Okay, That's Just STUPID

[iLander]

Parenting Article from Yahoo

Why I Don't Want My Kids to Call Me Mom

"That's so weird, why doesn't your son just call you Mom?" I respond like I always do, with the truth. I kind of dig it, actually.

Here's the deal. My middle son doesn't call me "Eva" because that's pretty darn disrespectful. Instead, my son calls me "Ms. Eva" and he does it in the most respectful and affectionate way. And you know what? I love it. Here's why:

1. If the kids start acting up, I always say "Now what's your mom going to say about that?"
2. It makes me feel young and free, like a twenty-something European au pair. I can roll my eyes and say "I just can't wait to get off of work tonight" and really mean it.
3. I can make irresponsible choices like give them ice cream at the park before dinner.
4. They can eat Doritos and Cheetos without any guilt on my part whatsoever. Their Mom packed them organic fruits and veggies, but Ms. Eva lets them eat junk.
5. There is never any confusion when multiple kids start screaming "Mom."

All in all, Ms. Eva rocks. She's not anything like Mom. Mom is responsible, authoritative and boring. Blah


Oh, lord, this is sooooo STUPID. Just because you pretend you're not the Mom, doesn't mean you're NOT THE MOM!

 

[JewelFreak]

iLander, it's the wrinkles in my brain that scare me!

--- Laurie

Is that why we only gain "wisdom" when we're old? The extra wrinkles?

Getting old isn't for sissies is it? I'm hating it. Sucks . . .

Can't say I find it a thrill either. The silver lining -- & to me it's a fairly substantial one -- is that I'm a lot smarter than I was when younger, so I guess you're right -- the extra wrinkles provide places to put more stuff. Trouble is, much of it gets lost! What I really hate is not having as much energy as I used to; that drives me crazy. Is that a STUPID thing?

--- Laurie

 

[StacylikesSparkles]

Parenting Article from Yahoo

Why I Don't Want My Kids to Call Me Mom

"That's so weird, why doesn't your son just call you Mom?" I respond like I always do, with the truth. I kind of dig it, actually.

Here's the deal. My middle son doesn't call me "Eva" because that's pretty darn disrespectful. Instead, my son calls me "Ms. Eva" and he does it in the most respectful and affectionate way. And you know what? I love it. Here's why:

1. If the kids start acting up, I always say "Now what's your mom going to say about that?"
2. It makes me feel young and free, like a twenty-something European au pair. I can roll my eyes and say "I just can't wait to get off of work tonight" and really mean it.
3. I can make irresponsible choices like give them ice cream at the park before dinner.
4. They can eat Doritos and Cheetos without any guilt on my part whatsoever. Their Mom packed them organic fruits and veggies, but Ms. Eva lets them eat junk.
5. There is never any confusion when multiple kids start screaming "Mom."

All in all, Ms. Eva rocks. She's not anything like Mom. Mom is responsible, authoritative and boring. Blah


Oh, lord, this is sooooo STUPID. Just because you pretend you're not the Mom, doesn't mean you're NOT THE MOM!

What the?! So basically Ms. Eva is an irresponsible parent who is still trying to cling to her youth by making friends with her children, instead of being their damn parent. Wow.

 

[TooPatient]

Some stupid man got so drunk he couldn't even stay standing. He leaned over the rail of an escalator since he was too drunk to stand on his own. Then the stupid man fell and his shirt caught on something where he'd been leaning. The stupid man was so drunk he couldn't even manage to sit up so he strangled to death on his own shirt.

Of course the stupid city is paying big money to investigate what happened and see if it could have been prevented.

It is STUPID because the man could just as easily have fallen on the stairs, stepped in front of a car, or any number of things that would have killed him. Reasonable safety measures are great, but you can't protect all of the stupid people from themselves!

 

[iLander]

iLander, it's the wrinkles in my brain that scare me!

--- Laurie

Is that why we only gain "wisdom" when we're old? The extra wrinkles?

Getting old isn't for sissies is it? I'm hating it. Sucks . . .

Can't say I find it a thrill either. The silver lining -- & to me it's a fairly substantial one -- is that I'm a lot smarter than I was when younger, so I guess you're right -- the extra wrinkles provide places to put more stuff. Trouble is, much of it gets lost! What I really hate is not having as much energy as I used to; that drives me crazy. Is that a STUPID thing?

--- Laurie

I know Exactly what you mean! I used to plant things in my garden all day long, now a couple of holes dug and I'm tuckered out. What used to take a day is a multi-day project. I don't know how this place is going to hold together if I start slacking off.

 

[iLander]

Some stupid man got so drunk he couldn't even stay standing. He leaned over the rail of an escalator since he was too drunk to stand on his own. Then the stupid man fell and his shirt caught on something where he'd been leaning. The stupid man was so drunk he couldn't even manage to sit up so he strangled to death on his own shirt.

Of course the stupid city is paying big money to investigate what happened and see if it could have been prevented.

It is STUPID because the man could just as easily have fallen on the stairs, stepped in front of a car, or any number of things that would have killed him. Reasonable safety measures are great, but you can't protect all of the stupid people from themselves!

Lord. So stupid.

 

[iLander]

Oh, LORD, this is stupid!

New Trend: The Lotus Birth
Cutting a newborn's umbilical cord is a routine procedure, but a practice called the "Lotus Birth" teaches that doing so can be bad for babies. It entails leaving the cord attached to a baby and carrying the connected placenta in a container until the cord falls off on its own.

Mary Ceallaigh, 47, an Austin, Texas based Lotus Birth advocate told the New York Post that after carrying the placenta for about three days, the cord (which can also be wrapped in silk or a cotton ribbon) will naturally fall off. "No mother would be running errands during that time anyway...hopefully not until at least the fourth week after giving birth!" she says.

As for any unpleasant side effects, Ceallaigh, who’s assisted in more than 100 natural births, says odor is not a problem, at least for the first day. "There’s a slight musky smell the second and third day. After the cord breaks, some mothers like to keep the wrapped placenta in a special place in their bedroom, and if it has not had a salt or herbal treatment and its cloth isn’t changed, it will start to smell gamey, indeed. But the kind of terrible, stinky, decayed smell that some fear is a non-issue when proper procedures are followed. The only time that sort of thing happens is if the placenta is wrapped in a plastic wrap or sealed in a Tupperware container— that is a whole other situation, and not a good one, as the placenta will rot before it dries."

Easily the grossest thing I've heard all week.
Full article; http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/crazy-new-trend--lotus-birth-192556931.html

 

[JewelFreak]

OH ICK! What will somebody come up with next? That's enough to put you off having babies. Where's the Barf emotie?

--- Laurie

 

[Amber St. Clare]

My neighbor had to have a new sewer pipe. Her front lawn had to be dug up and her sidewalk had to be destroyed. The workers put a large plank of plywood over the dug up side walk during the work.

We have a LOT of small dog owners/walkers in out neighborhood--I see most of them because I am in my kitchen while I am on my computer. I happened to look up and saw my neighbor, the General Contractor and one of the dog walkers in a heated conversation. I KNEW Barb would call me with the happening--and this is what the dog walker was complaining about: His daschund {SP?} apparently DOESN"T LIKE walking on plywood and was OUTRAGED that the sidewalk had been dug up with no warning. REALLY DUDE--your dog talks to you and told you that. How about oh, I don't know CHANGING TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET if she is so dainty and delicate?

Of course, I couldn't leave well enough alone, because later in the day when I saw them out for another walk I went out and said "I hear you have a talking dog!! How exciting! Will she talk to me?" Dead silence and if looks could kill I wouldn't be typing this STUPID happening.

 

[Snowy]

honestly one of the stupidest things that the media (entertainment) continues to report about is Octomom. I stay clear away anytime I see anything to do with her.

 

[minousbijoux]

Parenting Article from Yahoo

Why I Don't Want My Kids to Call Me Mom

"That's so weird, why doesn't your son just call you Mom?" I respond like I always do, with the truth. I kind of dig it, actually.

Here's the deal. My middle son doesn't call me "Eva" because that's pretty darn disrespectful. Instead, my son calls me "Ms. Eva" and he does it in the most respectful and affectionate way. And you know what? I love it. Here's why:

1. If the kids start acting up, I always say "Now what's your mom going to say about that?"
2. It makes me feel young and free, like a twenty-something European au pair. I can roll my eyes and say "I just can't wait to get off of work tonight" and really mean it.
3. I can make irresponsible choices like give them ice cream at the park before dinner.
4. They can eat Doritos and Cheetos without any guilt on my part whatsoever. Their Mom packed them organic fruits and veggies, but Ms. Eva lets them eat junk.
5. There is never any confusion when multiple kids start screaming "Mom."

All in all, Ms. Eva rocks. She's not anything like Mom. Mom is responsible, authoritative and boring. Blah


Oh, lord, this is sooooo STUPID. Just because you pretend you're not the Mom, doesn't mean you're NOT THE MOM!

 

[minousbijoux]

My neighbor had to have a new sewer pipe. Her front lawn had to be dug up and her sidewalk had to be destroyed. The workers put a large plank of plywood over the dug up side walk during the work.

We have a LOT of small dog owners/walkers in out neighborhood--I see most of them because I am in my kitchen while I am on my computer. I happened to look up and saw my neighbor, the General Contractor and one of the dog walkers in a heated conversation. I KNEW Barb would call me with the happening--and this is what the dog walker was complaining about: His daschund {SP?} apparently DOESN"T LIKE walking on plywood and was OUTRAGED that the sidewalk had been dug up with no warning. REALLY DUDE--your dog talks to you and told you that. How about oh, I don't know CHANGING TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET if she is so dainty and delicate?

Of course, I couldn't leave well enough alone, because later in the day when I saw them out for another walk I went out and said "I hear you have a talking dog!! How exciting! Will she talk to me?" Dead silence and if looks could kill I wouldn't be typing this STUPID happening.

Oh, Amber, now I want to meet you! You have chutzpah! Its amazing when animal owners are such simps that they have to "project" it on to their animals because they don't have the courage to speak up themselves. The poor dachshund; he probably loves the hole!

 

[minousbijoux]

My pet peeve? That this stuff surrounds us and that I don't have enough willpower to Shut. It. Down. I hate cable tv (we have it for the soccer channels for my son but they only sell it bundled so we get all the dreck too). But who turns it on? Yep. Gotta stop. And who, when reading the news, doesn't skip over the entertainment news? Yep. And who, right now, is taking up more time obsessing about this stuff and writing about it? Yep. I don't pick up the weekly dish rags at the checkout counter, but its a slippery slope and I'm sliding down...

Must cut it all off. I've heard of these things - they're not that common - called books. I want to try them.

 

[Amber St. Clare]

My neighbor had to have a new sewer pipe. Her front lawn had to be dug up and her sidewalk had to be destroyed. The workers put a large plank of plywood over the dug up side walk during the work.

We have a LOT of small dog owners/walkers in out neighborhood--I see most of them because I am in my kitchen while I am on my computer. I happened to look up and saw my neighbor, the General Contractor and one of the dog walkers in a heated conversation. I KNEW Barb would call me with the happening--and this is what the dog walker was complaining about: His daschund {SP?} apparently DOESN"T LIKE walking on plywood and was OUTRAGED that the sidewalk had been dug up with no warning. REALLY DUDE--your dog talks to you and told you that. How about oh, I don't know CHANGING TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET if she is so dainty and delicate?

Of course, I couldn't leave well enough alone, because later in the day when I saw them out for another walk I went out and said "I hear you have a talking dog!! How exciting! Will she talk to me?" Dead silence and if looks could kill I wouldn't be typing this STUPID happening.

Oh, Amber, now I want to meet you! You have chutzpah! Its amazing when animal owners are such simps that they have to "project" it on to their animals because they don't have the courage to speak up themselves. The poor dachshund; he probably loves the hole!

Well, actually my husband calls it something south of complimentary, but I'd like to meet you, as well. Perhaps we can convince the dog to speak to us. {I am like a dog with a bone --if you will forgive the comparison-- this was just so ridiculous and I'm so bored I could really run with it......... Fund raisers? Carnival attractions? Possibly a new career for me!! DOG MANAGEMENT!}

 

[minousbijoux]

My neighbor had to have a new sewer pipe. Her front lawn had to be dug up and her sidewalk had to be destroyed. The workers put a large plank of plywood over the dug up side walk during the work.

We have a LOT of small dog owners/walkers in out neighborhood--I see most of them because I am in my kitchen while I am on my computer. I happened to look up and saw my neighbor, the General Contractor and one of the dog walkers in a heated conversation. I KNEW Barb would call me with the happening--and this is what the dog walker was complaining about: His daschund {SP?} apparently DOESN"T LIKE walking on plywood and was OUTRAGED that the sidewalk had been dug up with no warning. REALLY DUDE--your dog talks to you and told you that. How about oh, I don't know CHANGING TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET if she is so dainty and delicate?

Of course, I couldn't leave well enough alone, because later in the day when I saw them out for another walk I went out and said "I hear you have a talking dog!! How exciting! Will she talk to me?" Dead silence and if looks could kill I wouldn't be typing this STUPID happening.

Oh, Amber, now I want to meet you! You have chutzpah! Its amazing when animal owners are such simps that they have to "project" it on to their animals because they don't have the courage to speak up themselves. The poor dachshund; he probably loves the hole!

Well, actually my husband calls it something south of complimentary, but I'd like to meet you, as well. Perhaps we can convince the dog to speak to us. {I am like a dog with a bone --if you will forgive the comparison-- this was just so ridiculous and I'm so bored I could really run with it......... Fund raisers? Carnival attractions? Possibly a new career for me!! DOG MANAGEMENT!}

Dog whisperer. "Actually, you're dog told me he LIKES the construction..."

 

[JewelFreak]

"Actually, you're dog told me he LIKES the construction..."

He does! He wants to get in that hole & roll around in the dirt. He told his owner, "Hey, a dirty dog is a HAPPY dog!" That's really why she's mad.

Minou, I'm not as aware as you are. I never listen to or read entertainment -- Hollywood, etc. -- news. When there's a big fuss over somebody getting divorced, pregnant, or winning some award, DH & I look at each other & wonder, "Who dat?" I feel like a dinosaur but generally don't care. My biggest comeuppance was when I went into a Used Music store & looked through the Oldies bin -- I'd never heard of almost every performer in it. Oh boy, I thought, as I picked up my cane & hobbled to my buggy.

--- Laurie

 

[minousbijoux]

"Actually, you're dog told me he LIKES the construction..."

He does! He wants to get in that hole & roll around in the dirt. He told his owner, "Hey, a dirty dog is a HAPPY dog!" That's really why she's mad.

Minou, I'm not as aware as you are. I never listen to or read entertainment -- Hollywood, etc. -- news. When there's a big fuss over somebody getting divorced, pregnant, or winning some award, DH & I look at each other & wonder, "Who dat?" I feel like a dinosaur but generally don't care. My biggest comeuppance was when I went into a Used Music store & looked through the Oldies bin -- I'd never heard of almost every performer in it. Oh boy, I thought, as I picked up my cane & hobbled to my buggy.

--- Laurie

This is a nice way of saying that you use your time in an efficient way! I wish I did too. Although to be perfectly honest, I have no idea who people are either! Okay, I DO know who Kim Kardashian is.

 

[JewelFreak]

So do I & wish I didn't. Talk about stupid! Even outta touch dopes like me know who she is -- a woman who has demonstrated one talent: self-promotion & who has not done a single constructive deed in her life, that I know of!

--- Laurie

P.S. "Efficient" hasn't described me for many a century -- I won the Nobel Prize for Procrastination.

 

[iLander]

STUPID and TRAGIC

2nd child of Pa. couple dies after only praying
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A couple serving probation for the 2009 death of their toddler after they turned to prayer instead of a doctor could face new charges now that another son has died.

Herbert and Catherine Schaible belong to a fundamentalist Christian church that believes in faith healing. They lost their 8-month-old son, Brandon, last week after he suffered from diarrhea and breathing problems for at least a week, and stopped eating. Four years ago, another son died from bacterial pneumonia.

A jury convicted the Schaibles of involuntary manslaughter in the January 2009 death of their 2-year-old son, Kent. The boy's symptoms had included coughing, congestion, crankiness and a loss of appetite. His parents said he was eating and drinking until the last day, and they had thought he was getting better.

The Schaibles were sentenced to 10 years' probation.

Prosecutors on Monday sought to have the couple jailed, but Lerner permitted them to remain free because their seven other children had been placed in foster care.

Herbert Schaible, 44, and his 43-year-old wife grew up in the First Century Gospel Church in northeast Philadelphia and have served as teachers there. The church's website has a sermon titled "Healing — From God or Medicine?" that quotes Bible verses purportedly forbidding Christians from visiting doctors or taking medicine.

If "freedom of religion" kills another person, how is that not murder?

 

[JewelFreak]

Honey, it's not freedom of religion that killed the kid. It's stupidity. Pure, plain & simple. You can't legislate stupidity out of existence, more's the pity.


Steam coming out of my ears if they pass internet taxes!! B&M stores have wanted this forever. "Oh, it will make things more fair," says Congress. How? Then you have to pay tax AND shipping -- watch internet sales go halfway down the tubes.

Get the feeling you can't take a breath without being TAXED for it???

--- Laurie

 

[missy]

Honey, it's not freedom of religion that killed the kid. It's stupidity. Pure, plain & simple. You can't legislate stupidity out of existence, more's the pity.


Steam coming out of my ears if they pass internet taxes!! B&M stores have wanted this forever. "Oh, it will make things more fair," says Congress. How? Then you have to pay tax AND shipping -- watch internet sales go halfway down the tubes.

Get the feeling you can't take a breath without being TAXED for it???

--- Laurie

Totally. I still don't understand why we're taxed on our income and then taxed again on purchases we're making with the income we were already taxed on. That's double and in some cases triple etc taxation. I just don't like it. It's eating into my bling money darn it!

And I second your sentiment on stupidity. If only we could legislate that out of existence what a lovely place this world could be.

 

[manderz]

Honey, it's not freedom of religion that killed the kid. It's stupidity. Pure, plain & simple. You can't legislate stupidity out of existence, more's the pity.


Steam coming out of my ears if they pass internet taxes!! B&M stores have wanted this forever. "Oh, it will make things more fair," says Congress. How? Then you have to pay tax AND shipping -- watch internet sales go halfway down the tubes.

Get the feeling you can't take a breath without being TAXED for it???

--- Laurie

Totally. I still don't understand why we're taxed on our income and then taxed again on purchases we're making with the income we were already taxed on. That's double and in some cases triple etc taxation. I just don't like it. It's eating into my bling money darn it!

And I second your sentiment on stupidity. If only we could legislate that out of existence what a lovely place this world could be.

What I don't get is paying taxes on a USED car. If it's used, someone already bought it, and the gov't already got the money for the taxes the first go-round. How does it possibly make sense to make money off of something you've already made money on?

 

[JewelFreak]

Some states get you yet again, Manderz. When you move there you have to pay a tax on the cars you bring with you. Neat, eh?

--- Laurie

 

[Dee*Jay]

In Missouri (and in some other states too, I think) you have to pay personal property tax on cars. Of course I learned this AFTER I bought Billy Ray. Fortunately I am back in Illinois, but I will still owe about FOUR GRAND to MO at the end of this year because I owned Billy Ray and resided in that state on Jan 1. NOW THAT'S JUST STUPID... And EXPENSIVE.

 

[amc80]

In Missouri (and in some other states too, I think) you have to pay personal property tax on cars. Of course I learned this AFTER I bought Billy Ray. Fortunately I am back in Illinois, but I will still owe about FOUR GRAND to MO at the end of this year because I owned Billy Ray and resided in that state on Jan 1. NOW THAT'S JUST STUPID... And EXPENSIVE.

In NV you have to pay sales tax on a used car if bought from a dealer. If you buy private party, no tax. Doesn't make sense.

 

[Dee*Jay]

I should add to my last post to make it clear that you have to pay personal property tax EVERY YEAR, and it's based on the market value of the car. EVERY DAMN YEAR. And what are they doing with all that tax money? No much, as far as I can tell!

 

[iLander]

I should add to my last post to make it clear that you have to pay personal property tax EVERY YEAR, and it's based on the market value of the car. EVERY DAMN YEAR. And what are they doing with all that tax money? No much, as far as I can tell!

Wait. . . is that on depreciated value? Does it go down each year? Did you check the value on KBB.com?

That's ridiculous!

Move down here! My state eliminated personal property tax a few years ago. It used to cover your stocks, bonds, etc. They also got rid of Tangible Property Tax for business equipment. I thought it was bizarre, I bet they regret it now. . .

 

[manderz]

In Missouri (and in some other states too, I think) you have to pay personal property tax on cars. Of course I learned this AFTER I bought Billy Ray. Fortunately I am back in Illinois, but I will still owe about FOUR GRAND to MO at the end of this year because I owned Billy Ray and resided in that state on Jan 1. NOW THAT'S JUST STUPID... And EXPENSIVE.

In NV you have to pay sales tax on a used car if bought from a dealer. If you buy private party, no tax. Doesn't make sense.

Same in NY, but you have to pay it even if you buy it private party.

 

[vintagelover229]

Oh, LORD, this is stupid!

New Trend: The Lotus Birth
Cutting a newborn's umbilical cord is a routine procedure, but a practice called the "Lotus Birth" teaches that doing so can be bad for babies. It entails leaving the cord attached to a baby and carrying the connected placenta in a container until the cord falls off on its own.

Mary Ceallaigh, 47, an Austin, Texas based Lotus Birth advocate told the New York Post that after carrying the placenta for about three days, the cord (which can also be wrapped in silk or a cotton ribbon) will naturally fall off. "No mother would be running errands during that time anyway...hopefully not until at least the fourth week after giving birth!" she says.

As for any unpleasant side effects, Ceallaigh, who’s assisted in more than 100 natural births, says odor is not a problem, at least for the first day. "There’s a slight musky smell the second and third day. After the cord breaks, some mothers like to keep the wrapped placenta in a special place in their bedroom, and if it has not had a salt or herbal treatment and its cloth isn’t changed, it will start to smell gamey, indeed. But the kind of terrible, stinky, decayed smell that some fear is a non-issue when proper procedures are followed. The only time that sort of thing happens is if the placenta is wrapped in a plastic wrap or sealed in a Tupperware container— that is a whole other situation, and not a good one, as the placenta will rot before it dries."

Easily the grossest thing I've heard all week.
Full article; http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/crazy-new-trend--lotus-birth-192556931.html

Ilander I just wanted to chime in here since I did a "partial" lotus birth. I delayed chord clamping until the chord was white and flat and all the blood/nutrients from the placenta had gone into the baby. It was about an hour and we wrapped it in a blue cotton hospital pad after I birthed the placenta. A local hospital even delays it by 2 minutes since the scientific evidence shows that it has such great benefits (something like the baby gets 30% more blood which reduces the risk of low iron among other things) here is a good article to read.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070816193328.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101110191459.htm

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/708616_3


Leaving it on until it falls off and rotting is a bit much IMO but I will tell you when we finally cut our chord (no clamping required) there was no blood at all and it came off at 10 days old (which is pretty normal from what I hear).

 

[iLander]

Oh, I'm with you on that VintageLover. A couple of hours to clamp the cord seems perfectly fine to me. I had midwives at both my births, no doctors, no painkillers.

But carrying around the whole placenta for several days? No thanks!