Today I saw an ad for a video called “Stranger Safety.” It’s supposed to teach your children how to be safe around strangers. Thinking about it afterward, I realized that there is this mentality – driven into our collective mindset over many years – that ALL strangers are not to be trusted; that ALL strangers… Continue reading “Stranger Safety” and “Public Solitude”
Our Paranoid Society
This is what happens when everyone is afraid of everyone else: His mission was to photograph each of the nation’s 50 state capitol buildings and dispatch a postcard from each city, using postage stamps from a childhood collection. Each postcard would be mailed to the next state on his journey, where he would pick it… Continue reading Our Paranoid Society
Bunny Trial Outcome
After much deliberation (and waking up several times in the middle of the night to put some unruly bunnies back in their “jail”), here is the verdict: Count one: Knowingly and Willingly destroying household property: GUILTY Count two: Accessing restricted under-bed space: GUILTY Count three: Being incredibly cute: GUILTY The sentence, to be carried out… Continue reading Bunny Trial Outcome
The Trial against the Bad Bunnies
The buns got into some mischief last night – in a big, bad way. We’d just gotten our new guest bedroom set up – all sorts of nice things (gotta love IKEA), and of course plastic under-bed storage containers to keep the buns out from under the bed (in the most guest-friendly way). Unfortunately, the… Continue reading The Trial against the Bad Bunnies
Calvin on Snow
I think Calvin (of Calvin & Hobbes) said it best: “Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.” Right on.