DogsOfWar – Page 27

US Median Home Value Map Mashup

Housing bubble alert. With interest rates low and a lot of demand now is a great time to be a seller. The nice people over at Realtor.org have layered their market data that used to only come in Excel format onto Google Maps for a nice mashup, as the internet kids like to call it.

The data below gives you a quick view to the median price of a single family detached home in different metropolitan statistical areas. Did you catch all those loaded words there? Let’s break it down.

Just remember, buy low – sell high. Continue reading →

Photo Phriday: Fall Colors

It’s that time of year when people in the upright hemisphere have the thing around them change colors. Post up your leaves, fall decor, Haloween decorations and other fall-ishness. Continue reading →

You Haven’t Heard Period Rap Until You’ve Heard Hand Job Academy

Rap has traditionally has struggled with the treatment of women in lyrics and videos. Hand Job Academy is about to turn your antiquated notions of female rappers upside down. They are unapologetically women and they put periods front and center. Prepare yourself for the video after the jump. Continue reading →

Tools to Live a Life Well Graphed

My name is DogsOfWar and I’m addicted to charts and graphs. I like to think it’s because as they say, that which is measured improves and I’m trying to improve things. But I suspect it’s just part of my nature. I like to see trends and visualizations. Here are a few tools you can use to graph almost every aspect of your life. Continue reading →

These Are the Senators Who Voted No to Ending the Shutdown and Default

These people would rather have the country go into default. Continue reading →

Sunday Open Thread

It’s that time of year in San Francisco. Continue reading →

Open Caption: Simon Cowell Is a Doggy Daddy

Sometimes an image just needs the right words to go with it. Simon Cowell has provided just that image.

Yesterday Mr. Cowell decided that an incoming human baby just wasn’t enough excitement in his life and he decided to get two puppies to fill out his instant family.

He’s gone from globe trotting playboy to stay at home dad almost overnight. The only thing left for him to do is get a minivan.

Go forth and caption. Or, if you’d rather suggest names for his pups that would work too.
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All the Possible Endings for Breaking Bad (That I Could Think of)

There are a few things we know for sure about this Sunday’s Breaking Bad, but the rest is speculation.

Here I will speculate about how it all comes to an end. If you aren’t up to date on this season then you should avoid reading this because it will spoil you. Don’t do that to yourself. Also, there’s a Dexter spoiler in here. Continue reading →

Friday Open Thread

Have you guys seen Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender? It’s pretty decent. Continue reading →

California’s New $9.00 Minimum Wage in Historical Perspective

$9.00 per hour! Why when I was a kid walking to school up hill both ways in the snow we only made $0.23 per hour and an hour lasted ten times longer than it does now. Can you believe these whippersnappers wanting to get $9.00 per hour?

Or, how exactly does California’s newly passed $9.00 per hour minimum wage, the highest state minimum in the nation, compare in constant dollars to the minimum wage when your grandpappy was only knee high to a grasshopper? Let this handy chart explain it to you. Continue reading →