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WARNING: The following story contains graphic images and can be upsetting. Parental discretion is advised.

When we came home today after running some errands, we unloaded Lia along with the groceries. Next to the garage door, some carpenter ants were crawling. “They’re back?!” I thought to myself. I followed the carpenter ant out of the garage when, to my horror, I saw four corpses sitting in my driveway. These were no ordinary corpses–they were babies! What happened? Did some cruel parent threw their babies out of the window, or did these babies get so hot they lept to their death in the 92 degree heat of the day? Forensic evidence were lacking, as the parents were nowhere to be found and it was difficult contacting any family members.

Here was an picture taken of the crime scene:

Currently the case is still open, and we hope someday to unravel this mystery.

Karen asked Lia if she’s hungry, and this was her response…

Link to video in mp4 format

Apparently it is illegal to be driving in the fast lane at speed limit if you’re not passing in Washington, and the troopers are now giving out tickets for this.

http://www.komonews.com/news/20656789.html

What prompted for recent ticketing is to reduce road rage, and slow drivers have caused accidents recently. Might want to be careful the next time you’re driving in the fast lane at 60 with 10 cars tailgating behind ya. You might be getting a ticket for being a slow poke!

For a while, I enjoyed the company of my laptop, the Sony S360. It was a great laptop with a slim profile, light weight, great 13.3 screen, and powerful ATI Radeon 9700 graphics card. Unfortunately one day it took a head-dive down the stairs and was never the same. Occasionally it would throw a fit and completely freeze up. Well, recently it has been throwing these tantrums more frequently, as any slight movement to the laptop would render it useless.

However, as I looked into a placement laptop, I’m looking for:

• Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz+
• LED 13.3″ screen
• Lightweight, around 4 lbs or less
• HDMI or DVI port
• Bluetooth
• 802.11n
• Fingerprint scanner, fun to have

In the end, I found two laptops that fit my bill, the Dell XPS M1330 and Sony SZ750. I looked at the M1330, which is cheaper, and even though it is LED, seems to have poor viewing angle. There have also been many complaints about build quality. The Sony, on the other hand, has dual graphics card switch uses one to save power but the other one for serious gaming, but it does not have a built-in HDMI port. It does have a docking station with a DVI port, so I was almost about to pull the trigger on it when it became discontinued! What?!

Apparently the new Intel processor and chipset, Montevina, is coming out this summer, and everyone’s saying to wait for it. So what do I do in the mean time? Well, the laptop is pretty useless at the current moment, so I decided to do a little handiwork…

And transform it into a “desktop”… without the expandability and possibly dangerous to the touch, but this will have to do until the new laptops come out.

And yes, I did write this blog on that thing.

Okay, so Odelia was two months a few days ago, but today was Odelia’s 2 month checkup! The good news is that she has been doing very well up to this point, but the bad news is that she’s due for her vaccinations–not one, not two, but four shots!

Here’s how Odelia took the whole thing…

At least it wasn’t as bad as the Heel Poke!