B-Rants

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You're mad as hell and not going to take it anymore? We want to hear about it. This is your chance to mouth off -- about your neighbor, PTA, property taxes, personal trainer (you should be so lucky) -- without losing your cover as a good suburbanite.

contributed by on 11/12/2009

  

The Paducah Kentucky Neighbor Wars. Seriously

Somebody sent us these vids as models for how neighbors sometimes don't get along. Maybe a shared cup of tea or a Sunday brunch before church would help? Not likely. There's some language here. Also some excellent pre-MTV cinema verite filmmaking. But, really, the guy here (the auteur) is pissed as hell and the woman ... it's hard to say what exactly her problem is (other than being odd); she does seem to have...read more

contributed by . on 11/11/2009

  

Neighbor Macaroni Salad Conflict Turns To War

Existential question... When is it time to rethink your homeowner association, or the meaning of neighbors, or...whether to move? When somebody's macaroni salad turns into a source of block-wide conflagration? There's a lot to learn here. (E.g., did you know that macaroni salad, in the 'right' circumstances, can be interpreted as a weapon?) But a lot more mostly to laugh at...read more

contributed by . on 11/10/2009

  

I Was Wrong, So Were You. Friends?

Sometimes all it takes to patch up differences between neighbors is for the aggrieved neighbor to feel justice has been achieved. You do something to me, I'll do something to you...and we're good, we move on. Like here -- one neighbor apparently taking it upon himself to resolve things with another whom he'd had issues with and, as a result...read more