Patti

The This American Life episode from last week, called Bad Bank, is a fun for-dummies explanation of the current banking crisis. It's not *quite* as good as the utterly brilliant Giant Pool of Money, but it's close.

I recently replaced my piece-of-crap (no pun intended) LitterMaid with a ScoopFree model, and I'm extremely happy that I did. The LitterMaid always jammed, and I was constantly hand-scooping it. The ScoopFree has worked absolutely flawlessly. I highly recommend it to cat owners.

I just got handed a glowstick... At a Nebraska symphony concert.