Wash ,'The Message'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
The only thing I can think of is maybe veganisim is extremely important to the two parents... maybe they think that veganism is the best solution to everything, and anyone who disagrees is part of the... military/industrial/animal-exploitation complex. I mean, maybe they were aware of basic nutrition and infant care, but rejected it as being hopelessly compromised by the evil non-vegan animal exploiting world view.
This makes the most sense to me.
Several years ago there was a story about a couple who let their baby starve to death because each thought the other was feeding him (shudder). And the man in Virginia who left his child in the van for something like eight hours (one of 12? 13? children who was forgotten). I don't understand it, but it's not as rare as I'd like.
and then putting an ideology, any ideology, over the wellbeing of that creature
I doubt in their minds they were, is the thing. I'm sure in their tiny stupid little brains, they were doing exactly what was best for their child.
Let's talk about something a little more cheerful. Any good cholera epidemics going on?
Seriously - JZ, how are the baby toes this season?
Veganism does not necessarily equal extremism.
Well, no. But it's not the veganism that's the issue, it's latching on to whatever ideology and pushing it to the extreme. Like people who think Big Pharma is bad, but then push it to the extreme and oppose everything they do.
The baby toes are sweet and juicy and I would do anything, no matter how hard or horrible or personally repellant -- move heaven and earth, cut off my own right arm, kiss W on the lips -- to keep those toes well and safe.
Poor Matilda's going to have to submit to a lot of sloppy kisses and cuddling on the bus ride home tonight.
Sorry. Writing the story that was in this post was a mistake.
From the LA Times:
Officials reported an estimated $30,000 in private property damage to a wood-shake roof. More than 400 Department of Water and Power customers were still without electricity this morning as crews waited for the fire to die down before they could repair fire-damaged poles, said agency spokeswoman Terry Schneider.
Isn't a wood shake roof in a fire prone area a supremely bad idea?
kiss W on the lips
That right there is love.
Isn't a wood shake roof in a fire prone area a supremely bad idea?
Yup. I think that I heard it was the only house with a shake roof in that general area, the rest were tile.