Just read 2 interesting tidbits on the web today. First of all the "10 Commandments" judge was removed from his post! Kudos, the system does still work sometimes, at least kinda. To quote TMQ (aka Gregg Easterbrook) "Why, is the Christian right maintaining that a 5,000-pound hunk of stone has anything to do with God, faith, or higher purpose? If you've got to look at a hunk of stone in order to believe, then you don't believe." You can Find Mr. Easterbrooks Blog in the links, also his weekly Tuesday Morning QB on www.footballoutsiders.com

Secondly, apparently the wonderfully awful Vivendi Universal group has sold off MP3.com to CNet, which plans to promptly shut it down and remove all content, only to reopen it as an information site about music, with {GASP!} NO DOWNLOADS! Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't CNet a software download site??? So why are they planning to buy MP3.com, and take out all of the mp3's? Does that make any sense? Why not buy something like musicnews.com to make a news and info site with? Has everyone gone goofy???
I read through a lot of blogs while I'm sitting here at my desk day after day, and I realized today that I'm really jealous of all the people who blog from college. I miss it sometimes, actually quite a bit. Of course I wouldn't trade what I've got now for anything. It just seems less stressful now to think about the big worries of school (like paper deadlines, exams) versus the stresses of the real world (can we pay our rent this month) Memories are gray, but man they're really comin back...
{short pause for flashback}
I suppose we all have to grow up sometime...
On to some political news:
GWBush takes credit for the introduction of about 130,000 jobs in October mainly in the service and temporary industries (90% ish). That must've taken guts. Under his administration, between 2 million to 4 million (depending on who you ask) Jobs were lost, and this guy is taking credit for a hundred thou? Net result: GWBush Administration -1,870,000 to 3,870,000 Jobs lost. In my opinion, you shouldn't brag about any increase in jobs until that 2-4 mil is back working. Of course I'm sure those people are just lazy and don't want to work. Another report stated that 1/3 of Americans will have extreme difficulty putting food on the table this Holiday Season (up from an average of about 20% or 1/5 over the past 20 years) I guess under the Bush rule, approximately 13 percent of Americans just suddenly got Lazy? Hmmmm....
Have A Nice Weekend :)
JC