iGo, which is a non-profit version of Zipcar in Chicago (we have both) is now set up with the CTA so you can use one card for both.

Now that's genius.

I don't think there's a great deal of love lost between ER docs and many office time specialists.

At least one of my long intricate dreams was cast with actors. I only remember the last 2 before I woke up, and I wonder at Matt Damon's inclusion (I like, but don't lurve him), but it was great to have extra visuals of Tony Head, even if he'd been beaten all to crap. I vote for more dreams like that one, despite the violence. Or maybe kinda partially because of it.

iGo, which is a non-profit version of Zipcar in Chicago (we have both) is now set up with the CTA so you can use one card for both.

Brilliance!

Dylan and I made playdough this morning. Easiest non-peanut butter recipe EVER, courtesy of a neighbor whose mom was a preschool teacher. That should take us through the afternoon, and then my sisters are coming over for latkes.

My usual son has been replaced with Tino.

In addition to being up at 4:00 AM this morning and also having 2 potty accidents (in spite of being asked about 5 minutes before he actually peed in his pants if he needed to use his potty), he just fed a plate of biscuits to the dog. The biscuits, which is a recipe I've been trying to get to work for 5 iterations now, were finally delicious. I can't remake them, of course, because I'm out of both heavy cream and buttermilk.

I really really really really really want to scream. Yet it won't help.

Wonder what's up with Nilly.

Funny: Aliens exist and they know Jesus

JZ, that sounds very complicated. I wonder if anyone who doesn't have a SAHM or a nanny ever has easy to manage preschool issues.

Did I also mention that the toy I'm trying to ebay for Grace I have been outbid and missed at least twice now?

I mean, my life is nothing but stupid first world problems, but I am TIRED.

Stuff from Make:

Chain-link bagel? Meet Möbius doughnut

In response to guest author George Hart's "Mathematically-correct breakfast" piece in last week's inaugural "Math Monday" column, the folks at Serious Eats New York wanted to know "Why should the bagel get all the geometric jollies?" So they made themselves a "Möbius doughnut." Sweet.

(The finished product is actually NOT a Möbius strip, but two interlocking rings, just like the bagel, with each half achieved via a Möbius cut.)

Tactical assault carriages for babies

I recall late great UT-Austin Philosophy professor Robert Solomon once saying in lecture, "We're lucky babies are so helpless, because if they had any power at all they would destroy the world." Well, Chinese artist Shi Jinsong is apparently trying to immanentize that particular eschaton by arming the world's infants with engines of destruction worthy of a Space Marine Terminator. Way to go, dude.

Did I also mention that the toy I'm trying to ebay for Grace I have been outbid and missed at least twice now?

Sell Noah on eBay so you can bid higher?

(Nah, I got nothing. Sorry it's one of those days for you.)

Well, just came back from a trek to see a found kitty. It wasn't Ivan but it's so much warmer today that I hope he will venture out from wherever he is hiding and COME HOME.

Stuff from Make:

Make is awesome. Plus, they also have a TV show that airs (down here, at least) on PBS.