lazydad:

We had an ordinary Saturday and I spent most of the day avoiding the news. Unfortunately, I happened to be watching when the names of the victims were disclosed, and the fact that all of the kids who were so brutally murdered were 6 and 7 years old really hit me hard.

There’s been so much chatter about the killer and what his motivations might have been and whether or not he was mentally ill, and frankly, who gives a shit? Does mental illness excuse what he did? If a motive was ever discovered, would it explain anything? Why is the media spending so much time saying his name? How is it even relevant anymore? I’m sure the killer is somewhere in Hell reveling in all of the attention that he so obviously wanted.

When terrible events like this happen, the inevitable third or fourth thought that goes through my head is, I hope the killer isn’t a person of color. Because if the killer was black or brown or yellow (anything but white), then pundits would be wringing their hands about thugs or terrorists or calculating murderers, yammering on and on about a culture of violence that’s not within the “mainstream.”

Because when a person of color does something heinous, the reflexive response of (some) people is to suddenly make all communities of color suspect. Meanwhile, if the perpetrator is a white male, there’s never a word about how white male violence could be a factor.

We live in a sick, sad world.

stehnatee:

My latest case wallpaper :)

I’m too lazy to try to upload this on this account so I’m just gonna take the lazy way out and reblog it.

I love the idea of skin cases but I like to keep my pictures updated because I change my mind like every other week of what picture I want to use, I take that many. Instead of paying $20 plus every time, I just bought a clear case for my 4s and cut out whatever picture I want. 

This time, it’s actually two pictures with the ugly line of separation hidden by a lovely quote. I showed Hubby and he didn’t like it, he said it’s a mean thing to say because it’s disregarding the love between a man and a woman (or man and man, or woman and woman; we’re both supporters of LGBT, he just used man/woman for his explaination). 

“But that’s not why I chose it. To me, it’s simply saying that the love between two lovers can suddenly end but who’s ever heard of a woman suddenly not loving her child?”

Okay, that was paraphrased a lot but you get the point.

operation-getfit:

If you’ve ever wondered what the “junk” level in your water is, the Zero Water system just showed you… My uncle is a professional strength trainer and recommends it to everyone he can. We just it ours and with the first glass, I could taste the difference.

You can get it at Bed, Bath & Beyond and it’s a little pricey ($35/$40 depending on which size you get) but as you can see, it’s worth! Your body will thank you.

For our snow globe, we opted for a generally festive theme, but if you want mini snow flurries in your globe, find icy-colored glitter and snowflake confetti to create those whorls of white. Snow globes are also great ways to capture memories — fill a globe with a souvenir from a recent trip to create a travel-themed globe, or locate an inside joke-ridden childhood trinket to make a globe for a friend. The possibilities are endless!

Interested in putting in an order or checking out some of the product pictures? Click here to be redirected to the page :D

As you can see, Halloween out in Okinawa and California went well, with the exception of the kids conspiring about a good picture of course.

How was your Halloween? What did your little one(s) dress up as?

lazydad:

Are you tired of all the talk about killing off firing Big Bird, sorting through binders full of women, and whether or not our national defense needs more horses and bayonets? Yeah, me too.

Here’s an election that everyone can get behind: cast your vote for Bark Obama or Mutt Romney at Bark the Vote 2012! You can also upload pics of your very own Presidential Pooch! It’s fun! And every vote contributes 25 cents to the Liberty Human Humane Society!

parenting:

Don’t worry, Momma.