Engadget reports that Parker Brothers’ famed Monopoly game is ditching its cash money, and children will track their assets with a fake VISA card and swiper.
Some people have already lamented the lack of practice in counting money. I agree. I think it’s scarier, though, to trust VISA with all your finances. One of my [...]
This week we made it to Our Savior Lutheran Church in Newark, a 25 minute drive but one that may well be worth it.
We were a little late, coming in on the entrance hymn, but immediately a smiling elder gave us bulletins and hymnals opened up to LW Divine Service II, First Setting with Holy Communion. The sanctuary was quite full, and we sat on the back row. The younger twin gave them a dose of happy chatter during the sermon. I walked her out, but the elder said we weren’t bothering anyone.
Marc Guthrie, president of the Newark City Council, published an op-ed in the Newark (OH) Advocate. He writes:
Local governments such as Newark have endured cuts from state government, which have further complicated our city’s finances. It’s plain and simple: The state tax cut simply is shifting more of the tax burden onto school districts and [...]
I got a surprise weekend at the house, which works well: Saturday is my birthday, and Sunday is the wife’s.
The lilies are blooming, and the bees are zooming.
Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. [...]
I guess California isn’t in such dire financial straits after all!
AP reports that Governor Schwarzeneggar has authorized a $150 million loan to California’s stem cell institute for embryonic stem cell research.
That money is as good as gone. There is no way an entity is going to be able to pay this back. Venture capitalists and [...]
