Rehearsal for the new play reading down in Sugar Land until 10, then drive-thru Whataburger, then chatting with Dave about the law schools and military recruiters (I think the situation is akin to paying taxes: they have to do it, but it doesn’t imply they endorse the actions), then trading blogrolls, then working on putting up the old links, fixing the RSS1, RSS2, and Atom feeds, and making it look nice. Now it’s 3am and I really need to get to sleep.

Same data, two takes.

2004 Job Creation Is Best in Five Years (AP):

AP – U.S. employers added 157,000 workers overall to their payrolls in December, bringing the year-end total of new jobs to 2.2 million, the best showing in five years. The unemployment rate held steady at 5.4 percent.

December Jobs Gain Is Less Than Expected (Reuters):

Reuters – U.S. employers added 157,000 new jobs in December, slightly fewer than expected, as retailers surprisingly shed employees during the holiday shopping season, the Labor Department reported on Friday.