Being .8 short in sports can be the difference between winning and losing, and .8 can make a big difference on your student loans as well. On July 1, 2008, the interest rate on subsidized federal student loans dropped from 6.8% to 6%. This .8% cut, when combined with the interest rate cuts being made over the next 3 years, will save an average of $2570 for borrowers starting school in 2008.
I apologize for my long absence from blogging. Things have been quite busy recently, both personally and professionally, but there’s a much bigger reason I don’t blog more often. This post notwithstanding, I can’t blog short. What I mean to say in that grammatical horror I’m calling a sentence is that I don’t do well [...]
I was assaulted tonight on my way home from a friend’s house. It was kinda strange. I was walking down the street and it seemed like two people were following me. I heard them talking, and I could have sworn one of them said, “Why are we running away from him?” [...]
Me After My Run
So I’ve recently started running again. I’ve gone about 4 or 5 times in the past few weeks. This is after over a year break from the gym and a several year break from running regularly. Today I was out and decided to just keep going. I went [...]
Note: It’s late, but I really want to get this up tonight, so I’m reserving the right to edit it tomorrow.
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It’s been a while since my last post, and I had been posting so regularly too. Ah well, such is life, and a lot has happened in the interim.
Two months ago I mentioned in [...]
Being married to a Lutheran means that I’m more aware of the Church calendar than my low church background would belie. Thanks to my wife’s influence, I’ve decided to give something up for Lent. I wanted to pick something that would have a definite impact on my life. I thought (ever so briefly) about foregoing [...]
Yes, much like Tickle Me Elmo is a child’s introduction to American consumerism, this is my introduction to the world of blogging. It’s surprising that it’s taken me so long to get here. considering that I work with so-called “new media”1.
Anyway, a bit about myself. My name is Will Johnston. As of [...]
