— Surprisingly, putting up a Craig’s List ad asking for someone to give you a ride to your wax appointment doesn’t yield the most productive responses.– You block may lose a Starbucks or two.– Financial district filled with bullets in afternoon shootout.– Remember to hang up when you drive today! Unless you don’t want to– Not to make light of a tragic accidental death or anything, but this is why your teachers tell you not to climb fences. — Startup acquisition news: M’soft manages to buy at least a few of the PhDs not already purchased by Google. Physicists all sold out? Linguists are now on sale!– Bill Gates rules out bid as McCain’s Veep.