A Step in the Right Direction...

You may know I'm not a huge fan of the current administration. However, today President Bush signed into law an act that will help to limit some of the out-of-control profits that Big Banks have been racking up with the privatization of student loans. I am especially interested in this topic because I will be paying of our student loans until well after my children start college.

I am encouraged (and surprised) that President Bush would buck the banking lobby on this one. Perhaps he's got something up his sleeve that he'll deliver to them re: the mortgage crisis? (Which IMHO is another example of corporate land-grabbing gone wild).

Bush enacts deep student lender subsidy cuts - Yahoo! News

This is the goo that I made with Andrea's recipe. Yum!

• 1 1/2 C Sugar
• 1/2 C Cocoa
• 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 stick butter
• 3/4 C Water

Bring contents to boil in sauce pan. While still hot, serve over yellow cake. Ummm...

Social justice and the Restoration Movement

Most of my readers know that the Restoration Movement is not exactly well-known for an emphasis on social justice. So, perhaps it is especially weighty evidence in how far opinion has shifted away from the current war when there is an student-led anti-war protest at ACU. See photos here.

Now this is gross...

Now this is gross...

So the beautiful rain I mentioned in my last post was absolutely beautiful. The double-rainbow ending in the ocean was incredible. However, there was at least one nasty consequence of the rain. The garden area around the community suana overflowed leaving mulch, bark, and lots of mud in the hot tub. NASTY.

Finally...it's raining in LA!

As you may know, it's been dry here. In fact, we've received about 3-inches of rain in the past 15 months. Hard to believe. So, today we were SO happy to see grey skies roll in. It actually sounded like a thunder storm this evening. I don't think I've ever seen a thunder storm here in over three years. It's supposed to rain even more tomorrow. YEEAAAHHH!!!

Storm inches its way into L.A. - Los Angeles Times

From the "no-duh" department...

A recent study indicates the people are attracted to beauty. Duh.

What's behind curtain #3?...

Would you be willing to trade one year in a US prison rather than 1 yr. in Iraq as a soldier?  Here's someone who did.

Jail for soldier who paid to be shot to avoid Iraq | Reuters

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