Careful with that thing! Ours worked great for 3-4 months, then something happened. Not sure if it started mixing too rich or too lean or what, but the baby just stopped eating it out of nowhere. Couldn't figure out what was going on, but then we took her to her grandparents for the weekend and she ate like a champ. Came back and she stopped eating again. Mixed by hand and she was all over it. We cleaned the thing regularly and thoroughly. Very sad because I loved the thing when it worked properly! Hopefully y'all have a better experience, just giving you my anecdote.

I think Eric's partner killed him. He didn't kill himself.

Yes! I still tell this story from time to time. There was a significant period of my childhood where I was sure the killer bee "invasion" would continue to spread and would be a serious problem for the country. I remember seeing the maps and everything.

Still scared to death of bees, and now that I think of it it's probably because of this.