Random thoughts...

[Dave1442397]

We have two north of our development. The outcast reside in my neighborhood

I'd definitely be an outcast

[RonClinton]

I just spent $3500 to make my HOA happy with me again.

[c marvel]

I just spent $3500 to make my HOA happy with me again.

HOA? Sounds like trouble. ~Cap

[Brian861]

I just spent $3500 to make my HOA happy with me again.

Ouch.

[jeffingoff]

His book about an HOA run amok cracked me up (The Association). HOAs are not common around here unless you live in a townhouse/condo, and I've always found the concept a little too authoritarian for my liking.

There was an HOA that demanded that homeowners leave their garage doors open from 8am to 6pm. Any homeowner who did not faced severe fines for each day they didn't comply. The HOA learned that someone had a family living in their garage and this was the way they decided to remedy the situation. I believe this was in California.

INSANITY. If you offered me a free 8,000 square foot home that was part of an HOA I'd say NOPE.

[RonClinton]

Ouch.

That $3500 could've bought a lotta books.

[TacomaDiver]

There was an HOA that demanded that homeowners leave their garage doors open from 8am to 6pm. Any homeowner who did not faced severe fines for each day they didn't comply. The HOA learned that someone had a family living in their garage and this was the way they decided to remedy the situation. I believe this was in California.

INSANITY. If you offered me a free 8,000 square foot home that was part of an HOA I'd say NOPE.

I remember reading about this. I despise HOAs for things like this. I understand why they started and like lots of good ideas, someone corrupted them. Get some power hungry people with nothing better to do and then they run their neighborhood like a dictatorship.

There was a good X-Files episode about HOAs too.

[Theli]

That $3500 could've bought a lotta books.

Madness my friend. I just gave you a follow on Twitter.

[Brian861]

That $3500 could've bought a lotta books.

First thing that came to my mind also, Ron LOL.

[RonClinton]

Thanks for the follow and empathy, guys.

His book about an HOA run amok cracked me up (The Association). HOAs are not common around here unless you live in a townhouse/condo, and I've always found the concept a little too authoritarian for my liking.

Along with Little's THE ASSOCIATION, Andrew Neiderman wrote a horror pbo entitled NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH. While I have Neiderman's novel, I haven't yet read it so no idea if it's anywhere near as good as Little's, but my experience with Neiderman would suggest it's likely not.

Actually, that's a good idea for a Twitter post this morning...look at me, cross promotion!

[Sock Monkey]

Sub Press has two sales going today:

http://subterraneanpress.com/sale

https://subterraneanpress.com/dinged-book-sale

Anybody go crazy on some books? I picked up limited editions of The End of the Sentence and The Last Full Measure. Both had sounded interesting to me in the past, but not enough to pull the trigger at full price. At $10 and $15 respectively, I couldn't pass them up. I did skip the Dinged Sale. There were more books that I was interested in, but I just get a little iffy about dinged books.

[RonClinton]

I didn't pick anything up this time. Far too much fantasy and sci-fi in these two batches, and those that I did I tended to already have. I did give some passing thought to a S/L Dan Simmons book, but ultimately decided I coud live with the signed trade edition I have of it already.

[TacomaDiver]

I looked but didn’t see anything.

Which might have been a good thing because now I have to decide if I want Suntup’s newest offering.

[RonClinton]

I looked but didn’t see anything.

Which might have been a good thing because now I have to decide if I want Suntup’s newest offering.

I’m mulling over that one, too, but starting to think that I will just wait for the Centipede Press edition. Or not. We’ll see…

[Sock Monkey]

Suntup’s edition looks beautiful, but I’ll wait for the Centipede Press edition. $350 is a little too rich for my wallet right now.