The good news and the bad news

The good news is huge. Google is planning on opening a large office in Ann Arbor and hiring 1,000 new employees here, according to this story in the Ann Arbor News. Those are high-paying, high-tech jobs that should give the local economy a nice boost. And the announcement adds to the idea that Ann Arbor is (or could be) a high-tech corridor. Which in turn might bring even more jobs in the future.

Now for the bad news: A dead robin found in Ann Arbor has tested positive for West Nile Virus.

So basically what I'm saying is we could all die, but at least we'll be buried in a place that at one point was poised to potentially become a high tech corridor.