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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> The blurb this morning was that in Phoenix half of the houses on the  
> market
> are unoccupied , and as someone savvy on real eatate you know what  
> that
> portents.  One source for the stats is:    http:// 
> housingdoom.com     Look at the
> thrid and fourth articles from the top.

Interesting site. A collection of negativity. I have long been  
confused by our fixation on negativity, even unto morbidity, the  
gawkers at traffic accident sites, the hordes pushing for a glimpse of  
the charred remains of the driver. What is it about our species that  
focusses so strongly on misfortune? The glib answer is that is how we  
gird ourselves against misfortune, by learning as much about it as  
possible. But that would require careful study of the circumstances  
leading up to the tragic event. No time for that, the bad news media  
gives us hourly updates on death and destruction throughout the world;  
if not enough can be found locally, then look further until the  
columns are full.

I need a Heartwood fix real bad.