When your neighbor complains to your mother about how you need to mow your grass, you might have a situation on your hands.

Nothing is worse than living somewhere with arbitrary rules about your own property.

“I'm angry with myself for going against my gut and what I originally wanted to do because now we are priced out of that area…”

“Be an utterly unethical thorn in [the HOA's] side which can never be removed or retaliated against. I'm not locked in with them; they're locked in with me.”

Sometimes the only way to beat an HOA is to become a board member

“… the husband looked smug[ly] at me, probably feeling like he had won over the big man.”

Don't mess with college kids.

Funny how some people don't understand that a little kindness and patience can get you a very long way…

Nobody is exempt from paying off their debts.

Coworkers can be a dream or a nightmare, no in-between…

The rent is too high these days to be forced into petty drama.

What did Halloween ever do to you, Karen?

Setting prices as high as you like and hoping that someone will be naive enough to purchase what you are offering is what's so fantastic about the free-market system. However, you might also set an absurdly low price in order to get rid of the item and absolve yourself of any liability in the unlikely event that something goes wrong after the transaction. The parent who purchased a children's suitcase from an online retailer is described in the story below. ahead of an anticipated family holida…

Arts & Craft stores seem to attract a lot of Karens…

I'm sorry, I didn't know you owned the plane!

In Gandolf we trust.