I've found that Facebook's built-in privacy settings are more than capable of quieting what unwanted people can see, and you can also filter your news feed to remove the annoying stuff *other* people do from your own eyes.
The article is fascinating. I had no idea that the Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens, and Buddy Holly were all killed in the same plane crash! And TBB was only 28! Crazy. I wonder if "the day the music died" is the same one referenced in the song "American Pie." I never figured that was referencing some literal event.
I do find it a bit odd that they feel it necessary to dig up a coffin that's been buried half a century, move the corpse to another site, and sell the old casket. All I can say is "why?" It sounds like the family is getting financially desperate.
Argh! This link is terrible for people like me who need closure, not a bunch of fascinating questions we never thought to ask and not a single word offered to answer even one of them.
No, actually that was fascinating. Something I'd never really thought about before (and with no kids of my own, haven't experienced). Thanks for the link, Alex. Now back to your regularly scheduled thread.
Now that I think of it, I have to admit, I'm curious about the contents of newborn crap. In a purely scientific sense. Normally crap is just processed food with all the nutrients extracted, but babies don't eat food in utero. I guess the nourishment received through the umbilical cord could count, but I bet that would result in a considerably different sort of poop than we're used to. Sorry if my curiosity grosses you out.
I guess it all comes down to the size of the office and how tidy she keeps it. If it still functions as a professional workspace, what's the problem? It's actually very economical. I would hope, of course, that she doesn't have a real home and family that she's neglecting if she's living out of her office now.
If I don't want to post something mean-spirited or derogatory about this family, or express a desire to intervene in the way they live their lives, can I still post here? Or am I obligated to wear my bully hat? Sorry Duggars, if this thread is any indication, America ain't a free country any more. Here come your neighbors, and they all know better than you.
Ever the skeptic, I do wonder how something qualitative like parenting can be judged the "best." In the human world, you might look at some parents and say they're wonderful for disciplining their children, and I might look at the same parents and say they're awful for abusing/restricting their children. The point being, there's no "right" way to raise kids, and the gray area is a mile wide. This article didn't mention how the zookeepers decided the penguins were the "best," and such a claim seems loaded with bias.
Not that I'm taking a side either way, but it's worth pointing out that it's hardly the objective claim I would expect from zookeepers or a newspaper article. They should at least cite some behaviors, things the gay penguins are doing that are "better" than the other penguin parents, to make the statement credible. Just my two cents.
I haven't had a fruitcake since I was a kid. My grandmother used to give them to the family for gifts. I liked them a lot, though these weren't alcoholic. I didn't even know that people made them with rum until I read this post... I should try that now that I'm all grown up! But yeah, I never could figure out why people seem to think such a delicious food is so awful. Oh well -- more for me!
I do find it a bit odd that they feel it necessary to dig up a coffin that's been buried half a century, move the corpse to another site, and sell the old casket. All I can say is "why?" It sounds like the family is getting financially desperate.
No, actually that was fascinating. Something I'd never really thought about before (and with no kids of my own, haven't experienced). Thanks for the link, Alex. Now back to your regularly scheduled thread.
Now that I think of it, I have to admit, I'm curious about the contents of newborn crap. In a purely scientific sense. Normally crap is just processed food with all the nutrients extracted, but babies don't eat food in utero. I guess the nourishment received through the umbilical cord could count, but I bet that would result in a considerably different sort of poop than we're used to. Sorry if my curiosity grosses you out.
Not that I'm taking a side either way, but it's worth pointing out that it's hardly the objective claim I would expect from zookeepers or a newspaper article. They should at least cite some behaviors, things the gay penguins are doing that are "better" than the other penguin parents, to make the statement credible. Just my two cents.