Library.

1:22AM PST: Google loses 50 racks of overheater servers as people seek to learn the meaning of "culpable homicide."

New at Our Gracious Hostess's alma mater: napping pods! Apparently, these are all the rage now, and at $10K-$13K per unit, an expensive rage.

Where were all those cool gadgets when I was in college, ages ago?

Wandering around Old RPM Daddy's link, I found a story about Williams College's "Uncomfortable Learning", kicked off by students:

http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/19135/

It gives you hope. I like the descriptions the students gave, for why they launched this. "(T)hey wanted to add to their education, expand their beloved institution’s horizons, and challenge themselves and their peers to search beyond the echo chamber found today at most colleges."

Oh it all makes sense now ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPbrlNsMTg4

The Pink Cookie sold in Elyria, Ohio schools was, apparently, yummy in the extreme. The problem is, it doesn't meet federal nutrition guidelines, and has been banned.

While scolds who make these kinds of rules may claim they're acting in the interests of the children, their real motives are truly transparent. People who take joy in inflicting self-righteous misery on others should never be allowed even a quantum of authority. They're cookies, for Pete's sake!

Oh, the first link in the linked article contains the official Pink Cookie recipe. Elyria parents wishing to Stick It To The Man might want to make up a few batches for the children's lunchbags.

> Where were all those cool gadgets when
> I was in college, ages ago?

When I was about 9, the public library bought a pair of these. It was brilliant. Nothing, nothing could have done as much to visit and check out books.

I've seriously considered buy one. But [A] I'm a happy bachelor with no one to need privacy from (my whole live is a pod) and [B] it probably wouldn't fit through the door.

Wups--- Read as: Nothing, nothing could have done as much to encourage children to visit and check out books.

> Oh it all makes sense now ...

They pulled it down before I woke up. What was it?

If there's anything that can help it all make sense, please share.

When I was about 9, the public library bought a pair of these. It was brilliant.

It looks brilliant. Mine would have to have an integrated cup holder, though.

The side shot of the guy with the pipe made me think of my daddy.

Men In Black

picture number four

http://www.kovacs.co.nz/Kovacs-News/October-2013/6-great-chairs-on-screen.aspx