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Instead of capturing crimes in progress, it's been more like a web camera for a petting zoo around my place.

"There's a person at the front door," our Alexa shouted at its highest volume from our 7-year-old son's bedroom. Thankfully, he didn't wake up.

A survey CNBC from by Intel found that people would rather lose their wedding ring than their laptop or cell phone. Three out of four people said that losing their electronic device would be more stressful than misplacing their wedding ring.  The only object that people said would be MORE stressful to lose was their wallet.

Dallas Cowboy wide receiver Roy Williams picked a rather unique way to propose to his girlfriend, Brooke Daniels, who held the title of Miss Texas in 2009. In February, he sent Daniels a package that included $5,000, a videotaped messages of him popping the question, and a $76,000 engagement ring.

Add this to the list of the many, many, ways you leave women unsatisfied. According to a new survey by TheKnot.com, 26% of women, or one out of four, say they HATE the way their boyfriend proposed.

Over the weekend, 21-year-old Robert Driscoll of Trafford, Pennsylvania wanted to propose to his girlfriend, 20-year-old Crystal Yamnitsky.  But he didn't have any money. So while they were at a party at a friend's house, Robert STOLE that friend's engagement ring.  And then he gave it to Crystal. She immediately took a photo of it and posted it on Facebook.  She wrote, quote, "Look what Robb