This week we learned that…

… There are people who have it even worse than Lou Reed. [AP via Yahoo!]

… Alaska’s property tax laws are apparently quite hard to keep up with. [Gawker]

… We hope Nestle and Truffle chew up all of Mike Marder’s shoes. [NY Times]

… The FHA needs to ramp up hiring. [The Business Insider]

… Witold Rybczynski is here to throw cold water on your delusions of grandeur. [Slate]

… Tishman Speyer is on quite the losing streak. [Crain’s]

… Joe Sitt is envisioning Cambridge on the East River. [Brooklyn Paper]

…This sounds like a lot of fun. [The Real Deal]