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Tenant Time
on Jan 11, 2007 in tenant blogexplosion I've been neglecting my duties as landlord recently, so slapped wrists for me. This week's boarder is YouTube Karaoke, which in the good traditional of Ronseal does exactly what is says on the tin: You send in requests and they provide a YouTube vide...
Nights 1, 2, and 3, PART II: Chad
on Mar 29, 2007 in ACC MCU PLM automobile automobiles back rent brooklyn brother bus buses car cars character sketches class warfare clothing code of ethics code of honor codes of ethics codes of honor connecticut court court system court systems culture clash culture clashes danger death debt drivers drugs editing employment eviction ex-girlfriends family flashbacks food freelancing friend friends generosity ghetto ghetto law ghettos girlfriends greyhound bus hartford hip hop history homeless homelessness housing how-to important jobs kindness landlord landlords law legal issues legality lending life life and death long-term employment love making a living material posessions money new haven new york new york city owing part-time work pedestrians people permanent employment personal sustainability peter pan bus pilgrimage poetry poor poverty property rapping rent renting roads safety squatters squatting street law strength summary process technology temporary work tenant tenants tenants' rights the court system the ghetto the law the past traffic train trains transportation travel umbrella umbrellas vehicle vehicles weatherproofing work experience working Character sketch: Chad. My former landlord. Lives in the tastefully-decorated basement of the apartment I rented near the corner of George and Howe Streets in New Haven. 41 years old. Flaming gay black dude with a paunch and a cheap bronze grill (a f...
Every Day: Character Sketch: Joe
on Apr 5, 2007 in 120 a.k.a. age and aging aliases back rent beauty belongings blog blogs candles character sketches christ christianity christians church clothing code of ethics code of honor codes of ethics codes of honor coffee houses cold connecticut cops crime and punishment danger death despair drugs electricity employment eviction fake names flashbacks food freeze freezing friend friends generosity good people goodness guilt heat homeless homeless shelter homeless shelters homelessness honesty housing how to survive how to survive homeless how-to how-to guide immanuel baptist jail jobs justice karma kindness landlord landlords law legal issues legality life life and death living making a living misery mistakes money music new haven palm sunday part-time work pedestrian life pedestrians penance people personal sustainability police poor poverty prayer prison privacy rain reality regret religion rent renting roads safety serial stories serials shame shantytowns shelter shelters snow solidarity soup kitchen soup kitchens stories strength survive survive homeless surviving tenant tenants theft thievery thieves transformation transition uncategorized urban warmth weather weatherproofing wisdom yale yale campus Character sketch: Joe. About 50. Pissed off and in pain all the time. Washes windows for ten, fifteen bucks per business (Au Bon Pain, Koffee Too, etc.), if he can get the manager to sympathize and pay out-of-pocket on a personal basis. Someone stole...
Bellissa and Faith
on Apr 6, 2007 in PLM age and aging aliases automobile automobiles beauty blog blogs cars character sketches christ christianity christians church city cold connecticut cops electricity employment eviction fake names flashbacks friend friends generosity ghetto ghetto law ghettos good people goodness homeless homeless shelter homeless shelters homelessness housing how to survive how to survive homeless how-to how-to guide how-to guides karma kindness landlord landlords living long-term employment making a living material posessions money new haven nicotine part-time work pedestrian life pedestrians permanent employment personal sustainability police poor poverty prayer privacy rain reality religion rent renting roads safety section 8 serial stories serials series shelter shelters solidarity stories street justice street law strength summary process survive survive homeless surviving temporary work tenant tenants the police tobacco urban vehicle vehicles warmth weather wisdom work experience working writing yale yale campus yalies I walked out of the shelter and hefted my suitcase into the back seat of Bellissa’s truck. Together we rode towards Rudy’s. “I have to ask you this,” Bellissa was saying. “Are you on any drugs?” “Nicotine,...
David Rodriguez - Landlord Melts Down. Attacks Tenant With Machete Over Late Rent Payment
on Sep 30, 2008 in murder hit manatee county attack machete rent head landlord david rodriguez bradenton kidnapped attacked attempted arrested past due tenant florida mug shot late Bradenton, Florida (ThaLunatic Daily) -- David Rodriguez, a 40 year Manatee County landlord was arrested and charged with murder after he attacked a tenant with a machete for being late with his rent payment.According to the Manatee County Sheriff'...