Side Dish

Have you ever wondered who owns the US' national debt? The Skeptical Optimist shows you with a pie chart created with data from the US Treasury. Apparently we own the majority of it in some sense or another. The rest is owned by various foreign interests, with Japan and China in the lead. Also of note, the $55 billion owned by OPEC. OPEC??

The process of getting a job sucks. Don't let anybody tell you differently. It's both time-consuming and stressful. Since November, I have submitted applications to 22 different businesses. Only three of these applications have resulted in interviews. Two of those interviews ended in rejection. I will know about the third place by the end of the week. Assuming that it takes 15 minutes to fill out a single application, that is five and a half hours worth of paperwork I have done. Tomorrow I am taking in an application to a 23rd place. Will this be the one? I can only hope.

There are some things that even men know, such as not to wear light colored pants while you're on your rag. Apparently though, Mischa Barton didn't get the memo.

According to this AP report, Gov. Schwarzenegger and son hit a car on Sunday. Both were wearing their helmets, however Arnie still required 15 stitches in his lip.

Of all the possible things to report incorrectly, this has to be one of the worst.

Family members learned early Wednesday that 11 of the 12 coal miners who were initially thought to have survived an explosion in a coal mine have died.

Families learned of the deaths from mine officials more than three hours after Gov. Joe Manchin said he had been told 12 of the miners survived the disaster. - MSNBC.com

I feel so sorry for those families. To be taken on what amounts to the rollercoaster from hell, I can't begin to imagine.