Oh, dear god. That's awful.

I can't even think of anything to say except to point out that in a just world--or Australia--the boy wouldn't have been able to get his hands on a gun, in all likelihood.

horrible. I cannot even imagine.

I can't even think of anything to say except to point out that in a just world--or Australia--the boy wouldn't have been able to get his hands on a gun, in all likelihood.

You're not allowed to say that, Consuela. It's unpatriotic. You're supposed to shake your head and vilify either the boy or his assumed bullies (what the hell, might as well vilify the parents too), then throw up your hands and say "if only there was something we could do!, if only someone had a concealed weapon on him so he could... uh, protect... uh... mumble"

Hey, I only dry off once i'm clean, right? How dirty are the towels gonna get? (yeah, yeah, I know, it's flawed logic but there's my brain.)

I'll see you that logic and raise you "I shower at night and am NGA, how dirty are the sheets going to get?". I just don't do them all that often.

You're not allowed to say that, Consuela. It's unpatriotic. You're supposed to shake your head and vilify either the boy or his assumed bullies (what the hell, might as well vilify the parents too), then throw up your hands and say "if only there was something we could do!, if only someone had a concealed weapon on him so he could... uh, protect... uh... mumble"

And then launch into a completely unsubstantiated rant about how gun control doesn't do anything anyway... and that there is no such thing as knife control (though there is, and people only rarely stab themselves to death)... and how terrorists use bombs anyway and gun control wouldn't have helped that (though tags in the gunpowder would have been handy, thanks for blockin' that, NRA)... Be sure to be really indignant the whole time.

We wash the sheets every week. They need them, mostly to get rid of the cat hair which somehow ends up all over them.

Just before bed, Franny asked me to check her head for lice. Bingo! So we had to treat her head and strip all the sheets off the beds. Kids got to sleep an hour late, which isn't good.

I gave every head a thorough combing. Luckily no one else had it. Shockingly lucky. Not sure how we dodged that one, esp me, but I'll take it. Isaac and Cody dodged it by dint of never brushing their hair. Come to think of it, don't think Franny brushes that often either. Even so, I'm quarantining all the brushes in the front bathroom for the next few weeks.

Lice are a PITA.

I am so glad I have never had lice! My dog had horrible fleas when I was a kid (we could see them crawling on her) and that was impossible to get rid of.

I was just reading a 1960 college yearbook, and the page heading for fraternities is:

"Fraternities....gay socialism and cool conformity"

which is oddly true, but I cannot stop laughing- especially the socialism part!

We fight lice by encouraging dirty hair in our kids. Casper's old enough that her hair starts to look greasy after about 4-5 days without a wash, though, so now we make her wash it twice a week. (Given the choice, my children would never bathe.)

how does not brushing or washing fight lice?