Snickers Bars May Be Lethal Weapons

Warning" If you or a family member who uses your computer has a nut allergy, SHUT THE COMPUTER OFF NOW!

From Time/CNN:

"Recently, a Massachusetts school district evacuated a school bus full of 10-year-olds after a stray peanut was found on the bus floor."

Have we gone completely nuts (no pun intended)?

Read the whole story here.

Drum Roll, Please

Introducing.........Skittles!

The newest addition to our family.

Having Babies

This week a 42 year old gave birth to her 18th child. She and her husband have successfully spawned 10 boys and 8 girls. You get one guess where they live.

If all the women who bother to read this blog have that many combined, I would be surprised!

Here is the story.

Sex Education or Not

Stupid Videos and Nothing to Say

I was taken to task because of my "embedding these damn Doo-Doo Tube videos".

I don't always have something to say. Occasionally I find something that is funny to me and that someone else might also enjoy. My feeling about this is a lot like my advice to uptight parents about what their children see on the television: If you don't feel like watching the damn thing, don't!

Captain Crab's High Sea Adventures was not started to change the world. And By God I'm not going to start now.

Happy Everything

To H and PJ, I love you!

the Crab

Happy Birthday H!

H: Something special for you on your birthday tomorrow.

Sometimes Turtles

Since my time in Southeast Asia and summer school in Florida, where "turtle patrol"* was part of the curriculum, I have fascinated by sea turtles. This morning I came accross an interesting article about a leatherback turtle that set out on a voyage of monumental proportions.

Leatherback Female

Baby Leatherback

* we were in southwest Florida during loggerhead turtle nesting season. Teams of 2 each were given an area to walk and look for nesting females. My partner and I were lucky enough to see a female lay over 100 eggs.

Growing Older

Parenting is an interesting thing: 1st of all, you don't now how you've done for years and years and 2nd, you're never really done thinking and worrying about your children.

Every so often something happens that makes you lean back and smile and be proud of your child and yourself. My Daughter sent me this simple one sentence e-mail:

Thanks for not raising me to be a Weepublican!

There was also a link to a story about parents party-training kids. (read more)

I'm happy!

Pregnant at 16 update

The Borowitz Report as an excellent column that will complement my recent post concerning Jamie Lynn Spear's pregnancy.

Pregnant at 16

I usually don't read celebrity news and gossip, but the Jamie Lynn Spears pregnancy coverage is way too stupid to ignore. CNN asks "How do you talk to kids about Britney's sister?" When I talk to my daughter, who is her early 20's and childless, I'll just say "aren't you happy you weren't that dumb?"

And of course the legal aspects of the case.

There may be more, because I'm still reading CNN!

Update: I tried reading FOX News, but it's just too scary over there.

Update 2: Publishing of Jamie Lynn's Mom's book has been delayed.

I am sure that there will a lot more written about his over the next 7 1/2 months, but I will try to refrain from reading it.

Parenting: Lesson #1

PJ and I raised this miniature donkey shortly after we were married. Having to get up every two hours to feed Sophie was our first parenting lesson*. The veterinarians all said that chances were slim that she would survive. She did. For 19 years.

We did this with baby pigs, lambs, goats, and calves. We may have tried wild animals too. I just can't remember.

* PJ did this a LOT more than I did.