Troubleshooting The Play Gym
So one of the things Clancy had the bright idea to buy is a “play gym”, which is basically a mat with a couple arcs with dangley thingies that the baby can grab, bat around, and so on. It’s proven… Continue Reading
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Monday Trivia #111 [Johanna first, Burt second!]
If Alaska and Hawaii were shown, they’d both be of a darker hue.
Late Breakfast
McDonald’s is looking at making some changes, including the possibility of all-day breakfast: When asked whether there was potential for McDonald’s to serve breakfast all day, Thompson replied: “Yes, we would consider it. We have the focus on our existing… Continue Reading
Linky Friday #22
Health: [H1] Infant mortality rates in the US are falling! [H2] Limiting soda size may backfire. China: [C1] These pictures of Hong Kong borg cubes are… beautiful. It’s funny that for a guy who lives in the country and was… Continue Reading
Crossed Cignals
Some Amazon sellers are upset that the retailer is increasing its fees: Amazon’s online bazaar generates margins many times higher than traditional retail as the company takes a cut of every sale on its site made by a merchant, known… Continue Reading
Arapaho Heat & Power
It was a bit rough going there with the baby. Oddly enough, everything changed very quickly when we moved from the old place to the new place. The more we think about it, the more it looks like a significant… Continue Reading
Less Freedom For Freedom’s Sake
Mike Bloomberg, sometime Mayor of New York City, thinks we need to start interpreting the Constitution differently. Because we need reasonable gun laws and reasonable safety from terrorists. Because if we let the terrorists take away our ability to enjoy our… Continue Reading
A Google Win!
Apparently, on Prairie Home Companion, the host said something to the effect of: People from states that have no business being states — states like Kansas, Colorado, …, Montana — are everything that’s wrong with this country. This, naturally, caught… Continue Reading
Panic Stains Tsarnaev’s Apprehension
I cannot think of a time in American history, or indeed in world history, in which an entire city has been shut down to apprehend a single criminal. On Friday, the city of Boston and its neighboring cities of Cambridge and Watertown were… Continue Reading
Linky Friday #21
Health: [H1] The story of how we realized that it might not be a good idea to put Radium in everything. [H2] The case against appeals to Paleofantasy. [H3] Even before the science came out, I’ve been convinced that sleep… Continue Reading