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just looking at those few photos makes my chest tight...

the original post is old, so i don't know if you'll ever read this but i wanted to write a reply nonetheless.

joy: of course - we found a nanny that we trusted and, by and large, still do. but it's naive to think that situations don't change over time. people get divorced, people get depressed, peoples situations change in such a way that could impact on the way the way they take care of children.

and there are plenty of people who have cameras focused on them at their jobs - bank tellers, blackjack dealers, pretty much anyone dealing in large amounts of money. i value my kids over money so it seems like a no brainer.

polkadot: i'll ignore your second and third paragraphs because they're just silly and focus on the fourth... and ask you to see my reply to joy above. addtionally i think it's an extreme situation to fire someone because there's a SUSPICION of neglect. pardon the poorly timed analogy but that's like throwing the baby out with the bath water.

i'd like nothing more than to have the 10% doubt that i have get satiated and i think an extra pair of eyes will do just the trick. when you think about it, it's really no different than asking friends, family, neighbors, local merchants to keep their eyes open and alert you if they see anything they don't like. i mean, it *does* take a village, doesn't it???

i'll take mine in black, please.

and for the song: well, NOT that stupid adam sandler thing that gets played this time of year and, springsteen fan that i am, i think i'll still take a pass on "santa claus is coming to town". i think i'll go with 'merry christmas baby' by charles brown.

i haven't shopped at dwr in a few years – do they still have that ridiculous policy whereby everything needs to shipped (at crazy prices) or can you actually go in there and buy something... as if they were, you know, like a store or something?

i'm in.

i think this is a time when a little $ spent in hiring a pro will reap valuable rewards. when we bought our tv for above the fireplace (we actually mounted it on the brick... because the brick goes all the way to the ceiling), we used the service that the place we bought it from (crutchfield.com) recommended. they farm out the installation to local companies so maybe you could call/email them for the name of someone in your area.

yay! thanks for posting!

i used these guys and was very pleased. it ain't cheap – but it was worth it because a) the pieces i was hanging were huge, b) they thought of things i probably wouldn't of thought of (ie, the relation between the position of the two pieces and what would happen when one casted a shadow on the other).

i would say, use them for the more complicated jobs. otherwise, just be patient and measure twice/hammer once.

an iphone – as soon as a software update is released that allows the ical app on the iphone to support "to do" items created on my desktop mac.

angie,

now THAT'S a video i want to see here. and also see it posted on whatever social networking site mice visit (mouster?) as a warning to all others who might dare enter my apartment.