The two songs are very different. I'm not familiar enough with the TTT version to describe the story line, but Albert Hammond's is a lament by a guy who went to Hollywood to find fame and fortune but, well, didn't.

TTT's version is a macking song.

I can send you the original when I get home if you want ita.

Roomba horny toad wool cosy

This is creepy and weird in a totally "I SO want that on MY Roomba" sorta way! It's a cover for the Roomba, the "i-Toad," made from needle felted Romney and Jacob wool and glass eyes. And you thought the housepets were freaked out about your Roomba before!

ItaxN, this is fascinating. It talks about the top marginal tax rate both now and how it compares historically.

the top marginal tax rate is now higher than it was under Reagan, but lower than it was under Clinton, and much lower than it's been at various other points in history. (The average top marginal tax rate since the income tax was established is 60 percent).

What the discussion over the top marginal tax rate ignores, however (and what Ygelsias picks up upon) is that this rate has been assessed at very different thresholds of income. In 1940, for example, the top marginal tax rate was 81.1 percent -- but this rate only kicked in once you made $5,000,000 or more in income, which is equivalent to about $75,000,000 in today's dollars.

But today, the threshold where the top tax bracket kicks in isn't $75 million, or $5 million, or even $1 million ... it's a mere $357,700. The progressivity of the tax code stops there...

The question, of course, is why there isn't a millionaires tax bracket now ... or even a multi-millionaires tax bracket. I haven't run the numbers, but I'm guessing that if you established a new tax bracket at, say, 40.5 percent, that started at incomes of $1,000,000 or more, this would bring in as much revenue to the government as restoring the $250K tax bracket (which is really $360K now given indexing to inflation) to 39.6 percent, as it was under Clinton.

Do you think it would screw up this person's survey if I checked both "X is necessary for professional development" and "I prefer not doing X"? Cause they're both true. I think I'd be a better teacher if I did X, but I'm also nervous about it and don't wanna.

I have Zappos'd: [link]

I got the regular width size yesterday, and ordered the wide for a comparison today, but have 99.99999% decided to get these. They are pricy though so I am hesitant.

I can send you the original when I get home if you want ita.

Thanks! I'd like that.

Two Lumps amuses me today.

Roomba horny toad wool cosy

My god, that would freak out someone who wasn't expecting it.