Liese, thanks for sharing that MIT link!

You're welcome! I hope she does it!

MIT has a lot of classes on-line. You don't get credits for them, but the geek in me is all "Who the fuck CARES!! WOO!"

Yeah, but this is different. It's the pilot for their new MITx program. It's a regular class, with interaction with the teacher and the other students, online labs, all kinds of stuff. When it goes full, you'll need to go into a test center and everything to get the certificate (still not the same as the degree stuff, but much closer) and prove your id and all. For this one you don't have to. Starts March 5th.

Y'all, my parents gave me a Sodastream Penguin for my birthday. I just now unpacked it and tried it out and it is even cooler than I though. Yay!

Am I Wearing Pants? An infographic:

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now I'm emptying out my hot water heater to flush out the debris at the bottom. It's supposed to be done every year

Ooh, fun! I love my sodastream, but it's not as pretty as the Penguin!

ETA: Clearly the WRONG quote. :)

Meara-- that was the funniest wrong cut-and-paste ever!

You push down on the beak to charge the carafe! Totes adorable.

Hah! Posting too fast and not noticing what happened! Better than a work email I guess!

MMm, hot water debris soda...it's the BEST.

Mineral water, old school.

Hahahahah!

Yay Penguin! That's the one we have because we could not resist!

Although it is languishing on the counter at the moment because I need to exchange my carbonaters and I never remember to make that a part of my grocery budget.

Okay, I did all the house hugging except the mopping, and as the Biscuit is out in the backyard gathering up some additional mud for me, I think I will defer that task temporarily. So I'm done! Yay. I shall celebrate with a bowl of half-price clearance cereal.