So on my way to work this morning, the idea of blogging about how my dog woke me up three times last night to turn on a thunderous outpouring of liquid duece seemed like a great topic. You know, go on and on about the joys of owning a puppy but talk about how he does things like getting in to the bathroom trash to chew on Zeus knows what (use your imagination here). Following said chewing of course the madness of doggie diarrhea ensues. And of course once he's done it once you know you have to wake up to let him out when he whines because if you don't, well, we just don't need to go there.
However, while listening to Howard Stern (as I typically do on the way to work these days - bless Sirius and all satellite radio)I heard about young Blake Peebles, the 16 year old kid whose parents allowed him to drop out of high school to pursue a career in professional gaming playing Guitar Hero (Google). Now this story broke some time in July so I'm late but hear me out.
Parents any more (or at least it seems to me) are coming issued out of the box with a fundamental flaw. They love the idea of being a parent, but they want nothing to do with raising a kid. Another great example is that of babysitter Arielle Smith of Harvey, LA. She put a five month old baby in a dryer and turned it on because the baby was allegedly getting in the way of her TV watching. Now she too is of course a mother. As reported by the Dallas Morning News Crime Blog:
Nineteen-year-old Arielle Smith, of Harvey, La., near New Orleans, is facing murder charges for putting 5-month-old Andre Jenkins in a dryer and locking his 18-month-old brother and her 1-year-old son in another room.
The baby was in the hot dryer for at least three minutes and received skull fractures and burns, according to authorities.
Initially, the teen said the baby was burned by scalding water. She then admitted putting the baby in the dryer during a hide and seek game, but blamed her 1-year-old son for turning it on.
"Pressed further by detectives," the Times-Picayune reports, the teen said the children were "rambunctious and interfering with her television show."
After pulling the unresponsive child out, she called her boyfriend and the baby's mother before dialing 911, the paper says.
Of course then the saga continues and she admits to the TV thing and turning it on. Really? This is ridiculous. People that aren't ready to raise children need to stop having them. And don't even get me started on religious reasons for not using contraception. Those poor kids won't even have a chance so just stop having sex. I call for reform! Maybe Obama can help to pass a bill requiring a thorough examination of any two people hoping to conceive.
Now that I'm off of my soapbox, I'm pumped to go to band practice tonight. I feel a renewed energy with them. Come to thin
k of it, I'm feeling a renewed energy for a lot of things. I'll leave you with a picture.It's of my new guitar. Yeah I bought an Epiphone. It still plays like a dream. Finish. Honey Burst. Mmmmmmm....Honey. Love that thing!
-Mike the Ryan
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ReplyDeleteOh, Howard Stern. You know, after you mentioned it, I do recall reading about some kid who had been allowed to quit school to pursue a career in professional gaming a while ago. Almost guaranteed it was through Digg. I just didn't remember the game or age. My reaction is still the same, though...
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