The latest news is about Steve Irwin "dangling" his 1-month old son over a hungry crocodile. I've seen the pictures and the video of him doing this "dangling". It probably wasn't a good idea for him to do this with cameras watching, as he had to know how people would react. As usual, with nothing else interesting to talk about, the press has to blow everything out of proportion and sensationalize things and whip everyone up into a frenzy. I'm willing to bet that Steve Irwin, having worked very close with these creatures for the better part of his 41 years, knows a lot more about how safe it was bringing his kid into the croc pen than the rest of the unwashed masses. All they see is the tiny baby...then they see the huge crocodile...and they automatically scream 'bad parenting'. Let's all remember that a)he's a professional at what he does b) his wife was right there and, if by the slim chance something did happen, he could have tossed the baby over to Terry and distracted the croc. c) just because it's not something we would do as parents living in are "safe" suburban homes, doesn't mean that he shouldn't and really ought to get his kids aware of the fact that they are living (as Steve even said himself) in crocodile territory. So the world can get it's collective panties out a bunch and relax as I'm sure the poor guy's career will be affected by the good old media frenzy that will follow this.
What else is new...hmm, not alot actually. It's another busy day here at work as everyone has come back from their holiday vacations and forgotten their passwords...forgotten how to open files...etc. It's supposed to snow tonight...a lot. Half of my office has said that they are not coming in. It's a lame excuse really. Snow in Washington happens like this. The snow falls late at night and it gets really cold. The next morning, the whole town is thrown into hysterics because they can't handle the thought of driving in winter weather. By noon all of said snow has turned to brown yucky slush that, outside from being ugly and a pain to walk through, does not affect driving any more than the 'liquid sunshine' we see so often here in the Northwest. Again, I blame the media. It never ceases to amaze me. I've lived in very hot places (Florida) where the news people complain that it's too hot. It's August. It's Florida. Get a clue! Now I'm living here where they complain when we get snow. It's January. It's winter. Get a clue! I on the other hand, only complain when it's cold. It's not a complaint so much as "I can't believe it's so cold". I like cold weather. It's fun to bundle up and go out or stay in and curl up and (play SimCity 4)...I mean watch tv or something like that. I guess that's why I'm fat. =)