Like music, saving money, and don't care if the cover art is included when you buy a CD (maybe because you're just going to rip it to MP3 anyway)? I found this website that looks pretty cool - http://justthedisc.com/

Commentary on election results and race from the Austin American-Statesman:

Election demographics It’s amazing to watch the media pundits sealing the
coffins of the has-been candidates after the results are in from the
caucuses in Iowa and the primaries in New Hampshire. Consider that if you
combine the populations of both states, it equals less than the population of
the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Iowa is 95 percent white; New Hampshire is 96
percent white. Is this any way to pick a leader, from such an unrepresentative
demographic? When can we see real election reform and the way-past-due death of
the antiquated Electoral College? MICK VANN Driftwood

More commentary - this time on building highways:

More highways? Re: Jan. 1 2008 agenda editorial “Road woes still creating
everyday stress.” The American-Statesman recognizes that fossil fuel power
plants contribute to global warming. But in its support for expanding area
highways as toll roads, it ignores the greenhouse gas increases that come with
highway expansions. Concrete manufacturing is a big source of man-made carbon
dioxide emissions. Concrete is a critical component in highway construction.
After highways are expanded, people live farther from where they work,
increasing miles driven. This means more carbon dioxide emissions heating our
planet. Worsening our addiction to car-based transportation by spending $1.5
billion to expand highways as toll roads in Central Texas is foolish for many
reasons. The direct relationship to greenhouse gas emissions is just one. Can
the Statesman provide evidence that expanding highways reduces traffic
congestion? Houston, Atlanta and Los Angeles all have massive highway systems
and are highly congested. COLIN CLARK Save Our Springs Alliance colin@sosalliance.org

Lastly, an interesting piece from Marketplace, the financial show on public radio, my favorite radio program. A profile of a person who is trying to do 52 jobs in 52 weeks to learn about all of the different kinds of work out there - http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/01/18/work_life_a_little_bit_of_everything/