In the local paper here today, there's a headline which tells everyone the local school board made a "blunder" in managing their budget last year.  Last time I checked, a $1.47 MILLION account error goes a little beyond the "blunder" or "oops" category!

I know that may not sound like much to folks in big cities, but while I'm between Providence RI and Boston, I definitely do not live in a "city", be it big or small!  The town the blunder happened in is Attleboro MA has a total population of about 45,000.  That means this little blunder equals about $32.66 per man, woman and child!

Worse than that, to me at least, is the fact that 80 teachers, the foreign language program in middle schools, and other programs were cut last year because of this very same budget that was running out of money!  You know, I hope, pray, wish, and hope some more for the day my bank calls to tell me they made a "blunder" that means I have an extra million and a half in my account!

By the way, the mayor in Attleboro...  Well, his name is Mr. Dumas, I will leave it up to you to figure out how it SHOULD be pronounced!

Yes Yes, I know!  I'm beating myself over the head for letting my blog slip. 

So if I haven't been updating my blog, what have I been doing? 

Well, I definitely haven't been on vacation!  Actually, myself and my partner (Eva Mah of PsychPatientMD blog fame here on BlogEstates) have been rather busy putting together, testing, and tweaking a new traffic exchange!  It's called Nexus Exchange, and is definitely going to be a force to be dealt with in the arena when people start deciding which exchange to promote and "front end" in their marketing efforts.

If you want to see what not only what a traffic exchange can be, but should be, click on the second link over on the left named Nexus Exchange!  Superior surfing environment, superior customer support, superior advertising!  All together, just a superior traffic exchange!  That is what Nexus Exchange is, and will continue to be!

So, now that the exchange is public, I will be getting back to some semblance of a "normal" schedule in my life, so the blog entries, and Rat's Rants will be back with a vengeance! 

Oh, and not to toot my own horn, but......

Remember a few weeks ago when I did the post on the Supreme Court, and the fact that changes are coming?  The comments from that was an overwhelming "who cares".  Guess what?  John G. Edwards as Chief Justice?  I hope you are looking forward to some very conservative, right wing, black and white interpretations of this nation's laws!  Hmmm, maybe now that is a "who cares" since he's there until he dies or retires.  I guess my thought is, if we the public hadn't taken the "who cares" attitude toward the court all these years, maybe, just maybe, our laws would reflect us, and not the elite!  Just a thought, but "who cares" anyway?