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In related news, word is that Bush may once again be zeroing out funding for the TRIO programs this next budget cycle. What a numnuts. For those of you that don't know, the TRIO programs, two of whom are my employers, are college access programs for low-income people from Middle School on up in age. Almost all of the people we work with come from families where no one has ever received a degree beyond High School.
I'm not sure why Bush thinks this is a good place to make budget cuts, but to me it represents everything that is wrong with his presidency.
- Lack of foresight. These programs work, but can't show immediate results. There are no tests that kids can take when they're in 7th grade to prove that they'll go on to college.
- Lack of caring for people unlike himself. Where are the tax cuts for the people that can't afford to pay their taxes?
- Being stupid.
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Pat's beat the Jaguars. Like that was a surprise. The Broncos
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The gf has mandated that I no longer talk about Johnny Damon. Apparently, I was making too much sense, and as a Red Sox fan, she couldn't handle that. Or something like that.
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So I turned 28 the other day. This one stung a bit. For the last few years, I could use the "Well at least I'm still very immature" line of reasoning to fight the "You're getting old argument."
Well, over the past year, I've bought a house, a truck, and a dog. My girlfriend's moved in, and along with the dog, taken control of the house. I can count on one hand the amount of times I've gotten drunk on back to back days. I've taken on more responsibility at work, I've started developing a pot-belly. If I ever combed my hair, I might notice that I was starting to lose recede a bit.
Fuck it.
I'm getting drunk tonight, just because I can.
Possibly a nice shiraz would do the trick.
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