A long, loooong hiatus

After what seems like ages, I'm finally back at it.

I generally take a walk after lunch every day, and right next to the Altera campus, nestled snugly between a large swank apartment complex, my work campus, and surrounded by the juggernaut that is Cisco, is this half block that is one half orange tree grove and one half grass. Once a year we see them truck in day workers to pick the oranges, and a couple times a month we see the grass get cut and baled. I often joke that we should pool our money and buy that plot of land. And guess what...I knew it!


From Wall Street Journal:

College tuition and fees: 248.4%

Cigarettes & other tobacco products: 246.5%

Elementary & high school tuition and fees: 234.5% (see yesterday’s WSJ story)

Household fuel oil: 227.0%

Hospital services, nursing homes, adult day care: 222.6%

Educational books & supplies: 182.5%

Motor oil, coolant & fluids: 170.7%

Oranges and tangerines: 157.6%

And although the most things have become more expensive, some goods have gotten cheaper since 1990:
Personal computers & other information processing equipment: -89.4%

Televisions: -83.0%

Audio equipment: -45.4%

Toys: -43.4%

Photographic equipment & supplies: -41.0%

I'm in the wrong field dammit.

In other news, my evil twin is hispanic...
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