Dell to Hire 5,000 People in India

Dell to Hire 5,000 People in India - Yahoo! News

Why can't Dell hire 5,000 people in the good ol' U. S. of A. instead?

We Americans badly need less outsourcing and better education.

Calif. classifies second-hand smoke a toxic risk

Calif. classifies second-hand smoke a toxic risk - Yahoo! News

Good.

I think - hope! - that tobacco products will become obsolete in this century. Good riddance, this former smoker says.

Now...to clean up California's air altogether!

N.Y. Design Team Chosen to Create a Showpiece O.C. Park - Los Angeles Times

N.Y. Design Team Chosen to Create a Showpiece O.C. Park - Los Angeles Times

I'm excited about this Great Park. I can't wait to go there.

The Great Park will be one of the nation's largest urban parks, and something of a Central Park for Orange County.

California Sees Surge in Million-Dollar Homes - Los Angeles Times

California Sees Surge in Million-Dollar Homes - Los Angeles Times

The Times weighs in on the same info, therefore giving it a more Southern California spin.

One in 13 California Homes Sold for More Than $1 Million in 2005

Bloomberg.com: U.S.

Doesn't surprise me, really. Isn't it obscene?

And, if you were to run the figures on Southern California itself, it would be that much more obscene.

Note that it is a fact that the average annual income in California is not adequate to cover the average annual housing costs here. This is interesting, but scary, economics. Basically, the math does not compute. What does this mean for our future?