MOsanthrope

(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

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

Even on vacation, there are lessons to be learned.

Filed under: Family, Children, Travel

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

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