I haven't posted in a while, but I found this story and found it mildly interesting, it's about some mom who posted a picture of her crying kids on Ebay. Why Ebay? Because she was selling off their favorite toys.
Apparently these kids had a collection of Beyblades, these toys like are bascially like tops, and they were using a bathtub in thier house as a arena for them. An image search on Bing gave me this:
So this mom freaked out when she realised that they had damaged the bathtub, breaking off the soap dish, scraping the enamel and even knocking a piece of the tub out. I have to say, I think these children just might be the beyblade kings, as I'm not sure how they managed to break off a "chunk" out of the tub. ANYWAYS, she "solves" the problem by posting a listing on ebay for their beyblades to pay for the repairs. Here's the actual description:
"We are selling 8 Beyblades, 2 of them light up. As you can tell they are not happy about this! They have been using their bathtub as a 'battle arena' and Beyblades+Bathtub = Destruction!!!! With the metal ones they have managed to scrape the enamel off of the tub, take a chunk of tub out and break off the soap holder. SO if you'win' this auction, DON'T play with in a bathtub!!!! We have received a quote of $500.00 to replace the tub, some tile and soap holder + labor of course! They had approximately $125.67 in their piggy banks that will be going to toward the cost. We will use the profit from this auction towards the balance and then it is onto other toys! Good Luck bidding!!! Paypal only"
And of course, the actual picture itself:
Maybe I'm a softie, but I think this lady needs to get a grip. Obviously, she buys a lot of expensive toys for her kids so she doesn't have to watch them much and then cries foul when they do things kids always have and will always do: destroy things. I think it definitely sets the stage for kids to think "this is how you deal with problems" instead of direct communication and compromise. This is the kind of thing you have little "family meetings" about, not publicly humilating them like this. In that facebook movie, that ex-gf of Zuckerburg remarked that when 'you post something online, it's written in ink, not pencil' and a lot of memes have been made, including one made to have the bag filled with sex toys, which I don't think I can post here, but heres a couple:
Good job, mom.
Right now, there's a lot of talk going on about the protests and civil uprisings in Libya and how the President, Muammar Gaddafi is "controlling" the situation. I'm using control in the loosest of terms possible, because what he's really doing is imposing a really messed up form of martial law. In his case, bascially his troops are under orders to shoot protestors. Unfortunately, really no one likes him in Libya (or anywhere else, for that matter) and we're all holding our breath to see what he does when he realizes he cannot commit mass murder of his country.Aside from that I just wanted to comment on Gaddafi's all-female personal guard.
I mentioned before that Gaddafi is relying on his army right now to take care of the protestors, but I really need to stress that this guy really, REALLY depends on his armed forces like crazy. His personal guard is made of entirely of young women, as per special request by Mr. Presidente.
The strange part? They all have to be virgins. Once it's confirmed they are virgins, they go through extensive and extreme training in martial arts, firearms and combat. When they pass these, which only a few will, Gaddafi hand picks a few and they are officially a part of his guard, for life. The life part is true, they swear to stay by his side forever, they literally do not leave him day or night. He also claims they are still virgins, but there is always talk of him demanding sexual favors of them. These soldiers have a single goal- not to protect the country (have you not gotten a feel for this guy yet?!) but to protect Gaddafi at all costs, including their own lives and the lives of ordinary citizens. Another interesting fact is the women have to wear make-up, style their hair and wear nail polish at all times and their uniforms sometimes consist of heels.
To really put in perspective how dedicated to the job these guards are, one woman took a bullet for him during a assasination attempt and did in fact, die. She was rumored to be Gaddafi's "favorite" guard and he went on to name his daughter after her.
