I don't have really much to update on my view of the recession (one company did reopen the position I applied for, but they are taking their sweet time to look at my application). That said, Ash Wednesday is soon.  In regards to what I intend to give up for Lent, I decided to stop reading my political blogroll, including your blog.  It's not that I have anything against your blog, especially since you and Chris's and Patrick's work is a testament to the good a blog can do.  But in the recent weeks, as everything is getting drearier, it's becoming more and more of a distraction than anything else. 

And honestly, why should most of these things you report on matter to me anyway?  Or, as my friend put it bluntly in his own case, "Why should I give two shits about healthcare if I don't have a fucking job?"