March 30, 2008 - Another day, another day better. Every day I wake up, I keep feeling better than the previous day. I'm almost to 100%. Today was a busy day. Ellie and I took the puppies down to Sand Key Park to play at the dog park. Jamie met us there with Nyla. Some lady had her Pointer there. I have never seen a Pointer before, but this thing did exactly what I thought a Pointer would do, which is point its tail. That dog loved chasing birds around the park. It is amazing how animals can have instincts built into them. Why does this particular dog point its tail and chase birds while our dogs do circles around people and herd them? Nature gives a very strong argument for its side in the nature vs nurture battle. Mike and I played disc golf, and then I washed my car. Ellie and I went to church and finished up the evening at her moms for dinner. I haven't been discussing much lately because I've been sick and my head has been all fogged up, but there is a big topic that is going to be striking next week, which is the financial market. We're on the cusp of major regulatory overhaul of the financial institutions in our country, and I am worried that what we are going to do is create environments where companies that already have a ton of money are going to have their businesses sheltered from competition due to restrictions. These companies will virtually be guaranteed profits and business as usual at the expense of tax payers. Instead of allowing for greater competition and success as well as failure, the government is going to take the stance that the financial sector is so important to our growth as a nation that we need to 'ensure its success' through regulation. What they're really saying is that there are so many people with huge amounts of money that are buying political preference to ensure that they can't possibly lose money. And by ensuring that they can't lose money, they have eliminated a large amount of risk, an inherent part of the financial sector that makes it what it is. I'm worried that we are on the cusp of lining the pockets of the wealthiest Americans with even more money and ensuring that they keep this money and prevent it from being taken away by better business models, lower costs, and innovative ideas. We're going to create a financial industry that is stronger and protected from failure. I hope I'm not the only person who sees this as a bad thing.