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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.
Intellectually, I've never understood why battery is any better because its a child. It always seemed like an ownership thing to me, like the child is property.
Emotionally, there are plenty times when I've wanted to smack a child in my care and once that I did (she ran into traffic, I was 13... it was a nightmare).
Yeah, I think battery is generally illegal, athough often not enforced here. I mean, anyone who slaps another person has battered them, right? But most of them don't get arrested.
I can see a swat on the bottom when they're still in that lizard brain stage and can't be reasoned with-of course I say this as someone who was never spanked as a child.
Oh man, this is just too cute: [link]
A boy dressed as Spider Man tries to climb a fridge.
This is fine, but some of the other posts on this blog are NSFW.
Check out this excited penguin, from the same blog: [link]
Also, I am sad that the guy who did the fabulous Fabulon blog is calling it quits, due to personal difficulties.
Many images on Fabulon are NSFW. But it's an arty NSFW.
I can see a swat on the bottom when they're still in that lizard brain stage and can't be reasoned with-of course I say this as someone who was never spanked as a child.
IMO, all this teaches is that it's okay to hit. The lizard brain at that age is all about modeling adult behavior.
Awesome retro-scifi art: Thrilling Tales: The Toaster With TWO BRAINS
Here’s a retro science fiction pulp magazine cover for a magazine that doesn’t exist, but probably ought to: THRILLING TALES OF THE DOWNRIGHT UNUSUAL.
In this imaginary issue we have that nail-biting page turner “The Toaster with TWO BRAINS”, in which our heroes delve deep into the hostile lair of Doctor Rognvald, beneath the volcanoes of Iceland - only to discover that this evil genius has created the ultimate malevolent kitchen appliance: the Toaster with TWO BRAINS! Is it unstoppable? Immovable? Relentless? Horrifying? Unkillable? You bet it is.
Because a toaster with one brain isn’t terrifying. But two? Talk about the heebie-jeebies!
How do you improve upon a turducken (turkey stuffed with duck stuffed with chicken)? Behold, the Turbaconducken. It’s a turducken wrapped in bacon! Bacon Today has the step-by-step recipe with pictures.
Huh. Who knew that caffeine makes me post lots o' links?
Now *this* is the way to learn math: Behold the Chocolate Pie Chart by Mary& Matt. 70% milk + 20% dark + 10% white chocolate = 100% chocolaty goodness!
Teddy marked the one-year anniversary of his transplant recently. Unfortunately, this week's news isn't as good.
He's lost weight. And his creatinine level, while still within normal range, is up. I took him in for an ultrasound yesterday, and his stomach wall is much thicker than normal. Which could explain the loss of appetite and weight -- the connection between stomach and intestine is smaller than normal.
The vets are worried about possible lymphona. We're scheduling a biopsy now.
Like I said, I never got spanked, nor do I have or plan to have kids so I will gladly defer to actual parents.
Spider Boy is adoreable.
I'm feeling a little guilty today. It's my last day, and this morning the shit hit the fan with this huge project for my coworkers.