Extreme Foreclosure

More bad news for the economy: foreclosures are still on the upswing. Even free houses are going into foreclosure.

The Harper Family of Lake City, GA, had their bacteria-infested house razed and a mini castle built in its place by the good people at ABC - Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Beazer Homes (who are amid their own little crisis right now, but that's for another post). Now, it seems they're on the verge of losing it all and going right back to their minivan because of their poor business acumen.

I can't decide whether I feel sorry for them or not. On one hand, theirs was truly a sob story. On the other, well, they're only adding to the "Stupid Americans" stereotype. Hmm... decisions, decisions.

-10-key princess

A Place for Literary Nerds

Next time you're wandering around Paris and you're so over the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, Louvre, and Musee D'Orsay, check out this local utopian bookstore that romanticizes the bohemian lifestyle.

The owner even lets aspiring authors stay there in exchange for helping out around the place. So if you ever find yourself homeless in Paris, George will hook you up.

-10-key princess

Wake up, people!

Introducing the world's most effective wake-up call - the SnūzNLūz Wifi Donation Alarm Clock.

The way it works is simple. You connect the alarm clock directly into your bank account via the internet. Every time you hit the snooze button, money is withdrawn from your account and donated. To organizations you loathe. Suddenly, snoozing becomes a little more costly than just causing you to skip your daily exfoliation before heading to work. Oversleep 10 minutes? Forty bucks to Al Qaeda. Snooze till one? Cha ching - $300 to the GOP.

I should buy this for my best friend, who's a notorious oversleeper. And I could set it up to donate to the JT Livelihood Foundation. Hey, don't judge - I too have rent to pay.

-JT