Last day as a "1K"

It's a leap year! And the last day in February...which means 2007 frequent flyer statuses expire today. So sadly, there'll be no more walks down the red carpet (ok, more like a red dish towel, it's so small) for me this year on United flights. 1K was fun, I must say...I did enjoy the double miles and free upgrades. But alas, my pitiful (according to them) showing of 70,000 miles last year did not earn me a spot among the mile-whores-elite...um, I mean super road warrior frequent flyers.

And to commemorate...here's a last-day screenshot :(

And yes...93,704 miles to go until 2009 1K :)

I wonder what they're *really* up to...

Starbucks is closing *all* of their stores for 3 hours on Feb 26 to "retrain their baristas"...is this the return of the manual espresso machines? (The article says no, but please say yes, oh higher powers of espresso...) Or do they have something even crazier up their sleeves!