I never realized that Big Bird is a baby chick: [link]

Speaking of those Somali pirates...

Kathy, that's heartbreaking.

If I had a choice, I wouldn't get up until 9 or later.

I CAN HAZ SILVER ROOF!!!

(Seriously, this is awesome because it makes so much of a difference in heating and cooling costs.)

A lot of the nuclear waste has actually been originating in Egypt, but the Egyptians apparently outsourced the disposal of said waste to the Italian mafia, who've been doing the dumping in Somali waters.

ETA: Here's the link to the crooksandliars story.

Komodo Dragons... They Eat Meat. A bunch of pictures and info.

So if you got bit by a radioactive Komodo dragon, would you have the superpower of being able to bite someone and give them an infection, which you then wait a few days for them to die?

Thanks to the puppy, who is my alarm clock now, I wake up between 5:30 and 6:30. Drink coffee, play/walk dogs/then work for two hours or so...sometimes watch the beginning of The View. Hop in shower. Get to the office around 11 or 11:30. I'm very lucky and I know it. The flexibility comes at a cost, though, since I'm often called at 2 in the morning for something pressing. And I wake up, log in and do it.

That's great about the silver roof. It really will make a difference. We were only able to get a whitish multicolored roof with the asphalt shingles we had to resort to. Still hoping to redo it with steel at some point both for a lighter color and for better water cachement. Even so, our roof is the lightest in the neighborhood.

We have a dog alarm clock, too, but it only goes off for the SO. The Biscuit knows he can't wake me, so he doesn't try. D. is usually up around 6:30 or so. I'll wake up at about 8:00, but if left to my own devices will sleep until 10:00.

Coffee, breakfast & birdwatching immediately. At my desk or on the road by 10:00 most days including Saturdays. And often still going at 8:30 or 9:00 at night.

Morning:

• 6:30 alarm goes off
• 6:40 get out of bed and feed cats
• 7:00 shower, get ready
• 7:40 leave house
• 8:30 arrive at work

If the wife didn't have to be at work at 8, my morning would look more like this:

• 8:00 alarm off, out of bed
• 8:15 shower, get ready
• 9:00 leave house
• 9:30 arrive at work

No one gets into my office before, say, 10. But I do like the quiet morning time at the office and once the wife is up, I'm unable to continue sleeping so I just go by her schedule.

We have a dog alarm clock, too, but it only goes off for the SO.

I need to get one of those SOs!! Actually, Steve was here last night, and helped immensely. He even took them for a walk while I was on a concall.

and once the wife is up, I'm unable to continue sleeping

So sweet. :)

I can't imagine needing an hour to get to work (twice a day! every day!).

Pfft. I wish I had an hour long commute and a root.

Actually, I wish I had some work right now but the temp market has been dead.

But on Emmett days when I do have work downtown, I leave the house at 7:05, we drive Matilda to daycare, and then turn around and head across the Bay. Emmett gets to school right before 8:00am, then I park near BART and ride the train in usually arriving at Embarcadero (downtown SF) right before 9:00, which allows me to get coffee.

In the evening, on nights Emmett is coming back to SF, I BART back over after work, get the car, pick him up at his mom's house, and drive him back. We usually get back to our house in SF between 6:45 and 7:00. So that's another two hours of commuting on those days.