And now I feel like a clod, making with the funny while you guys are talking about a drowned toddler. I do agree with Cash. Having a pool and a small child in the same house without a fence with a locked gate around the pool is a recipe for tragedy.
Don't you dare, Bev! I need the contrast. The story was very upsetting to me initially. Mostly because of how people were reacting to this woman's tragedy. It was an accident and they're going on about her tweets. I don't actually recommend googling that phrase, by they way. The number of hits is depressing.
Can anyone tell me the name of the Roller Derby film with Ellen Paige? I've forgotten it.
Those are really cute whisks. I didn't know cuteness was an option in whisks! Except for the teeny ones, of course.
I'm pretty sure I've made rice in sauciers with no problem. I promptly forget what all my pots and pans are meant to be used for as soon as I get them home.
I think I will stay away from the drowning story...
Today's T shirt at Teefury.com is quite funny. I caved and got myself one, despite not needing another tee. And Star Wars, really? But I like the imagery.
eta:
Nevermind. They are eastern time, and the tee is now gone.
Cashmere, I found browsing potsandpans.com very interesting. I'll now check out Target and maybe a department store or two for comparison shopping.
the stories just seem to be opinions of other bloggers or twitterers--who also spend inordinate amounts of time online
Which is especially why I totally don't get it. I don't think we are particularly different here in that we have people posting both good and bad news very close to the events themselves.
Cash, it's called
Whip It
and it's awesome! I love the soundtrack, too.
Kids and pools are always a dangerous mix. My ex had a house with a pool and my son rode his trike right into it before anyone could stop him. Fortunately, the adults actually caught him in the act and fished him out immediately, but it is so easy for something to happen in a split second. The law says (in a lot of states, can't speak to all) that any "attractive nuisance", such as a swimming pool, has to have a six foot privacy fence around it. Which can mean, around the yard, not the pool. So, folks out on the street with curious kids don't have to worry so much, but the families with the pool seem to take it for granted that the kids will know, when they don't.
Humans have a special talent for the cruelty. Though, I don't know, insects do so many horrific things as a matter of course that I'm not sure they get a bye.
Insects do many horrible things, but pretty much always directly linked to their own survival and propagation. There's no cruelty for the sake of it. For that you need more intelligence, as per cats or killer whales.
There's no cruelty for the sake of it
So you say! But I've looked into a Mantis' eyes and he was pure evil.
