I think it may indeed be new, tommyrot. I'd best school my TiVo.

There was a case ten years or so back where a kid was in juvie for two weeks and the parents packed up and moved to another state. But he was a violent, out of control teenager who was like 6"4, 280 and the parents were living in actual fear for their lives. And again, had been literally begging for help from social services, from the police and finding absolutely nothing.

They were found a couple of weeks later, IIRC, and I can't remember what the resolution was. Horrifying on all counts, really.

There was another case in NJ several years ago where a 15-year-old boy killed an 11-year-old boy. The 15-year-old had been been in and out of institutions a few times, plus was involved in a police sting operation (a middle-aged man he'd met online had raped him, and the police were using him as bait to trap the guy, and the kid eventually got fed up with this, decided that the guy cared more about him than the police did, and ripped all the recording stuff off his phone), and his parents had told a judge, basically, "We don't know what to do with this kid, we can't do any more to help him, please help us," and the judge essentially told them to take him home and be better parents. A few weeks later, he killed the younger boy.

Article in Time about the Nebraska law says the majority of the kids are older than 13 and have a history of being treated for psychiatric disorders.

College level quidditch. People scare me: [link]

I like how they finessed the Snitch.

I'm telling you the Harry Potter theme park is going to outsell Disneyland by a large margin.

Star Robot Chicken Wars was good. Some episodes were OK, and some had me laughing hysterically.

Now they're showing the first one again....

I can just catch Robot Chicken to record!

Some episodes were OK, and some had me laughing hysterically.

That's pretty much standard.

Her kitchen is always redecorated to match her theme of the show (always).

And so is she! If it's, say, a treats theme, there will be a cotton-candy pink window treatment, pink stand mixer and Sandra Lee in a pink, off-the-shoulder number.

I'm way too lazy about getting my brows plucked, but I like how it looks when they're done. Then again, I like the way they look well enough when they're natural too or I wouldn't be so lazy about it.

I'm coloring my hair right now AIFG. I do hope it turns out red enough.

Too thin, maybe.

Would you rather look like Irene Dunne or Brooke Shields?