In fiscal year 2008 (9/07 to 9/08), 1,004,342 people filed for bankruptcy. That's one every 31 seconds on average - or one every 7.46 seconds of each business day. A Harvard study says that during the period 2001 to 2007, the percentage of bankruptcies attributed to medical bills rose from 46 percent to 62 percent. So, even if that percentage did ( Read more... )

Stage 2 watering restrictions go into effect today. Tell your friends!

We really need some rain up here...

Stolen from lori_holder:

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I watched this right after getting another stupid-ass forward from my mother, this one about how Obama is the next coming of Hitler (don't ask, unless you really want me to get all ranty). I found myself getting all misty, and I have decided to make a choice to be completely non-meta about it. I'm not going to wonder anything about ( Read more... )

So, it's business as usual.

I wish I could say I was surprised.

This one is the worst ever. I think I may have finally become allergic to juniper (or "cedar", as they call it here). Have been on antibiotics since Friday, and the mucus is now mostly clear (instead of bright yellow) but there is still... so... much. Taking Zyrtec and Mucinex on doctor's recommendation - dunno what it would be like without them, ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday, s10clee

"I remember when the President told us it was a worker's God-given right to join a free and independent trade union, unbought and unbullied by employers or the state, and put government money, some of it covert, where his mouth was, to foster the growth of those unions in the face of fierce, sometimes violent opposition ( Read more... )

...with Walken

Happy Birthday onyxlynxx!

Austin Chronicle's Quote of the Week ( Read more... )