the mansions Jack built, the house Jack lost

I’ve been working on a post about this for quite some time, but this single comic from AccordionGuy says it better than I could, which will, of course, not stop me from giving it the old college-dropout try, right after the pic:

The House that Jack Built

And you know that Jack’s taxes paid for every one of them. The banks have been shuffled around between rich people, the bundled mortgage products rebundled and shuffled and dealt out again, tax writoffs have been off-written, but quite frankly the lack of defenestrations leads me to believe this was nothing but a shell game played by knowing hucksters, and every first-generation homeowner who thought he’d do something long-term for his family and think ahead instead of renting played the sucker here.

That’ll teach ’em.

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Beaver and Big Wood picture

Beaver shots are very popular among fans of the ol’ raincoaster blog, and it must be said that other than the drunken beaver shot, we haven’t had much beaver around these parts lately except my own, which very few of you have had, it must be said, and certainly not in any way that enables saving it to your hard drive. I mean, how long would it stay hard, if you did that?

Where was I?

Beaver shots. Right, beaver shots. I saw this one featuring young beaver and major wood on the Fail blog and though I’d share its shiver-inducing potency with the loyal readers here. Of course, it’s hidden behind the page jump for lo, we are terribly discreet, mofos.

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