A lot was riding on this. And it all came down to two toilets.

Starclimber comes out in February of next year. It’s a lot of fun, in a “Canadian Victorian space exploration” sort of thing.

Definitely met expectations, unlike:


Check out the full story on Cake Wrecks, my wife’s and my answer to LOLcats in time-burning.
Updates:

1. Youngest does in fact have croup. A visit to the urgent care late last night resulted in a shot of MGH like her father before her (and nothing like Mohinder). She’s doing better today. Warm showers, cold breathing treatments. Tons of fun.
2. She’s going even crazier on the tottering/standing thing.
3. And I now have digital proof about the cuteness: all me
   

   MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter

4. I had forgotten about Apple’s original logo until I was looking through a company bio book I have on my shelves:
   
   Rockin’ the Apple portable in 1989:
   
   Yeah, I like my Macbook better.
5. The district site is coming along swimmingly. I spent yesterday afternoon staring at CSS pages. Here’s one of the resources that I used. Feel the power of CSS!
6. “Just get me back to 1972. I’ll walk from there.” I love pirates who don’t do anything.

Semi-related posts:

1. A quote, a picture, and an ethical question about Wookiees
2. New Ally Carter Book
3. Page 1 of the Timothy book
4. Spider-Pig: The Choral Comic Book
5. Star Wars Pop-Up Book Review