A local news update: they finally fixed the fountain in the park near me. Who cares, I'm sure you are saying by now, and I wouldn't blame you. I find interesting that one of the main features of the fountain are six ceramic sculptures representing war, pestilence, famine, death, greed and materialism. This sound uplifting, doesn't it? They are dominated by a large globe representing the triumph of knowledge and science....obviously designed prior to the Bush administration.