MOsanthrope

I don’t know about you, but I’ve seen enough news for today.
Headlines from the AP:

Up to 100 feared dead in Bombay blasts
Woman killed in Boston Big Dig tunnel fall
Attacks across Iraq kill at least 47
Suicide attempt probed in NYC collapse
Mom gets 8 years for giving baby methadone
Group: Soldiers killed over rape-slaying
Political volunteer killed in Washington
Much […]

Filed under: Family, News, U.S.

Swan signets learning the ropes.
 
Did anything significant happen while we were away?

Filed under: Family, Announcements, Travel, Michigan

(Original artwork compliments of my six-year-old).
 
Today’s book club assignment may be found here.

Filed under: Family, Announcements, Children, U.S., History

After ticking a few non-air-conditioned local destinations off our list, the boys and I hit the St. Louis Science Center this afternoon. While there, we took in the IMAX presentation of Tom Hanks’ “Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon”. The film was stunning on the massive IMAX wrap-around screen; it was well […]

Filed under: St. Louis, Family, Science, Film

Happy Father’s Day!

Filed under: Family

Updated on June 17, 2006 at 12:44 pm.
Unfortunately, we don’t have one of those.
The most horrifying five words in the English language: “Dad, Sean found Mom’s makeup!”

Just so you know, man has not yet invented a solvent capable of restoring our bathroom to its pre-makeup condition.UPDATE: And don’t even get me started […]

Filed under: Family, Children

Seriously, this stuff has to stop:

A distracted driver swerved in her vehicle Tuesday, hitting and seriously injuring a 3-year-old boy who was playing in his front yard.
St. Charles County Sheriff Tom Neer said the 30-year-old female was driving about 7 p.m. Tuesday in the 200 block of Oakborough Drive in the Field Crest subdivision, in […]

Filed under: Children, U.S., Health, Missouri

This is interesting.

Filed under: Family, Biology, Medicine, World

Even on vacation, there are lessons to be learned.

Filed under: Family, Children, Travel

Filed under: Family, Travel

Any idiot can catblog.

Off to the park….

Filed under: Family, Biology

From my friend, Bill:

People ask me, “Bill, what’s wrong with this f’ing country?”
I tell them, for starters, that we seem to have forgotten this guy.

Filed under: Politics, Children, Culture, U.S., Media, Television

We love our kindergartener’s school. This occurred at a magnet school, one of a group of “top tier” facilities in the St. Louis City public school system.
The renaissance occurring in St. Louis City is amazing, but the city will never thrive until it completely revamps its deplorable public school system.

Filed under: St. Louis, Children, Education, Missouri

A preview for my wife.
(Thanks: Dad).

Filed under: Family, Humor

Loosely paraphrasing the great poet Whitney Houston, the kids are our future.
We are totally screwed:

WASHINGTON - Despite the wall-to-wall coverage of the damage from Hurricane Katrina, nearly one-third of young Americans recently polled couldn’t locate Louisiana on a map and nearly half were unable to identify Mississippi.
Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 fared […]

Filed under: Children, Culture, U.S., Education

I have two sons.
She has six.
That poor, poor woman.
(Via Hey,you).

Filed under: Family, Children, Humor

Although I write this scarcely a day after assembling a macabre scene of marshmallow animals in a juvenile attempt at satire, I consider myself sufficiently competent to declare this guy creepy beyond belief:

PURCELL, Oklahoma (AP) — The man accused of killing a 10-year-old neighbor girl for an elaborate plan to eat human flesh joked about […]

Filed under: Children, Culture, U.S., Law, Media

Our two boys love Magnetix magnetic building sets — especially our three year old, who must be continuously told not to place the tiny pieces in his mouth. Here’s why:

WASHINGTON - One child died and four others suffered serious injuries after swallowing tiny magnets found in building sets sold nationwide, the Consumer Product Safety […]

Filed under: Children, Games, Health

You may recall that we recently had a minor incident involving a 1994 Oldsmobile, our car and our front porch. On Wednesday, I wrote our Alderman to request that something be done about the dangerous intersection across the street.
Today, we received a letter from the City of St. Louis Department of Public Safety, in […]

Filed under: St. Louis, Family

We live in a great neighborhood. Its population is diverse, generally progressive and disproportionately young. It’s filled with rehabbed historic homes, ethnic restaurants, corner bars and eclectic shops all within walking distance. These days it seems that a cool new place opens its doors every month. We love […]

Filed under: St. Louis, Family

I whipped up the lame “Q” logo above in about 30 seconds using The GIMP’s drop shadow tools. I’d like to replace it with some version of our family crest. However, a few minutes of googling has caused me to question whether the crest I have always recognized as my family crest […]

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