“Lily Sutton Sjogreen was born at 5:05pm on July 4th. She is 9 pounds 8 ounces and 21.5 inches long. She is of course the cutest little girl in the world. Pics to come!”
The LitterMaid sucked. The CatGenie is a pain to install (needs a water hookup). Is this the answer? Also available in the marketplace: Purrforma, ScoopFree. - ⓞnor
I would love to see Tiger get stuck in that. :-P - Jessie Norris
i concur that the littermaid sucked. it had this flimsy plastic liners for the poo that clipped into a holster. when you pulled it out to change it it would fling litter (and possible other stuff) at your face! - Karl Rosaen
Both Kevin and I are happy owners of Litter-Robots. Try it. it works. the cats took about 10 days to get used to it (there are some ideas on the website about how to get the cats to get used to it faster) but after that, there have probably been 2 "accidents" in the two years we've had it. - Tudor Bosman
egnor, I have a litter-robot that you can try for free. - Sanjeev Singh
How often do you empty the receptacle, and/or clean the whole thing? For cleaning the whole thing, what is the process like? For the LitterMaid, besides the problem Karl mentioned, I had to do this complicated disassembly and cleaning about every three weeks, and it took like an hour and involved screwdrivers, otherwise poop would build up between the rake tines, and oh, it was just all so gross. - ⓞnor
egnor, my cat never "took" to this :(, so I can't answer. - Sanjeev Singh
Empty the receptacle: once every 7-10 days (two cats). Clean the whole thing: once every 1-2 months. Process: lift the globe, wash it, pull out the drawer, wash it, put it back together; takes about 10 minutes, no tools are required. - Tudor Bosman
Ditto Tudor's comment. The nice thing is that gravity is the main tool, so there aren't tines that gunk gets stuck to. The design is very simple and elegant and we rarely have any problems with it. It's a bit noisy though. If I could make one change to it I would make it quieter or, failing that, put a timer on it so it would support 'quiet hours' at night and activate again in the morning. - Kevin Fox
I've found what works best is get the cheapest cat litter box available, and then throw out all the cat litter every 10-14 days. No screwdriver necessary. - Chris White
I'm surprised that a lolcat comment hasn't been submitted. - April Buchheit
Maggie's got one of these for her cats. I love the fact that I no longer have to smell the cat box. - Gabe Schaffer
I bought a "CITIKITTY" kit - see ads on Seesmic... supposedly now I can train my cat to use the toilet, NO more litter box crap! yeah! wonder if she'll hit the flush knob? - Susan Beebe
LOL a cat would crawl into that thing? - Harry Myhre
Our CatGenie has been completely awesome. After the initial setup work (a couple months ago), we basically have done zero work, except to flush the toilet every once in a while. I think the water hookup is the best thing ever, since there's no icky waste receptacle to deal with. I only wish we could hook it up to the laundry output, so we wouldn't even need to flush the toilet. - Jennifer Taylor
OMG-I just got one and it ate my cat...poor Felix... - Mark Forman
I adore our Litter Robot. Aside from the noise (as Kevin said) it is heaven. I pull out a drawer and dump it and then I'm done. It did take some time to train our older cat to use it. We just kept her old litter box beside the robot for a while and we didn't clean it. Over time she decided she preferred the clean robot to the dirty box. It took her some time to figure it out (had to tap her butt a couple time to get her to turn around so she didn't pee out the door) but once she got it was awesome. - Rachel L Fisher
Cricket is giving my computer evil stares even as I type this. - Kelly Norris
If everyone from MS liked working at Google, I think that would be a worse sign for Google :). A good company should repel the wrong people as much as it attracts the right people (not that I know anything about this one guy in particular). - Paul Buchheit
Everyone has different values and, as Paul says, no place can be right for everyone. As I mentioned last week, this guy's values are pretty different from my own, judging from this excerpt: "I need to know that the code is useful for others, and the only way to measure the usefulness is by the amount of money that the people are willing to part with to have access to my work." - Kevin Fox
Ah, it seems like this topic was already discussed here. Should have figured :) - Bindu Reddy
Another possible way to read that statement is "MS offered a boatload more money than GOOG" :). Which isn't a bad thing. I think that good engineers are underpaid in general. - Sanjeev Singh
He has a good point: when all of your products are "free", the users aren't the customers. - Gabe Schaffer
I disagree with his his code being useful only when people pay for it comment... However, I do think he has some some interesting but exaggerated points about the role of middle management/managers being very ill-defined at Google. The question is should we have any middle-mgmt in corporations and if so, how best to structure it? I am not sure I have a good answer to that question. - Bindu Reddy
Bindu: he's not saying that his code is only useful when paid for, merely that he judges its usefulness by how much people are willing to pay. That makes some sense; as a photographer I consider my best photos to be the ones people order rather than those that just get the most views on my web site. - Gabe Schaffer
He didn't say code was only useful when people paid for it. Rather, he said that the only way he knew how to *measure* the usefulness of his code was by the amount of money people were willing to pay for it. It is kind of an interesting economic question. - Karim
When I first read this post, I thought he was simply saying that Microsoft was paying him more than Google. :) - Chris White
His arguments are kind of "light". Look pretty much an afterthought. - Martin Añazco
I wonder how he came up with this observation? - "Google as an organization is not geared - culturally - to delivering enterprise class reliability to its user applications." - Edward Ho
Those types of statements seem like a classic case of denial by an established player being disrupted by a new competitor. They'll keep telling themselves that Google can't "deliver enterprise class reliability", and meanwhile their business will be eaten from below. (not that MS reliability is all that anyway, but obviously they think it is, and need some way to rationalize a lot of heavyweight process) - Paul Buchheit
One year seems a short time to fully understand the culture, particularly since it seems he was moved around (different projects, managers). I'm no Google fan-boy, but there doesn't seem to be a lot of there there. Seems more like he didn't like customer facing 'cool' product development. - AJ Kohn
Google is just like any other company in that it's made up of employees, many of whom have different opinions. This guy decided it wasn't the place for him. The media picks it up because they are bored with the "Google is great" stories, and are looking for some "Google sucks" stories. It's all kind of boring really. - Chris White
Not sure how much I'd pay for Gmail but I would pay heck of a lot more than for Hotmail. - Philipp Lenssen
AJ: a "customer" is somebody who buys something. I've never bought anything from Google, and neither have most of its users. Presumably this guy prefers to work on products where the customer is the user. It's like working for a cable station like Showtime instead of a commercial network like Fox. - Gabe Schaffer
That's a pretty limited view Gabe. If anything, Google cares about their users more than MS, because enterprise purchasing decisions are made by IT managers and not end users. MS is failing at search because the end users don't like their product and are continuing to abandon it. - Paul Buchheit
Paul, nobody ever said that Google cares less about customers, just that there is a fundamental difference in writing software where the user pays for it and software where the user does not pay for it. Of course a lot of MS software isn't paid for by the user because it came preloaded or was purchased by their employer, but somebody is still paying for it. In this guy's mind, that means it's good. I certainly care more about which of my photos get the most orders versus which get the most views. - Gabe Schaffer
@Gabe: I don't agree with your definition of a customer being someone who buys something. Blog readers are customers. You are a customer of FriendFeed. If you get utility out of a product, you are a customer. The strength of that relationship could be marked by how much you pay, but you are a customer nonetheless IMO. - AJ Kohn
Gabe, you personally may feel differently based on who pays, but what matters the most in product terms is who chooses, not who pays, because that is the person who has to be satisfied. For Google and Apple, the end user chooses the product, and for MS it's typically someone in IT, and that reality is reflected in their product decisions. - Paul Buchheit
Ideas are like good people. The Right People have good ideas , that needs to fit into the ideology of a corporation. Just like right people need to fit into the right culture. There is the fine difference between good and right.. watch the words and the way that we think about such things.. its important :)- - Peter Dawson
Paul, I think you are right when you say it sounds like "Innovator's Dilemma" denial, but I'm not sure the reliability observation should be dismissed on those grounds. I still think ISPs that have an older telco background (e.g. Verizon) have much better reliability cultures than those that don't (e.g. Comcast). While Google services have always been very reliable for me, I've also seen more than one FF thread in the last few days from people having problems with them... That *can* matter. - Karim
That *can* matter. - @Karim - it will matter when yo pay for it .. till then it really does not pinch its just an inconvenience only - Peter Dawson
I don't know about yours, AJ, but my dictionary defines customer as "One that buys goods or services." I consider myself to be a FriendFeed user, or possibly consumer or patron -- but definitely not a customer. This guy's problem with Google is that while their products (a few of them) are highly popular, they are not highly valuable. He wants to work on a product that has measurable value, so he has to work for some place that charges for their products. Maybe one day micropayments will become easy and I can pay Google per search, but in the mean time Google isn't that valuable to me. - Gabe Schaffer
@Gabe: Dictionary version of customer is too narrow. Splitting hairs on user, consumer, patron IMO. Should I assume that you'll no longer use Google search or Gmail or anything else that is free? I view value as the utility you derive from that product, not strictly purchases of goods and services. Clean air is valuable, any of the free search engines are valuable. Wouldn't the logical extension of your argument be to equate value of a profession to salary. I find teachers valuable, but not based on salary. - AJ Kohn
The definition may be splitting hairs, but to this guy it's an important distinction. He didn't want to work at Google anymore in part because he wanted to work for a company that sells a product to its users (which by definition makes them customers). It doesn't mean that he didn't want to work on user-facing products; it means that he wanted to work on paying-user-facing products. And I use Google's products particularly because they have no value (i.e. they're free). - Gabe Schaffer
Okay, I totally grok that Google may be a good job fit for some, not for others (and so, too, Microsoft). But this value/no-value thing has me totally confuzzled. Dude, Gabe... if products have "no value" then why on earth would you use them? Clearly they have value to YOU, and clearly they have value to Google, or Google wouldn't offer them. This isn't radical new think, it's just different types of value! :-) - Adam Lasnik
He says Google produces products that wastes people's time and he then goes on to use it to explain the rationale behind one of the important decisions of his life. Yeah, right!! Also, with his philosophy, he can only work at Microsoft and nowhere else. - Krish
Sorry, Adam, I tend to think like an engineer. A value is some quantity; in this case it's something's price -- not to be confused with worth, which is how much you're willing to pay for something. For example, an old silver dollar might be worth $50, but its value is only $1. - Gabe Schaffer
I guess we'll have to agree to disagree re: the definition(s) of value, but now I can better see where you're coming from. - Adam Lasnik
His is one way to measure the value of software. This week I was thinking about a different, larger cost that the user is willing to pay to use software: the amount of time she spends using it, multiplied by the value of time (e.g. her salary). That number is usually a lot more than what the user would have paid for the software in $, and I try to minimize it, because really my job is to get users what they want, not to use up their time getting it. Probably the most valuable thing, though, is to maximize the value you provide, and to try to measure that directly. - j1m
"A critique of Hancock is an essay in irrelevance. It's Independence Day Week, and six times since 1996, that's meant a Will Smith movie — a mega-giga-gigantic hit. Independence Day, Men in Black, Wild Wild West, Men in Black II, I, Robot: He shows up, people line up. Thomas Jefferson used to own this holiday, but now the former Fresh Prince does. So why should critics even bother to review a new Will Smith movie? You'll only go anyway." - Dan Hsiao via Bookmarklet
@Bret: to support and round out your Will Smith owns 4th of July theory :) - Dan Hsiao
slightly entertaining but disappointing.. it just feels weird and incomplete. Go see it just for the effects and will smith, don't expect too much! - Jing Lim
“Now that the twins are here, it's obvious we won't fit in the Honda Civic or Mercury Tracer. Without breaking the budget (or slashing our MPGs), what car/SUV/wagon do you recommend?”
Toyota Camry Hybrid, maybe? Not as trendy as the Prius, but uses the same drivetrain. The Prius is pretty much sold out until next year, anyway. There's a hybrid Highlander if you really must ... - Chris Baskind
The goal here is to fit four people in, including 2 car seats, plus dragging along stroller, diaper bag, and groceries on occasion. That might rule out the Camry. - Louis Gray
minivans are tangible evidence of evil. - Hao Chen
leave the kids at home, i will babysit - Allen Stern
Allen, given one already works for you, I think I'm looking for someone who wouldn't already be around the kids 8 or so hours a day. But thanks! - Louis Gray
The Camry is roomy for a midsize sedan, and gas prices at the end of a 3 to 5 year note could be pretty shocking. But if you're really hankering for big, you might want to watch the Chevy Tahoe hybrid. GM only sold about a thousand of them in May, and I'd expect discounts soon on the order of $4500 plus plum financing. - Chris Baskind
I have been in love with my Honda CR-V since the day I got it 3 1/2 yrs ago. Hondas rock the family transport thing - as they tend to rank highest in child safety year after year. They were the first with curtain side-airbags standard. Nice to drive w/ great gas mileage and fantastic handling. Converted me away from Saturns. Definitely check out the CR-V. (geez, I sound like a cult member...sorry - but I love that car.) - Lucretia Pruitt
unfortunately, size does matter when it comes to MPG, hence increasing family is inevitably means longer gas bill and more CO2 into common air - silpol
I'd recommend Pilot over CRV; the new CRV is so sporty, it goes down on utility. - Parth Awasthi
I have three children so if we have anymore we are going to have to upgrade as well! - Joe Dawson
Whatever you pic, I recommend that it be very gas efficient. I predict a rise in gas prices ;) - Dustin McLaughlin
No idea if you have them in the US but for our kids (18 mo boy/girl twins, 3 week old boy) we bought a Kia Carens. Room enough to bring along helpful relatives too! - Edd Dumbill via twhirl
Edd, the Carens is called the Rondo in the states. Thanks for the tip. - Louis Gray
The mileage isn't as good as a Civic, but the Toyota Sienna is quite nice. (assuming you're secure enough to drive a minivan :) We used to have a Subaru Forester, which was nice, but babies have a lot of accessories, so it's good to have the extra space. - Paul Buchheit
I am not sure if it is available in the USA, but we are very happy with our Honda FR-V (goes under the name EDIX in Japan), a 6 seater with a reasonably large trunk. With two car seats installed in the back there is enough space left on the third seat for an adult, so when the kids were small one of us could sit next to them on long trips. And with the folding middle front seat, grandma and grandpa can fit onboard too. The 2.2l diesel iCDT has average fuel economy but gives daddy a bit of sporty feeling ;) - Vlado Handziski
Honda have about the most fuel-efficient engines (fact). Now that they also do Diesel engines, maybe something like the Honda CR-V [perspective from a Europe person] - john conroy
Happy Toyota Highlander Hybrid owner here. Handles our two kids and their stuff very well and offers AWD (which we need in our climate / area). Not sure if there's still a tax incentive. Smart driving techniques are getting me 35 mpg. If too expensive, maybe a Ford Escape Hybrid? - Kevin C. Tofel
Yet another recommendation for the Honda CRV. It feels really big and doesn't kill you with MPGs. Minivans typically do not have good MPG, so I can't recommend any. - Rob Diana
I would go with a Ford Explorer. This is my Schwag wagon. - Mike Fruchter
Have you checked out the Honda Fit? It's surprisingly roomy for getting 30mpg (and costs $14k). - Gabe Schaffer
we got both our boys honda cr-v's due to 4wd, safety, small yet roomy, good mpg for suv, honda quality/durability - been very happy with them - mike "glemak" dunn
second the Honda fit suggestion - I test drove a 2008 and liked it - the 2009 due in early fall is supposed to have lots of improvements too - mike "glemak" dunn
I like the fit too; if I were in the market for a car right now it would be near the top of my list. It is definitely roomy but I don't know if it's big enough for Louis's needs. To get a lot of stuff in it you need to pull down the back seats; which wouldn't work to well when you have to transport 2 adults and 2 babies. - Benjamin Golub
What about a Prius? We have friends with small kids that love that combo! - Susan Beebe
We have Honda CRV and Chrysler Town and Country (rated high on safety and has awesome storage) CRV perfect for around town with the kiddos but our cross country trips require the T&C. - tanya
You might consider a Mercury Mariner hybrid, the Ford Escape hybrid or the Ford Taurus X - Scott Monty
Our 2005 Honda Odyssey gets 16MPG city, 23 highway (real numbers, not sticker). - Bruce Lewis
I highly recommend the Toyota Highlander...wonderful vehicle. - Chris Rossini
Check out the Saturn Vue. I believe they still use Honda engines - which means you get a great engine at a far better price than actually buying a Honda. You could move up to their larger SUV if you need a bit more room ;) - AJ Kohn
Louis - the new Toyota RAV4 will have plenty of room for the twins and their gear. They added about 12" of length a year or two ago but it still gets around 25-28 mpg. My wife loves hers. - Barry Graubart via twhirl
You don't want a car. You need a minivan. Or a station wagon. Sorry to burst the bubble, but by the time you get two carseats in a sedan, that's it. Add in the double stroller and going grocery shopping is a horrible experience. Take the stroller out, put the stroller back in. Now if you are taking a trip somewhere... it all goes to hell quickly with the stroller, the pack 'n plays...I had an Odyssey and while I didn't love it, it was a nice vehicle. The MPG isn't the best, but sanity and convenience are... - Cyndy
SUVs... forget it. They just completely suck gas. Far worse than a minivan. Oh, and for cargo room, best bets are the Odyssey and the Dodge Caravan, with the Dodge winning with the Stow 'n Go. - Cyndy
Just downsized from a Suburban to a Toyota Sienna. Love it. With the 2nd row captain's chairs, much easier to move around for little ones, etc. Pretty inexpensive also, comparatively. - Steve Woodruff
MY wife and I have a Honda CRV - we average around 27 MPG and it can handle us, a kid, a dog, and plenty of cargo space. Trip to Niagara, trips to grandma's, trips to the store are all pleasurable. - keif via twhirl
I agree with Cyndy. I have two kids and I LOVED my old Ford Windstar. That thing was the most comfortable and convenient vehicle to get the kids in and out of without killing my back! The new Ford van didn't impress me and I now have the gas guzzling Pacifica. My kids are past the stroller years or I'd be driving the Dodge Caravan. If your shopping price, check out the Kia Sedona... lots of features for less - kbourke
I'm surprised at how much I like my minivan (we've got a honda odyssey). I like that the kids can open the doors themselves without me worrying that they'll crash into the car next to us (think small school parking lots filled with large cars all close together), I like that we can bring as much stuff on vacation as we want, and I like that they can each bring home a friend for a playdate at the same time. It also lets me carpool etc when the opportunity arises. - Jane Manning
Jane, there is that, and that's why next car will be a full-size van. We can't take more than one playdate ever. But yes... there are a lot of things to think about with two toddlers, like getting them into the car in a parking lot when they are walking, etc. that you don't think about when they are infants. I'm not LOVING that I have a minivan, but I live with it. ;) - Cyndy
We're having our first child in January so I'm trading in my beloved Mark V GTI for the new Volkswagen Tiguan which is kind of a combination of a Golf and a Touareg. It's small enough that it gets good gas mileage (25-30 using the same sporty engine the GTI has) but big enough for car seats and other things. Of course, clearly I'm a very biased Volkswagen fan and pretty much won't buy anything not German. - Akiva Moskovitz
You want a minivan, trust me. It's designed for this and you'll be thankful for it over time. Toyota Sienna is very good. - Scott Ludwig
To piggyback on Paul Buchheit's comment: We actually went to the San Jose car show upon deciding that our Subaru Forrester wasn't enough in hauling Camilla (who was no heavier than 4lbs. soaking wet at the time) and her accessories (car seat, diaper bag and Bugaboo stroller). We decided that having to fold and unfold our stroller actually doubled the effort in the loading and unloading process. In all of the SUV's (large and compact) and most American made minivans, we found that we had to do that, but... - April Buchheit
with the Honda Odyssey and the Toyota Sienna, we could just lift our stroller and put it right into the trunk without any problems. For me, I was still recovering from my c-section, that was a major plus. Between the Odyssey and Sienna, it just came down to the stats and Paul found that Sienna had better fatalities than the Odyssey and so we went with the Sienna. - April Buchheit
Also, our friends, who had just had a baby as well, did some research on their own, but had refused to go into the minivan department, decided on the Infiniti FX (even made a special order on theirs since it wasn't out yet). When we let them test drive our brand spankin' new Toyota Sienna, they were converted, canceled their order, and bought their own Toyota Sienna, which they now refer to as their "sweet van." That was 2 years ago, and now with 2 toddlers and an au pair, they still love their sweet van. - April Buchheit
I have 2 boys myself. one is 3 and one is 1. Our vehicle of choice has been the VW Passat wagon. The 2.0 liter Turbo gets better than 32 MPG on the highway. It's pretty peppy because of the turbo and has ample space. We looked at the A4 wagon, the Odyssey and the Avalon before selecton the Passat. I also have a 2005 Ford FiveHundred which also is very big )probably bigger than the Passat) but lacks a little power for my taste. - Sean Scott
Honda Odyssey or Toyota Sienna - you'll wonder what you ever did without automatic sliding doors. It just makes sense in size and usage. - Joel
Louis, I regularly drive both the Sienna and Odyssey. The Sienna is definitely better for napping kids (quieter, gentler ride), plus it has AWD as an option. The odyssey drives nicer (feels less like a boat), gets better acceleration and better highway fuel economy if you get the version that disables cylinders at HW speed. Also, the Sienna's nav system disables input when the car is moving, a safety feature that's sometimes really annoying. - Sanjeev Singh
Something german and diesel powered... - Andy Davies
We have the Toyota Hybrid Highlander too. It's pricey but an awesome car with reasonable gas mileage. - Mike Cassidy
My obsessive husband researched the crap out of this question (we were about to buy something new the next day and I found out I was pregnant!) Subaru - if your wife has hips just forget it. Best vehicle for combo of space (Rav4 types too small for us with two kids and a dog), fuel efficiency, problems per hundred, resale value yada yada, the Honda Pilot. However, the second best and MUCH better deal was the Ford Explorer - got 2007, extended warranty, great financing rate..... - leigh himel
We have a 2007 Toyota Highlander Hybrid. We got the optional third row of seating: the third row is too small for adults to comfortably fit, but when the kids are out of the bulky carseats they can go back there. We wanted to be able to haul the whole clan around (us, two kids, two grandparents). We routinely get 27 mpg in mostly city driving. I applaud the other commenter who manages 35 mpg, but we've never achieved that. - Denton Gentry
Louis - Really depends on how long you intend on keeping the car. The older they get, the more 'stuff' you're gonna find yourself driving around with. Safety and mileage ratings have been going up on almost everything. Found the Jeep Liberty GREAT for space but horrid on gas and just traded it for a Nissan Sentra (with the continuously variable transmission). GREAT car, reasonable, super mileage. - Charlie Anzman
How about some kind of used Volvo wagon. 2002 or newer, good shape, taken care of. nice safe family car. - Julian Baldwin
We just got a Kia Sedona (mini-van) and love it... it's probably the best of the 2nd tier (surprisingly) behind Sienna and Odyssey, plus it's way cheaper. - Jason Dettbarn
You will soon have some new friends - other parents of same age children. Plan for 7 in a car, not 4 :-). Toyota Sienna is the only choice IMHO. - Keith Teare
"The solitary medusa of this species can revert to its polyp stage after becoming sexually mature (Bavestrello et al., 1992; Piraino et al., 1996). In the laboratory, 100% of these medusae regularly undergo this change. Thus, it is possible that organismic death does not occur in this species!" - Sanjeev Singh via Bookmarklet
seems like some gr8 talent is aggregating itself around FF.. is it a culture thing or just b'coz its a kewl project to be working on ? What the true EQ data points for talent attraction at FF ? - Peter Dawson
Wish you a good career with FriendFeed. Any specific thing Gary will work on? - seman
Welcome aboard Gary! Happy FriendFeeding! :*) Hey i LOVE your Mail2FF app! totally cool concept! - Susan Beebe
Cool! (BTW, looks like you folks don't need to buy chairs any time soon) - Ken Sheppardson
Very cool. Nice to see FF growing. Hi Gary...<subscribe> - Mark Krynsky
An "owl" is someone who wakes up at 8 or 9am? I guess Paul is a bat :). - Sanjeev Singh
I'm just trying to convert myself being a morning person. I really don't get it. After being in bed (sleeping!) from 9PM, at 7AM I STILL won't wake up... - Claudio Cicali
At 3:30pm every day, I'm a sleepy monkey - Ginger Makela
I have tried to take naps in the past and have always ended up feeling awful for the rest of the day. I've tried both short naps (~20 minutes) and longer naps but either way I end up suffering from "sleep inertia" for hours (ie: until I get a night's sleep). - Laurence Gonsalves
I often have the craziest dreams when I nap. Awsome. - Marianne Lenox
They do that to stop traffic before accidents sometimes. Maybe they changed their mind. - Sanjeev Singh
They also do it for traffic congestion, they slow down traffic to relieve congestion further down the road.. - Derek Collison
I saw a CHP motorcycle do that one time to stop traffic and move a huge chunk of metal that was lying in the middle of the road. - Jim Norris
Yeah, afterwards I was wondering if he was trying to set up some sort of roadblock, but I didn't see any obstacles or accidents further up the road. A few years ago I'd seen a car go out of control in a very similar manner, so this really worried me when I saw it. (The car I saw a few years ago ended up doing an end-over end flip into the ravine at the side of 101.) - Laurence Gonsalves
Nubbles: a puppy who was born with only her two hind legs and nubs for front legs. A prosthesis was made for her, using model airplane wheels and shoulder joints, natch. - Jess Lee via Bookmarklet
Two thumbs up. Reshared from pts. An interesting discussion of how weird our financial system is and possible ways to fix it (no, gold isn't the answer). - Sanjeev Singh
WOW... a BABY Buchheit entered the world while I wasn't looking...amazing! great secret there Paul!! Congratulations on your new addition to your family!! :-) - Susan Beebe
