i had a day like this yesterday. i caught the girls lurgy headache illness and then my hard-drive blew up (losing about 560 photos i'd got lined up for funkypancake and loads of other historical stuff - turns out i was backing up everything except that one drive. d'oh.

still, i've suspected my computer was on its last legs ever since smoke poured out of it a few weeks back (with no obvious damage)

this is part of the government's 'houses for mouses' program.

mouses love these little insulated boxes. inside they have hot and cold running water, electricity and even Internet connectivity.

they've never had it so good.