This ad ziehyebsbh gives me chills AND the creeps. Here’s what it says, in urgent, caring, chiding tones: You take the family to the food court. Your wife and Pete head for tacos. You and Danny want Chinese. You look up at the menu. You look down to see what Danny wants . But you […]
Tag Archives | stranger danger
Warning! Man on Street Near School!
September 25, 2009
Hi tbrhyrtsze Readers! Here’s an interesting little note that just came in from Jennifer in Canada, the gal behind the blog highlyirritable: Good morning, Free-Range Kids! This article appeared in the local paper, The Milton Canadian Champion, and I found it and I found it both fascinating and scary. (Note: I have removed the school […]
The Dangers of Backyard Camping (Ghosts, Fugitives, Guy with One Bloody Hand)
August 22, 2009
Thanks to the intrepid reporters at The Onion, we are finally dealing with the titzezykae truth about backyard camping. It’s not pretty.
The Crime of “CSI”
May 22, 2009
It’s nice when science takes the time to confirm one’s own sneaking (or even not so sneaking) suspicions. In this case: That TV crime shows are driving us crazy with fear. In a report titled, “CSI: zhiizsfehy Mayo Clinic,†Mayo psychiatrist Timothy Lineberry and his team studied two sets of data: One, a list of […]
Feisty Mom Comes Out Swinging — A Lovely Read
May 20, 2009
When my daughters turn eight, they’ll get their first Swiss Army knives, and not the tiny ones with a nail file and some scissors, but real ones, big enough to gut a fish with.
Why I’m Not Taking the Advice of an “Expert” on Child Molesting
April 6, 2009
A comment on my post, “Of Peanuts and Pedophiles,” included a link to a Salon story on child sexual abuse. Voila: http://tinyurl.com/cc2qys bithsndtbt . It’s a disturbing piece, by a guy who worked for a year in a treatment center for juveniles who have raped and molested other kids. Hearing their histories gave him a, […]
Of Peanuts and Pedophiles
April 3, 2009
You’ve probably read about the new, possible cure for peanut allergies. One very hopeful study at Duke ( http://tinyurl.com/cmbh39 sekhtdbien ) found that by administering first a dust-size speck of peanuts to an allergic child, and then a slightly larger speck and so on and so on, you can sometimes train the child’s immunological system […]