Lizard News Bulletin

Alarming news first:

1. The Dog is potentially smarter than we thought. On Saturday I apologized to her for still being in bed at 8:36 a.m., and politely asked if she could help by pulling me up. She was jumping down from the bed when I said that last part, and she immediately jumped back up with a rope toy.
2. George Bush is still President. Oh wait, that's not news. ActForChange does have a "Regime Change Alert" you can subscribe to that will email you when he's out, though, if that's any consolation.
3. It only takes one drop of boiling water to hurt. And if you're me, to make a big red mark on your hand.
4. Dreamweaver is having a fatal exception whenever I try to use templates, library objects, or make sitewide link changes. Hrm. I guess that isn't news, though, since it only affects my life. And my employer's life, since I'm working on our site at home right now. But like the second item, not news. Just...stuff.

Now lovely news:

1. Some people realize that tax breaks right now are a very bad idea, and they're taking it personally. Or rather giving it away personally. See United For a Fair Economy for more information.
   I have major guilt for not donating my $300 in whatever year that was, but I was very very broke at the time. Broke by middle-class standards, of course, not lacking food or anything. I like to think I'm making up for it now with my Smallest Salary Ever Received By Me In Full-Time Professional Employment. It's more than twice as much as I made working retail stockroom at the Mall of America, but I didn't have any student loans back then and rent was $200.
2. An article in the New York Times, brought to my attention by The Daily Grist, says I belong to a marketing niche. I'm one of the Lohas: "the term stands for "lifestyles of health and sustainability" and was coined a few years back by marketers to define a growing niche of goods and services designed to attract eco-friendly consumers. Lohas offerings range from organic foods to herbal remedies, solar panels to ecotourism." Surely a tailored matchmaking service can't be far behind, and then I never have to date again. Just marry someone who will recycle even the dots that come out of the hole punch and teach our children that running the A/C at 68 will in fact damn you straight to hell for all eternity.

I won't bother linking to the NYT article, since they seem to have the idea that their product should cost money unless you look at it on a specific day. What*ever*.