How many desserts can you eat?

At Geetha's lunch William ate...umm...lots of desserts in little bowls!

Do as I do, not as I say

My son came with me to work yesterday (on "Bring you son and daughter to work day"). On the way over he said he was going to play games on his laptop the whole day. After about 15 minutes of paying attention in my Staff Meeting he did start play games, but then we took off for an Eco Responsibility presentation. After lunch I started working and he watched me (for about one second) and then he was back on his laptop.

An hour later when I looked over his shoulder I saw he was writing a paper for school.

Often my son says things that frustrate me...but he is a very good person. Sometimes I describe his behavior as "Do as I do, not as I say".

Weather Gadget

My iGoogle page has this Weather Gadget so I can see what is happening where my family and friends are. Right now I just am looking at North Dakota and Oregon. This morning at 10:00 was typical of what I see...

Rent in the Bay Area

The best line at lunch today was "They keep raising my rent again and again, but my apartment is not getting any bigger!" :)

"In Sacramento a house payment can be $1500 to $2000 but here our two bedroom apartment costs us $2300 a month!"

Yikes!

John Edwards on The Colbert Report

Last night Hillery Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards were guests on The Colbert Report, but John Edwards stole the show with his EdWords: "Valued Voter".

The Democrats are back!

There were many more Republicans at our lunch table yesterday (April 15, Tax Day). The searing pain in the check writing hand drove most people to the right. But today, as the pain has subsided, the Democrats are back! :)

'Six-way' kidney transplant first

US doctors have carried out what is believed to be the world's first simultaneous six-way kidney transplant.

Six recipients received organs from six donors in operations at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland.

You ask "What?!" or "Why?!"

Well, suppose Adam wants to donate one of his kidneys to Alysia but they are not a match. And suppose Bob wants to donate a kidney to Beth but they are not a match either. But if Bob matches Alysia and Adam matches Beth then they can do a 'two way' transplant.

New Segway wheels

I tried to describe these wheels at lunch, but, as you can see,...


The coolest thing about this Segway is the wheels!

" Looking nothing like typical wheels, these Mecanum devices can roll in virtually any direction."

High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas

Thank you Seongbae, for pointing out this article in yesterdays Wired about High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas: the Race to Save the Cougar Ace. The 3 min video is a nice little introduction, but the full article by Joshua Davis is a well written article that seems like a cross between episodes of Mission Impossible and the Wild Wild West.