After all the bitching I've done about my house and what a freaking neverending-money-sucking-labor-intensive-weekend-hogging beast it is, I thought I'd mention some cool things about owning your own house.

1. Blah blah equity blah blah tax advantage blah blah good investment blah blah...

2. But the most important thing is that you can do shit like this to the floors that are soon to be covered up by new carpet...