Does anyone know what affiliate links actually bring in? and/or what % on a sale they give?

I definitely should know those! And could find them out... Give me a minute.

Good news on the refund, msbelle!

And cool news: Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda were seen destroying poachers' snares.

Awesome.

Today is Rose's three-month birthday! To celebrate, she's graduating from sleeping in her Rock'N'Play to sleeping in her crib (which is actually a Pack'N'Play, though there is little family resemblance). She's been napping in it for almost an hour now, which is exciting, but makes me suspicious -- it shouldn't be this easy! I predict some major fussing before long, probably bedtime.

OK, off Amazon in the past year, we have earned $106.94, 4-6% of the purchase price of each item.

I have to remember to use the affiliate link.

Go Rose!!! Sleep in that crib.

Ya on refund money, msbelle.

I had maybe 4 hours sleep. I am SLAMMED at work and am forcing myself to take the occasional break to try to avoid mental overload. Gah. A year ago I was scrabbling for work, so I'm trying not to complain, but yowza. I need to get better organized. I normally work paperless, but I think I'm going to need to restart a paper notebook with lists so I don't drop any of the flaming chainsaws I have in the air.

The day isn't two hours old, and I'm failing so hard. I don't even know...

Ack, I wish there was something I could do ita !

4-6% is not bad at all. over $100 last year is good times, go us. I like earning b.org $$ through company purchases, even if it is only $10.

The latest What If post had me cracking up:

A Mole of Moles

IN chemistry, a mole is just a big number: 6.022 x 10^23. ANd of course a mole is also a small mammal.

A mole of moles would be larger than the moon.

The mole planet is now a giant sphere of meat. It has a lot of latent energy (there are enough calories in the mole planet to support the Earth’s current population for 30 billion years). Normally, when organic matter decomposes, it releases much of that energy as heat. But throughout the majority of the planet’s interior, the pressure is over a hundred megapascals, which is enough to kill all bacteria and sterilize the mole remains—leaving no microorganisms to break down the mole tissues.

...

The outer surface of the planet radiates heat into space and freezes. Because the moles form a literal fur coat, when frozen it insulates the interior of the planet and slows the loss of heat to space. However, the flow of heat in the liquid interior is dominated by convection. Plumes of hot meat and bubbles of trapped gases like methane—along with the air from the lungs of the deceased moles—periodically rise through the mole crust and erupt volcanically from the surface, a geyser of death blasting mole bodies free of the planet.

This had me cracking up. There may be something wrong with me.

over $100 last year is good times, go us.

It's a month of expenses! So that's nice.

I am so frustrated right now, Frank, I can't even put words to it. Nothing stays still enough for me to put my hands on it--anything I think I have a grasp on turns out not to be what I had to catch in the first place.