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The German boys and Dyslexics were 13th, which isn't bad, but indicates that either they could have studied harder or they had difficulty understanding questions. Oh, well. D made a new friend, a girl from a team in another county, and maybe they can play Minecraft online some time.

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Today is voting day, so I'll leave the office early, and go vote! Voting for Nikki as POTUS (yes, it's a protest vote, but since she's on the ballot), Dolan over Moreno and la Rosa, and then many locals.

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“The Big Apple last week began enforcing restrictions on rentals for 30 days or less that could drastically reduce the number of short-term listings across the city. Hosts, as a result, will be pushed to rent out units a month at a time, which could backfire if guests try to take advantage of the state’s squatters rights that kick in after 30 days, said Dean Roberts, a lawyer with Norris McLaughlin.” Get rid of the ridiculous squatters rights rule NY!

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Today the mothership reported on the civil lawsuit settlement by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), which could spell the end of the 6% commission almost every home seller pays to sell their house, a cost invariably passed on to the buyers in the form of higher prices for their house.

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Good morning. Today is Primary Election Day in Ohio, so I got up early to go vote for Nikki Haley and our non-Trumpy candidate in the Senate race. (That means no more TV attack ads! Yay!)

Today is also the feast of St. Joseph, which is a bigger deal in the Catholic liturgy than St. Patrick’s Day.

It turned cold yesterday afternoon with light flurries. Today it’s in the high 20s and expected to get into the high 40s but windy.

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Good morning. It's the big day: regional Envirothon for middle school. I'll get Daughter D up in a few minutes. We have about an hour drive.

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Interesting story. I hear there's an apartment at Trump Tower that is unoccupied the bulk of the time...

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