I’m in a navel-gazing mood this morning, so I’m going to subject you to some soapboxing.

1. Children: “We have health care?” This article points out an interesting problem with health care for low-income children, which is to say that a significant portion of this demographic has eligibility yet remains uninsured. The problem? Marketing that information to the eligible children. Oregon recently passed a bill that was meant to expand health care coverage to this same demographic; this article is relevant because we could be facing the same problem as North Carolina right now.

2. On a lighter note… The free lunch is finally over at YouTube. Ads are coming to sully videos like “I Am Ninja” and Lonelygirl15 forever. These new ads are supposed to be unobtrusive… but that’s what they always say in the beginning. Before they need money.

3. Will Hurricane Dean Affect Gas Prices? The storm, which weakened from Category 5 to Category 1, is still crashing down on Mexico. It’s moved over on top of offshore oil and gas facilities in the Gulf of Mexico, but we probably won’t know until afterward what sort of damage has been done.

Aight, now I’m going to go enjoy YouTube before tickers for “7th Heaven” start appearing in the middle of “Trapped in the Closet.” I’d advise you to do the same.