8.22.05
Monday evening, and its random links time again. Looking at my financial aid statements and freting over my first semester costs I stumbled upon another article about the cost of college tuition hikes. Suddenly I didn’t feel so bad, especially since my grad school was paid with fellowships and assistantships. Guess I have nothing to bitch about.
In other news, the price of gas is hitting higher and higher. I rented a car this past weekend to run some errands and pickup some groceries, was a little smirkish at the honolulu-like prices that are hitting the mainland in droves. Brings to mind another interesting article on Rail v HOT lane back home.
Another website that serves as a reminder about the toll of war: wounded warrior project. I was reading recently that the pentagon death toll may be a lot higher than the media is reporting, since they don’t include deaths that occur to accidents, and other fatalities due to health complications and a number of other factors. Makes one rethink the costs of war, both human and materiel.
With the background debate on teaching evolution in our nation’s classrooms, and this thing called intelligent design, all hail the spaghetti monster in the sky….Pastah-farai