Roughly once a month, iRobot employees are treated to a late afternoon beer party. A different group each time is charged with establishing a theme, dressing in costume, and distributing the beer and munchies throughout the facility using several push carts loaded with coolers. As is often the case, and of no consequence, it was not clear to me what the theme was this month. The addition of Halloween candy to the usual mix was a nice touch.

Nicolai took the Smart Car in for service today and returned with this loaner. $66 to replace one headlight and one brake light. $333 to replace both seat belt buckles (I wonder what the chances are that both failed but are not related to a design defect). $510 to replace brake pads and rotors. It would have almost been cheaper to buy a new car.

Maya’s CCHS Freshman team is doing very well this season, scoring 7 unanswered goals against Newton South in today’s game. Maya played a variety of positions including wing striker, wing midi, and outside defender, all on the left side. She follows in the family tradition of seeing the field well and making very deadly passes not to mention a penchant for headers.