http://critterweb.com Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:14:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en No Impact Man has a good post, which includes the above-mentioned article as well as some other observations. There is a lot of good discussion in the comments as well. We'd heard about the GM antitrust prosecution before, in The End of Suburbia. GM was also responsible for killing the ... http://critterweb.com/2008/11/20/link-americas-love-affair-with-the-car-more-of-a-forced-marriage This story is in memory of Lilly, who passed away at the ripe old age of 15 a few years back. We still think of her whenever we see rubber rat Halloween toys... 2711 Sometimes even bad situations have their amusing side. A good example of this would be the time our ... http://critterweb.com/2008/11/16/last-one-out-is-a-rotten-egg http://critterweb.com/2008/11/15/this-is-going-to-give-me-nightmares ...here's another one, for those who might have missed it linked in our comments recently. http://critterweb.com/2008/11/14/and-since-im-already-posting-bizarre-cat-videos Joy found this on Stuff on my cat. You can always tell it's Friday when links like this start showing up in my instant messenger. http://critterweb.com/2008/11/14/video-slinky-cat We have been watching the economic situation progress for some time now, trying to determine what would be our best steps for the future; we weren't sure whether we should consider another relocation, or whether we should settle in here -- and if the latter, whether to keep renting or ... http://critterweb.com/2008/11/12/doing-the-math We've made a few recipes lately that called for (ideally) parchment paper or (less ideally) a greased and floured pan. Since the latter turned out to be horrifically messy, we decided to try the parchment paper. I was in Earth Fare today picking up a few things for another recipe ... http://critterweb.com/2008/11/07/parchment-of-evil Joy found a really neat photo site and just sent me a link to a gallery called The Mimicry of Spiders. Some really cool close up pics, and a bizarre Youtube video. I warn you the site,  Dark Roasted Blend: Weird and  Wonderful Things, is a black hole of productivity loss. ... http://critterweb.com/2008/11/07/link-very-cool-spider-pics Joy's sister Kitty sent us this, I'd give proper credit to the source but not sure where it came from originally. http://critterweb.com/2008/10/31/happy-halloween-2 2579 We'll just carve one of the tomato-monsters instead. http://critterweb.com/2008/10/30/this-year-we-wont-need-a-pumpkin