Having a fine time with our visiting friends. I planned on whipping up some omelets for breakfast this morning, but it turns out this was not a favored choice for most of the crew. So we shifted gears and I made waffles which worked out fine. This was against the odds, considering I screwed up the recipe by mistaking ounces for cups in adding the flour, which I thankfully caught before it was too late. This was also the first time in about ten years that we actually used the waffle iron, so we couldn't even be sure it would operate properly. But they came out properly, except, of course, for the first one, which is almost always a disaster. The twins went so far as to declare it the best breakfast ever, so I'm pretty high on myself right now.

Waffling Links:	Thanks Ant and Neutronbeam.
Play:	Puzzle Snake.
Link:	The Coffee to Water Ratio That Makes a Perfect Brew.
Stories:	A 9-year-old created a portrait of John Cena with 750 Rubik's Cubes. His 'superpower' helped. Heir’s Battle With Alcor Life Extension Over Dad’s Frozen Head Keeps Getting Weirder. A Michigan man found $43,000 in a second-hand couch. He returned it all.
Science:	Astronomers Discover Stretchy Objects Unlike Anything Else in Our Galaxy. Thanks Max. Fastest spinning object in the world hits 300 billion rpm. Neanderthals may have been shallow free divers, suggests a new study.
Images:	Then V Now — Old and Present Day New York City The new photos.
Media:	What is a Trompe? WATCH: Thieves steal $145,000 from marijuana money courier’s parked vehicle.
Follow-up:	Fellowes Offers "Downton Abbey" Sequel Update.
The Funnies:	Arcade Rage. FoxTrot.