"1776 is George Washington's favorite number." - V

From Abby Ringiewicz, via The New YorkerIf you give a dude a kale chip, he’s going to ask for some coffee to go with it. He’ll probably want to know if the beans are in season, and how recently they were roasted. Reading about the coffee’s origins on the back of the bag will remind him of the local farmers’ market going on that day, and he’ll want ( Read more... )

The kids have been 'training' Paloma. It's more like teasing but she doesn't seem to mind. She's happy someone plays with her. I bought a dowel to hold up a plant but it's been taken and they tied a napkin to the end and put a treat and run around the house with her following them trying to get the cookie. They have a report card for her ( Read more... )

I should really know better. I shouldn't let the oil get so low. And to have had the snowblower serviced before the winter. I should be a little better prepared ( Read more... )

This afternoon O found a frog. He wanted to keep it and take it to school for a share. He said no one had ever brought a frog as a share before. I suggested that maybe there was good reason for that. He ignored me ( Read more... )

“The clientele between Bentley and Bugatti is remarkably different,” Bentley CEO and Bugatti president Wolfgang Duerheimer told Bloomberg. “The Bentley customer on average owns 8 cars. The average Bugatti customer has about 84 cars, 3 jets and one yacht ( Read more... )

In case you haven't been following the Rosetta probe's journey, the ESA is landing a space craft on a comet ( Read more... )

I'd never heard of it before. Then I found it here.

Sitzfleisch, the ability to focus on a complicated skill for the length of time it takes to master it.

I was just told mine is hiring the right people. I have to say, that made me feel really good.

A friend pointed out there's a bill before the legislature that would end non-competes in Massachusetts ( Read more... )