I discovered the plastic innards of our coffee grinder are cracked, and the tube that passes the beans onto the burrs is now in two pieces. Amazingly, this inexpensive Cuisinart grinder still actually works in spite of this, continuing to show a surprising will to live after taking beatings to get it to grind beans, which has lead to it needing a weight sitting on it to work. For a long time I was looking for an excuse to replace this with something a bit spiffier, but it's been cranking along for over four years, which is longer than the cool KitchenAid grinder it replaced lived, so I'm starting to take it as a point of pride to keep it running and want to repair it and give it one more lease on life. And yes, it's crossed my mind that it's sad that four years seems like a great lifespan for one of these electric grinders, as I bet there are manual hand-crank grinders out there that are still operating fine after 100 years.

Ground Links:	Thanks Ant and Acleacius.
Play:	Go Robots.
Science:	Mandelbrot: art, math, science, and works in progress.
Images:	Snuggly Chestburster.
Media:	Deer Tackles A Downhill Going Skateboarder. Compassion FTW. Mark Morrone - World's Worst Petkeeper. Dog Watching Himself On Laptop.
Auction:	Bonnie and Clyde guns fetch $0.5m in New Hampshire. Thanks brother19.
The Funnies:	Dilbert.