Attention, drunk people: stay away from this gold-dispensing ATM

Once in a while, while intoxicated, you might end up taking a couple hundred dollars out of the ATM that you really shouldn't have. It's not great, but it's also not the end of the world. But if that ATM could dispense solid gold? Well, that opens the door for much more destructive mistakes.

In (where else?) Abu Dhabi's Emirates Palace, this ATM offers up gold coins up to 10 grams in size with customized deisgns whenever you want. It monitors the daily price of gold and adjusts its rates accordingly, so you know you're paying the proper price. And really, this is very convenient. I can't tell you how many times I've needed a hunk of gold at 1am and just couldn't find a place willing to sell it to me.

So much work~ma for JZ.

I like the color of the first dress for you, Perkins, and ironing the pintucks isn't hard if you know the technique. But the second one is cuter.

Sorry, tommy. It's sounding contraindicated, kinda.

::does not hug ita. but wants to::

It's a bit late for Mother's Day, but I just stumbled across A Biologist's Mother's Day Song. It's both nerdy AND tear-inducing!

I am back from talking to the roofers and showing them the damage from the storm. Conversation was something like:

Me: This needs to be fixed.

Them: It's fine.

Me: This needs to be fixed.

Them: Fixing it will make a big mess.

(Lather, rinse, repeat)

Me: Are you willing to put that in writing and indemnify me and all future owners of this property for all current and subsequent repairs?

Them: Let me call the boss.

Big Boss shows up in person: Okay, we'll have it all fixed by the time you get home tonight.

Hah! Go Sparky1!

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I just e-mailed that to my entire department.

my parents are getting painting quotes today. YAY!

I got my first water bill....over $100.00....boo!

Creepy Ad Watch

Very strange. An anti-terrorism ad in Saudi Arabia that compares terrorists to clowns. Evil clowns.

I think I need to pay attention more: I was just reading an email from my sister in gmail (which she does not use) and in the sidebar was a link to the googlemap with her address listed.

Her address certainly wasn't in that email exchange, and when I search my gmail it isn't in anything I've saved.

Now I have to figure out where they're mining that information from.

Sparky, could you have her address saved in your Contacts list? Either way it'd make me worried.