Other Voices: Links for 8/23/06

Filed in archive Other Voices on August 23, 2006

Not everyone's as angry as that guy on the left...

Writer@Large:

"it's hard to disagree that the FICO score is stupid. It's a penalty put in place by the banking industry that not only punishes those who have mismanaged debt (its intended purpose), but also punishes those who refuse to play by the lending industry's rules--that is, those who don't fatten the pockets of banks by having and managing debt. If you don't pay them, they'll hurt you ... sort of like mob tactics."

Get Rich Slowly:

"'I realized I had a passion for personal finance and wanted to share it. I put the book down, got out of the tub, didn't even towel off, and sat down naked at the computer to draw up plans for Get Rich Slowly.'

P. laughed. 'Too much information,' he said."

Curbed L.A.:

"In modern day San Clemente, neighbors in the Shorecliffs neighborhood are dropping feces on each others lawns, painting the word "abortion" on each others homes, and disinviting their neighbors' children to birthday parties because some want to convert their one story tract homes into two-story mcmansions."