Ink-friendly fonts

Did you know that Century Gothic and Times New Roman are ink-friendly fonts? They both use less ink than Arial so in the long run, it will save you money, $20 annually for individuals, to use one of them instead of Arial. Here's the list (From the AP: fonts ranked from those that use the least ink to those that use the most: 1. CenturyGothic; 2. Times New Roman; 3. Calibri; 4. Verdana; 5. Arial; 6. MSSans Serif; 7. Trebuchet MS; 8. Tahoma; 9. Franklin GothicMedium.) Some company in the Netherlands has done a study. And that's today's tidbit of interesting trivia from the Wall Street Journal. I listen on the way to school every day to a podcast of the front page stories and a few other selected stories. That and Morning Joe at 6AM on MSNBC are my only news sources unless I get home in time to watch the evening news.

I've opened the windows as well as the door to my screened porch since the weather's been so nice. Last night a very noisy creature was rustling through the leaves in the brushy area between my house and the place next door. I went outside with my flashlight to see what it was and the armadillo completely ignored me--just kept rustling right in front of me. He was concentrating very hard on the ground. He's back again tonight. I must be on his regular route. They dig for earthworms and grubs and make a mess of the beds in Poplarville. Not a problem here since I don't have any flower beds at this point.

I worked on the department's self study document all day today. We finally have all of the data we've been waiting for since we began the project now that the first rough draft is due in a week. I'll be working a lot on that this week, but I can't let it interfere with linear programming homework, economics homework and particle swarm coding. It's going to be a very busy week and the Alpha Psi Rodeo is Saturday!