The news that grabbed my attention this week was the story about a German couple who placed an ad on E-Bay, offering their baby for sale! The couple now claims it was a “joke” but the baby has been placed in protective custody. The ad was only on “the air” for two hours before Ebay removed the ad, and no offers had been placed during those two hours. When Ebay removed the ad they assisted the police track down the couple. The ad claimed that the baby was being sold because it was “too loud.”
I have to say that this is another case where I think these people are NUTS! I’m glad that the baby was placed in protective custody and I hope the parents never get it back! And I hope that the parents are locked up for a very long time. This is a case when I think that the courts out to have the right to force sterilization on people, because in my own opinion people like this should never be allowed to have children again!
The Author of this post is Darius Boone
Every summer I like to take my family to the A Maze’n Farmyard in Eden Valley, Minnesota. It is a day trip that we all look forward to each summer. I pile everyone into the car, pack some snacks, and start our trip. Before I leave I make sure I set my security choice alarm system in my house. Our destination is only an hour’s drive from our house. Everyone enjoys the day, from my youngest toddler to my teenager.
When we get to the A Maze’n Farmyard, the highlight is the barn where the smaller animals are kept. The children can enter the pens to pet the animals. They have a variety of animals, from kittens and puppies to goats and pigs. After we pry the children away from the petting area, we head out to the maze to see how well we can find our way through the maze. The gigantic slide is also a big attraction. Occasionally we will play a game of mini-golf after we visit the animals.
After the children are tired of petting the animals and going down the slide, we usually get a small snack in the gift shop. They have a variety of snack foods so everyone can choose their favorite. At the end of the day, we pile back into the car and head home while the children tell us their favorite animals they saw at the A Maze’n Farmyard.
My wife has tried a lot of different types of vitamins in the past few years. She’s especially been interested in the “B” vitamins because she has heard that when someone has a lot of stress in their life that their body uses up a lot of the stored “B” vitamins. The problem that she has had, however, is that many of the ones that she has tried make her nauseous. We really don’t know how to deal with that issue!
I’ve been reading, and watching articles about the lions mane jellyfish that was responsible for stinging a lot of people in New Hampshire this past week. There are so many conflicting reports about that simple incident that it makes me wonder what is the truth of it all. Some reports say that the jellyfish was angry and stinging people. Others say that most of the people were stung after it was ashore and already dead. If it’s already dead, how angry can it be? Some reports say it washed ashore, others say that the life guards brought it ashore.
If our reporters can’t report the actual truth about something this mundane, how can we expect the truth about really important political issues?
My wife and I are so proud of our son J. He’s just graduated college and went straight into a really nice job, with only taking a two week break to find a place to live near work. He’s ended up sharing a luxury condo with a middle aged man who only lives there during the week. One of the things that impressed me about the place is the work-out room in the building that has a lot of different fitness equipment in it. It feels like a five star hotel!