Those of you who know me, probably know that I have a problem with rent controlled tenants in my apartment building. Today, the saga took another turn. After a lot of negotiations and, sometimes heated, discussions, I finally reached an agreement with three out of the four tenants who rent the stores in my building last week. Specifically, I would pay them an amount of money — I think of it as blood money — and they would hand over the stores. I thought that I had finally solved part of the problem that has been plaguing me ever since I became responsible for the family finances after my father passed away.
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Why abandon nuclear energy?
Ever since the Fukushima nuclear disaster, there seems to be a global trend towards phasing out nuclear energy. A lot of countries seem to have decided that the risks associated with nuclear energy are too high for them to bear.
Wall-e Ending Credits — A Work of Art
There are some movies that have you running out of the theatre as soon as the credits roll, and there are some movies that make you want to watch until the last credit rolls. Wall-e was one of the latter, it was a very enjoyable movie, and I was in no hurry to leave the cinema when the credits began to roll.