When Hustle meets real life...:

In what has been described as one of the biggest heists in American history, the Empire State Building was reportedly stolen this week by a New York City newspaper in less than 90 minutes.

The New York Daily News drew up fake documents, created a bogus notary stamp and filed paperwork with the city and successfully took ownership of the $2 billion property on Monday.

The heist illustrates what it descibes as a gaping loophole in the city system that doesn't require clerks to actually verify information.

The office of the city register, upon receipt of the phony documents prepared by the newspaper, transferred ownership of the 102-story building from Empire State Land Associates to Nelots Properties, LLC. Nelots is "stolen" spelled backward.

I ordered two gift cards today, and not only did I have to make two phone calls to order them, I had to pay a million dollars in shipping! Annoying!!

And yet - you could have just given the Empire State Building for nothing!

I got a giftcard at a local drug store. YAY!

I need to make charitable donations tonight and then for real for real get going on cards.

My landlord just let us know that he will not be moving back to SF until August/September. That's a big relief, as I really don't have the money to move right now and would love to put it off until April when I have saved more and have raise/bonus/tax info.

Okay, I'll stop scouring Craigslist for the perfect place to share with you, then!! ;)

I thought you weren't moving until March!

I am obsessed with finding the perfect place...even if it means that I have to pay overlapping rent for a couple of months.

Chanel or Romulan? [link]

The most important idea in our study is that there is no distinction between animate and inanimate

So Beauty and the Beast and Chucky are plausible?

The Cat Who Wears Contacts

Ernest is a 15-year-old cat who lives at a shelter in Godshill on the Isle of Wight. He suffers from entropion, a condition where the eyelids roll inward and cause inflammation. Surgery might correct the condition, but veterinarians were concerned about how such an old cat would react to an anesthetic. The solution? Contact lenses!

Centre manager Paula Sadler, 56, said: ‘Before Earnest was given the contact lenses he was quite squinty and had trouble seeing where he was going.

‘Now his eyes have opened up and he has a new lease of life.