Congratulations!

Will and Alex are going to make it official.

Help Wanted Ads Go Unanswered Out West

Even at $10 an hour:

John Francis, who owns the McDonald's in Sidney, Mont., said he tried advertising in the local newspaper and even offered up to $10 an hour to compete with higher-paying oil field jobs. Yet the only calls were from other business owners upset they would have to raise wages, too. Of course, Francis' current employees also wanted a pay hike.

"I don't know what the answer is," Francis said. "There's just nobody around that wants to work."

And we have welfare why?

Another Day, Another Set of Pictures

Congratulations!

... you know who you are. UPDATE: John and Cheri! I initially didn't put their names up to ensure that they had time to tell everyone; I didn't realize that that would set off a flurry of speculation as to who it could be. Heh.