Scum of the universe

Welcome back to our irregularly non-scheduled update on the soap opera of House Virgule.

In our last episode, Ali and Misha did a walk-through of the house, wherein Chuckles the Slumlord promised our deposit back.

Today, in response to a firmly-worded email that told him he was now liable for the entire deposit, Chuckles the Slumlord told us he was in bankruptcy, the court had ordered him not to talk to us, and we should have our lawyer contact his lawyer.

I'm so mad I could spit.

I'm not, however, surprised.

He's supposed to have the deposit in escrow. He's assured us that he had it in escrow. He either lied then or lied now, and he certainly deliberately misled us two weeks ago.

Maggot-brained son of a three-eyed, four-fingered, five-lipped, half-witted fellater of decrepit jackals. Felcher of incontinent camels. He must spend his spare time masturbating giant sea slugs.

Now I get to talk to lawyers and figure out how to file for Small Claims. Whee.

Chuckles the Slumlord = fraudulent?

Apparently, under Washington real estate law, deposits are separate from any
bankruptcy proceeding, and if he co-mingled his funds, then we also have a
fraud complaint against him.

"You have him by the short hairs. Pull."

I'd love to get triple damages out of him, but if I can just get my $560 back, I'll be happy. Of course, screwing Chuckles to the wall would make me ecstatic. (Even better would be peddling his ass in the red light district - make him work off his debt, but that's veering into the realms of fantasy.)

I met Brian and Kevin!

Okay kids, calm down.

That's Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson. The new Dune book: Butlerian Jihad is out as of today, and I was at their first signing down at the B&N in the UVillage today. Grinning like a maniac in the back row. Asked them to describe their collaborative process.

Fuckin' cool.

They're at the UBookstore tonight, and I'm going to drag my three Dune prequels down for them to sign, and get another book signed for Dad.

The best thing about sci-fi author signings: the fans are intelligent and articulate. Far cry from the screaming hordes I witnessed in Orlando.