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▼Parental Fears vs. Realities - Schneier on Security
From NPR: Based on surveys Barnes collected, the top five worries of parents are, in order: - Kidnapping - School snipers - Terrorists - Dangerous strangers - Drugs But how do children really get...Expand this post »
From NPR: Based on surveys Barnes collected, the top five worries of parents are, in order: - Kidnapping - School snipers - Terrorists - Dangerous strangers - Drugs But how do children really get...Expand this post »
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Kirk Petersen - Also interesting:
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Brian Denton - Odd. According to that chart, the snipers are avoiding the old people. Clearly they're after the children.12:09 pmDeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
Kirk Petersen - When I hear "sniper", I think of someone hiding in the bushes with a high powered rifle. I wonder if the parents simply mean anyone who walks into a school with a gun and starts shooting?12:15 pmDeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
Burl Nyswonger - I didn't see 2nd hand smoke on either list...12:29 pmDeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
JP Montagnet - In the old days, "snipers" meant other kids packin' slingshots.3:10 pmDeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
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Like▼Heh: http://humon.deviantart.com/art/Nordics-like-Fish-148433789
Turns out the punchline isn't even an exaggeration: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1karl
Turns out the punchline isn't even an exaggeration: http://en.wikipedia.
Brian Denton - I like fish... but gross. I wonder if other people have the same reaction to something like smoked salmon.Aug 23DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
David Silverman - Thankfully, I have not encountered any rotten fish yet out here. I did have a few different forms of pickled herring as part of my breakfast.Aug 24DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
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Brian Denton - There has to be more going on than construction and a few broken down cars. I wonder what the real problem is.Aug 24DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
Brian Denton - That makes sense with products and manufacturing, but you don't just lose a road. Or maybe that's what the construction was...Aug 24DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
Shanti Cavanaugh - Imagine all of the people getting out of their cars to find food or go relieve themselves on the side of the road... I mean, after 9 days, you're basically camping. That's gotta perpetuate the problem.Aug 24DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
Brian Denton - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704125604575449173989748704.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLETopStories
Looks like it's the result of their road systems not keeping up with the surge of cars being bought.Aug 24DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
Looks like it's the result of their road systems not keeping up with the surge of cars being bought.Aug 24DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
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Like▼Astrid started giving us the big bottom lip because we respond to it.
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Carol Cavanaugh - Hard not to respond to that! But you guys just have to control yourselves!!Aug 22DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
Arlo & Karen Petersen - You should start rubbing Rogaine on the top of her head!Aug 22DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
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LikeShanti Cavanaugh - It is fun. I have the board game version of almost the same thing.Aug 17DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
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Shanti Cavanaugh - good breastfeeding entertainment. 85 so far.Aug 17DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
Nathan Pryor - Ugh. I'm going to see these shapes and patterns when I close my eyes at night now, just like after a long Tetris binge.Aug 18DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
Arlo & Karen Petersen - How is this? Wish it was mine.
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Like▼I think this was the lookout tower we saw on our drive yesterday.
Arlo & Karen Petersen - How was your camping trip? How did Astrid do? Did you take any pictures?Aug 15DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
Shanti Cavanaugh - Who's ready to hike up there next weekend?Aug 16DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
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Like▼Brian Denton - Apparently this was before the abundance of disposable razors... the girls have hairy legs!Aug 5DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
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Karen Toast Conger - What strikes me is how skinny everyone is. Everyone. Not a fat kid in the bunch.Aug 11DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
Kirk Petersen - True, though there isn't a smiling face in the bunch, either.Aug 11DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
David Silverman - Smiles weren't invented yet. The hairy-legged girl was a trend-setter, except for the hairy legs part.Aug 11DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
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Like▼Crazy clouds - kottke.org
These are the types of storms I drive away from. That's just me, though.
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David Silverman - Incredible. I would also run from this, probably while looking over my shoulder.Aug 5DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
JP Montagnet - From the description on YouTube: "Earlier in its life-span, as the storm was over the town of Vivian, SD, it dropped a record-breaking hail stone -- this monster was a whooping 8 inches in diameter and weighed just under two pounds"
Yeah, that's gonna leave a mark.Aug 5DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
Yeah, that's gonna leave a mark.Aug 5DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
Brian Denton - That would have been a great shot using that new fisheye lens of mine!Aug 5DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
Robert Moulton - wow.
I was looking at images of those record-breaking hailstones the other day. huge! and unnatural. they had finger-like appendages.Aug 5DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
I was looking at images of those record-breaking hailstones the other day. huge! and unnatural. they had finger-like appendages.Aug 5DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
Karen Toast Conger - Ugh. I've stood on the deck of my boat looking at fronts -- not like that one but really big scary weather nonetheless. In person, the first sensation is, "That's CGI." They don't look real even when you're standing there watching them bear down on you. And when they hit, it's a physical smack down. We once saw the wind indicator pop from 12 to 45. Just >poof<. shudderAug 11DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
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Like▼Yet Another Way to Sneak Liquids onto an Airplane - Schneier on Security
Coffee cup disguised as a camera lens.
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LikeWyatt Camp - Surprisingly by the book, though. He stuck to his talking points.Aug 5DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
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Like▼Prometheus Creating Saturn Ring Streamers - Astronomy Picture of the Day RSS Feed
Prometheus Creating Saturn Ring Streamers What's causing those strange dark streaks in the rings of Saturn? Prometheus. Specifically, an orbital dance involving Saturn's moon Prometheus keeps creating unusual light and dark streamers in the F-Ring of Saturn. Now Prometheus orbits Saturn just inside the thin F-ring, but ventures into its inner edge about every 15 hours. Prometheus' gravity then ...Expand this post »
Prometheus Creating Saturn Ring Streamers What's causing those strange dark streaks in the rings of Saturn? Prometheus. Specifically, an orbital dance involving Saturn's moon Prometheus keeps creating unusual light and dark streamers in the F-Ring of Saturn. Now Prometheus orbits Saturn just inside the thin F-ring, but ventures into its inner edge about every 15 hours. Prometheus' gravity then ...Expand this post »
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Like▼Karen Toast Conger - Ooh... thank you Kirk. I'll be following this regularly. This woman's creativity makes me jealous.Jul 29DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
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Barry Wark - Wow, awesome. Who has that much fabric laying around in their house?Jul 29DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
Karen Toast Conger - Barry, every quilter on the planet. Including those like me who divested myself of several 100 yards before I moved on to a boat. It's a disease.Jul 29DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
Shanti Cavanaugh - Yes, but who has a baby who sleeps that much? It's almost as if she.... takes naps! I'm still waiting for this "18 hrs sleep per day" rumor to kick in for Astrid.Jul 30DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
Carol Cavanaugh - Astrid is just special, that's all. She doesn't want to be ordinary like all the other babies!!Jul 30DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
Karen Toast Conger - Poor Shanti. I empathize because Jaime didn't take a nap until she hit puberty. OTOH, Mera basically slept the first year of her life. Aeron was somewhere in between. They are all different. Keep it in mind if you decide to make another one. You think you've got this parent thing mastered and the next one pops out 180 degrees from the first. Befuddling at best.Jul 30DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
Brian Denton - I guess it's less painful than popping out 90 degrees from the first.Jul 30DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
Arlo & Karen Petersen - I think this photographer has a large bottle of chloroform.Jul 30DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
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Like▼Brian Denton - http://www.flickr.com/photos/brainswax/4812726613/ Jul 20DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
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Brian Denton - http://www.flickr.com/photos/brainswax/4813845572/ Jul 20DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
Arlo & Karen Petersen - Those eyes couldn't be any more blue, could they?Jul 21DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
Katrina Peterson - I love sleeping baby with mouth open pictures.Jul 21DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
Karen Toast Conger - I love it when they go completely boneless. They stop doing that at about puberty, unfortunately.Jul 23DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
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Like▼ 9 people liked this - Arlo & Karen Petersen, C B, Jennifer Carrillo, Karen Toast Conger, Nick Marvais and 4 others, Robert Moulton, Shanti Cavanaugh, Stacey Simmons and Wyatt Camp
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Like▼Pretty good haul of potatoes, given the amount of effort invested.
Jennifer Carrillo - When did you plant yours? I planted 6 or 7 cuts mid-March and the slugs got to half of the plants recently so I dug them up. Mine are not full size. I guess that makes them new potato size? I still have a few good plants which I plan on digging up in October if they make it that far. They are easy and fun to dig up!Jul 12DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
Kirk Petersen - I either planted them right before or right after Astrid was born, so sometime in March (probably late March). It looked like the leaves had been almost completely eaten by something (slugs?), so I assumed they weren't going to grow much more. I'm not sure if that was a good assumption.
These aren't as big as the one I originally cut up and planted, but are definitely big enough to use. This haul was from three plants. I dug up a few more a week ago.Jul 13DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
These aren't as big as the one I originally cut up and planted, but are definitely big enough to use. This haul was from three plants. I dug up a few more a week ago.Jul 13DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
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Like▼Astrid got her dad's bottom lip. Also, you can't see it but her hair is starting to come in on the top of her head. Most of the hair she was born is gone.
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Like▼Finally out with daddy and wearing girl clothes. People shouldn't be as confused as normal.
Carol Cavanaugh - She's like a little model. That is one adorable baby girl.Jul 10DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
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Like▼Hiding things in cool places. Interesting both as clutter-free organization techniques and as security.
Ian Searle - I like that desk. That would be cool to have at work.Jul 2DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
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David Silverman - The desk wouldn't be too hard to build. Hey maybe we can make some for Chris!Jul 2DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
Karen Toast Conger - Couldn't you just make this out of a standard door? The cheap ones are already hollow.Jul 2DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
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Like▼Karen Toast Conger - Been running it on the iPad. DrC loves it.Jun 29DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
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Like▼Half Marathon - Guy in a bear suit
Half Marathon - Guy in a bear suit Guy running in a bear suit From: kr1k Views: 1 0 ratings Time: 00:10 More in SportsExpand this post »
Half Marathon - Guy in a bear suit Guy running in a bear suit From: kr1k Views: 1 0 ratings Time: 00:10 More in SportsExpand this post »
Robert Moulton - According to Seattle Times the bear dude was "running for Race Against Extinction, an organization to promote awareness of endangered species".Jun 27DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
Robert Moulton - btw if i ran a marathon i'd be endangered tooJun 27DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
Burl Nyswonger - That dude must have sweat about 2 gallons of sweat inside that suit, LOLJun 27DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
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Half Marathon Stacey finishes the half marathon From: kr1k Views: 2 0 ratings Time: 00:16 More in SportsExpand this post »
Half Marathon Stacey finishes the half marathon From: kr1k Views: 2 0 ratings Time: 00:16 More in SportsExpand this post »
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