posted May 04, 2009 10:24 AM            

I've read other people comment on how attractive the people at LL are, and I am definitely believing it....an unusual proportion of attractive people.

posted May 10, 2009 03:06 PM            

Anyway, thank you all for replying and all the great posts! They are super nice to wake up to on a Mother's Day!

It is weird finding a different ascendent. I thought that that Leo rising appearance descriptions always fit me really well. Long, think hair. Large, round head. Taller than average, etc.

I'm not sure that the Leo rising personality traits fit me as well as the appearance did.

posted May 11, 2009 12:06 AM            

I think I have more to worry about in my neighborhood, building, local mall than from someone on a message board in Iowa.

Kids are more likely to be molested, kid napped and other unmentionables by members of their own familes or people in their schools and the paranoia about posting a picture of a child on the internet is actually greatly exaggerated.

"Pedophiles are opportunists. While they may have preferences as to the way a child looks, the children they molest are based on the ones they have an opportunity to be around. And yes, nearly every pedophile is around children every day. We catch less than one percent of them, and they exist in a population well into the millions, likely into the tens of millions in the United States alone. Our organization has recently come up with mathematical equations based on the most widely accepted numbers, indicating that around one in every 20-30 adults has active pedophile tendencies.

This fear of a pedophile finding your child’s picture online, and then stalking your child for evil purposes, is nothing more than an urban legend. It has never happened, nor is it likely to in the future. It is simply not how they work. They do not need to go through elaborate heists to get children. Most are around kids every day. Even the ones who aren't and might consider an abduction, are going to search for the easiest victim. They will pick one out based on their geographic location, not go through great lengths to try and find and stalk a child's picture they saw on the internet.

While the fear parents have about this may be real, it is unfounded."

I imagine the danger in posting pictures is if your child was the one posting online as himself/herself and posting pictures of himself/herself and opening themselves open to predators contacting him/her online.

Being that I am his mother and he doesn't post online AT ALL and doesn't even have email - this is not an issue.

posted May 11, 2009 09:23 AM            

It was Hunter's first Renn Faire! He really got into the spirit of it though I couldn't convince him that it would be a good idea next year to dress him up in the traditional garb.

posted May 17, 2009 01:55 PM            

My living room after Saturday morning cleaning!

Ditto for kitchen.

Swim lessons.

My roommate May being difficult.

Off to the marina!

posted May 17, 2009 01:58 PM            

Goofy picture of me.

mmmm steak