Very Local News

• Sense from the Government (What happened?)
  
• The cost of stamps went up to 42 cents. Nat bought some forever stamps and some one cent stamps. It has got to save the Post office money using the forever stamps vs. printing one cent stamps. Makes sense to me.
• Congress made some new rules about giving those who make pennies and nickels to choose metals and manufacturing techniques to make a penny for less than a penny and a nickel for less than five cents. Bout time. Maybe this will squelch the calls for eliminating the penny. Well, for a while any way.
• How many decades have people been bitching about these two issues?
  
• New Blackberries are out. Nifty
  
• I really miss Elle. The house seems empty. The world seems a bit more empty while she is off having a great time with her dad's side of the family. Nat feels the same.
  
• Nat is busy as i type setting up her new iPod. She loves that thing. I can tell because she has threatened to throw it against the wall seven times and yet has not given up on making it work.
• Today was another busy day at work. This is a habit now that we no longer get overtime.