links for 2009-03-24

We just bought one of these… we have Model B.

If you’re considering adopting a dog anytime in the foreseeable future, you might consider helping to counteract a terrible trend at animal shelters: large dogs with black coats, when given up for adoption, are euthanized at a much higher rate than smaller or fairer-coated dogs, essentially because the public have an irrational fear of them.

Residents of poorer neighborhoods waited longer after reporting pothole, trash problems. THREE MONTHS LONGER.