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Yesterday was a day of bleak news. First, it was reported that Google was closing their Austin office with no intention of reopening it. Later, their blog noted that they were laying off 100 recruiters. Which doesn't sound like much, but when you figure each recruiter is responsible for 20 or more jobs, that 100x starts to look like a big number.

Btw, the forecast for job growth in Austin is 90 percent less than last year. But hey, at least it's not negative. Says the so-called expert, "This is not the time to be changing jobs or making career shifts." "This is the time when people need to be grounded in their jobs and to be saving their money."

Citigroup, Bank of America, US airways, blah, blah, blah...

The city of Austin is trying yet another bike lane project. Let's hope this one is more successful than the many that have come before it. My personal favorite is from a few years ago when the city went back and stenciled helmets on all the bike lane markings. Looked like a giant penis riding a bike.

Thankfully, the day ended with a request to take Eric and Diego to pick up their car from the shop. However, not before I was treated to a home cooked meal from Gaby and a trip to Yogurt Planet.

Diego's studying about the Great Molasses Flood of 1919. He's got a science experiment going to see whether seawater or city water dissolves the sticky stuff faster. Yeah, sometimes it's good to be a third grader.