ok, i'm not usu one for the death penalty (it's use is unfair and biased, etc, etc.) HOWEVER, the man who locked his daughter and their kids in the basement/cellar for 24 years pretty much should die. not a nice, lethal injection "just go to sleep" type of death, but a horrible, lingering, awful, death -- complete with weeping, festering, maggot wriggling sores.
here are the latest and most specific articles that i found:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/01/austria.inquest/index.html#cnnSTCText
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/05/austria.incest/index.html
it explains why no one knew where they were. i just assumed that they were in the basement. apparently, they were in a specially made cellar, complete with a labyrinth-like entry maze. apparently, he started building it when he first started molesting his daughter (at age 11) and it is not included in the buildings plans.
you NEVER know what's going on in someone else's house.
Monday, May 5
DEXTER RULES! (take the sociopath test!)
ok, so i don't have showtime.
surprised? well, i'm mad at my local cable company and had issues with a lazy satellite company, but, that's a whole nother post (yes, i said "nother").
anyway, as i was saying, i don't have showtime. and i have been missing, uncut episodes of the BEST tv/cable series EVER! in case you have never watched it, dexter is a serial killer. but, he uses his powers for good, not evil. yay! he kills bad guys. he works during the day as a mild-mannered blood expert in a police department, and only one of the excellently trained police officers suspects that he's not all that he seems (apparently, that police officer bites it later on in the series).
he's got a girlfriend, and she's "damaged" -- which in turn, makes her annoying -- and a sister who is equally annoying.
not that serial killing is cool or anything(for the record, serial killing is bad. VERY, VERY BAD) but he's definitely a likable character. i have not read the book that the series is based on, however, i plan on getting it.
anyway, he's a sociopath.
ok, so here's a test to see if you are a sociopath.
TEST:
-- a woman goes to her mother's funeral and meets a very nice man. he's attractive and attentive to her in that all-too-brief meeting, and may just be her soulmate. the next day, she kills her sister. why?
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she wants to see him again.
apparently, sociopaths answer this question correctly, and regular folk don't.
which one are you?
surprised? well, i'm mad at my local cable company and had issues with a lazy satellite company, but, that's a whole nother post (yes, i said "nother").
anyway, as i was saying, i don't have showtime. and i have been missing, uncut episodes of the BEST tv/cable series EVER! in case you have never watched it, dexter is a serial killer. but, he uses his powers for good, not evil. yay! he kills bad guys. he works during the day as a mild-mannered blood expert in a police department, and only one of the excellently trained police officers suspects that he's not all that he seems (apparently, that police officer bites it later on in the series).
he's got a girlfriend, and she's "damaged" -- which in turn, makes her annoying -- and a sister who is equally annoying.
not that serial killing is cool or anything(for the record, serial killing is bad. VERY, VERY BAD) but he's definitely a likable character. i have not read the book that the series is based on, however, i plan on getting it.
anyway, he's a sociopath.
ok, so here's a test to see if you are a sociopath.
TEST:
-- a woman goes to her mother's funeral and meets a very nice man. he's attractive and attentive to her in that all-too-brief meeting, and may just be her soulmate. the next day, she kills her sister. why?
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ANSWER:
she wants to see him again.
apparently, sociopaths answer this question correctly, and regular folk don't.
which one are you?
Bunk Bed Building ...
ok, so, i'm basically frugal (i would say cheap, but that doesn't sound nice ...). well, i am in the market for a bunk bed for my daughter, and can't seem to find one reasonably priced.
i went to value city furniture, and the metal ones i hated, and the wooden ones were cheaply made. i went to big lots, and surprisingly, i DID happen to see an all wood bunk bed for $199, WHICH, is a really good price. it wasn't flimsy at all. but, unfortunately, it looked like it was for a boy's room (and were i to paint it pink, which is my plan, it would look odd to say the very least ...).
i have looked at other stores and on different websites, and unfortunately, the under $300 beds are either metal (and awful) or ugly wooden monstrosities. of course, i HAVE found some BEAUTIFUL beds, even wrought-iron bunk beds, however, i can't justify spending over $1000 on a child's bed (oh, and i am SO not in a position to lay out that type of cash anyway) SO, i have opted to build-a-bed. that's right. i'm going to build it myself. i can definitely do it for under $300, and paint it pink.
my current plan is to use the hollywood bedframe that i currently have as the bottom portion of the bunk bed. this will allow me to position it parallel with the upper bunk, OR perpendicular to the upper bunk (see ... i've thought about this). so, now, i just need to make the upper bunk. i'm currently in the process of drawing up those plans, and i'm pretty excited. yes, i HAVE made things before. and, if it turns out crappy, i can always buy one (yucky, yucky, blah!).
i'll post pictures when it's completed.
it's going to be based on this premise: http://www.riddlefurniture.com/
i went to value city furniture, and the metal ones i hated, and the wooden ones were cheaply made. i went to big lots, and surprisingly, i DID happen to see an all wood bunk bed for $199, WHICH, is a really good price. it wasn't flimsy at all. but, unfortunately, it looked like it was for a boy's room (and were i to paint it pink, which is my plan, it would look odd to say the very least ...).
i have looked at other stores and on different websites, and unfortunately, the under $300 beds are either metal (and awful) or ugly wooden monstrosities. of course, i HAVE found some BEAUTIFUL beds, even wrought-iron bunk beds, however, i can't justify spending over $1000 on a child's bed (oh, and i am SO not in a position to lay out that type of cash anyway) SO, i have opted to build-a-bed. that's right. i'm going to build it myself. i can definitely do it for under $300, and paint it pink.
my current plan is to use the hollywood bedframe that i currently have as the bottom portion of the bunk bed. this will allow me to position it parallel with the upper bunk, OR perpendicular to the upper bunk (see ... i've thought about this). so, now, i just need to make the upper bunk. i'm currently in the process of drawing up those plans, and i'm pretty excited. yes, i HAVE made things before. and, if it turns out crappy, i can always buy one (yucky, yucky, blah!).
i'll post pictures when it's completed.
it's going to be based on this premise: http://www.riddlefurniture.com/
Sam's Club Mattress Event ...
sam's club in st. louis has SERIOUSLY marked down ALL of their in-stock mattresses.
so, if you need a mattress, you'd better hurry, they are down to their last few. i needed twin mattresses and got a great deal on them at the maplewood location (i didn't see the plush firm at the ferguson or chesterfield valley location, although st. charles DOES have a few twin firm supremes in stock)
so, if you need a mattress, you'd better hurry, they are down to their last few. i needed twin mattresses and got a great deal on them at the maplewood location (i didn't see the plush firm at the ferguson or chesterfield valley location, although st. charles DOES have a few twin firm supremes in stock)
Thursday, May 1
Wimpy Kids? or Overly Coddled?
i recently read this article:
http://www.nysun.com/editorials/why-i-let-my-9-year-old-ride-subway-alone
http://www.nysun.com/editorials/why-i-let-my-9-year-old-ride-subway-alone
and thought, WOW, that sounds like something i would do! but of course, had i done it, child services would have been called, an investigation would have been made, a "file" would have been created, etc.
BUT, i totally agree with what this mother did. i'm sure her son had been with her many times on the subway, so it wasn't as if it were a foreign concept to him. it was more of an adventure. kids don't seem to have adventures anymore ...
i'm amazed at how children aren't allowed to do anything on their own. i even recall one mother saying of her 6 year old daughter, that she was never to be alone (for purposes of safety). that "no one ever complained of having a bad childhood because they were with a friend". that was the craziest crap i had ever heard.
are kids more wimpy these days? or are they overly coddled? or are the wimpy because they are overly coddled? and how is this going to affect them when they reach adulthood?
as a parent, i do whatever i can to put my children in situations where they are on their own and relying on themselves and their decisions. for example, they each go to different schools (so that they are not compared to each other, but based on their own actions, AND so that they have to deal with difficult situations on their own, without sibling back-up). another example ... i sent them away to camp as soon as they were old enough. i didn't ask them if they wanted to go. i didn't ask them if they would be afraid to go. i just told them that they were going. and they went. and they LOVED it. there was no question as to whether i would come back and get them in the middle of their 4 day 3 night stay. i wasn't going to, and they knew that. they weren't lost, maimed or molested. they just had fun.
more importantly, they learned that they could be away from mommy and rely on themselves.
this summer, my oldest is going to military camp. alone. 7 days and 6 nights. he'll be the youngest kid there and he can't wait.
my 6 year-old is insanely jealous.
perhaps i'll let the 6 year old ride the bus somewhere ...
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