lived there 9 years and is basically a perfect tenant from a landlord's perspective. After talking to some people about this, his loan probably requires that he live there right away. He either lied to the bank, telling them he would be doing that (or assuming he'd be able to) or his bank didn't do it's due diligence. Either way it's not my problem and I feel as though we have all the power here. If he forces the issue, I'll probably ask for free rent in August and for him to pay for our move. Anything short of that is just not fair to us. He should have taken all of this into account before buying a house - like I said, this isn't (err, shouldn't be) my problem.

I thought about asking him to pay for a moving company to move us, but my wife isn't thrilled with moving right after we got settled. Well, retribution is illegal too and I'm not sure what he could do other than try to screw us out of our security deposit. Any clue what he means by saying: "It is lawfully necessary for me to owner-occupy"? Is that just [expletive deleted]? I feel like he's trying to bully his way in, but really has no case.

We signed a year lease on one side of a duplex. The lease started May 1st of this year. The duplex was for sale at the time we signed the lease. The duplex has since sold and the new owner plans on moving into our side. Except he's not planning on moving in May 1st, 2013. He sent us a letter stating: "I am aware you have recently signed a rental agreement with the previous owners.....Due to the terms of my purchase though, it is lawfully necessary for me to owner-occupy the property and so I must ask that you begin searching for new living arrangements." He goes on to give us a relocation date of 09/19/2012. We have absolutely no interest in moving out before the end of April. When I first read the letter, I chuckled. The cahoonas on this guy, I thought. But since, this letter has made me really angry. We just moved 400 miles (a costly move at that) and now we are supposed to pack up 4 months into our lease? I don't think so. The lease says that if the property is sold, the new owner is responsible for the obligations under that contract. I find it laughable that he is even asking us to do this. Before I meet with him I want to make sure there is nothing he can do to force this early move on us. Any legal experts out there? Common sense tells me he doesn't have any right to do this, but I'd like to make sure and I really don't want to pay a lawyer to make this guy come to his senses.

So has 94 eastbound been as bad as advertised? Is Bluemound still the preferred route? We'll be rolling in 3 hours early to tailgate, but I'm guessing losing 2 lanes on 94 still bottles up traffic pretty good, right?

Using Greinke as a pinch runner in the 1st inning was very smart in my opinion (although I do get the irony of replacing a pitcher hurt on the basepaths by putting your best pitcher on the basepaths). The Marcum thing kind of surprised me, but it is only the 3rd and Marcum got the bunt down.

You can buy "ADT (...etc.)" signs on the web. I have to think the sign in the yard alone will deter almost every criminal. Unless you're worried about someone you know who has been in your house will rob you (handyman or technician, angry neighbor, relative on a crime spree, etc.).

Wonder if Mike meant to type Narveson instead of Loe. His twitpic of today's lineup still has Loe available, but not Narveson. Curious. Hope Narvy's OK. https://twitter.com/#!/MikeVassallo13/status/193430349349531648/photo/1 edit: OK, so McClendon replaces Narveson and Wily replaces Loe. edit2: My guess is Wily starts tomorrow, his spot in the rotation gets skipped the next time due to an off day on the 26th and Narveson is eligible to return for his start on May 1st. Of course, Narvy could be out a while and if Wily looks good he'll stay, otherwise they move Estrada to the rotation.