Good babysitters are hard to find

nospam@example.com (Biren) — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:28:00 -0600

SYRACUSE, N.Y. --A 20-year-old Syracuse woman who left children in her care to go pose for nude photos is facing several charges of endangering the welfare of a child.

Police say Michelle Rendino was supposed to be watching four young girls yesterday when she left them alone and went into the woods near Syracuse's Inner Harbor to have a man take nude photos of her.

A man fishing saw the children crying and called police. When police arrived, the oldest girl -- a six-year-old -- told police that "Aunt Michelle" went into the woods to take "nasty pictures."

Rendino says she asked the man to take nude photos of her so she could get back at her ex-boyfriend.

The children were returned safely to their mother.
[via Boston.com]

This is why we don't want to leave our kids in the care of "strangers". What possessed her to have these pictures taken right then? She couldn't wait 'til she wasn't in charge of little children? More power to her for getting back at an ex that may have screwed her over¹, but be responsible man! Do it on your own time!

¹ Unless she's completely insane, which is quite possible based on her actions, and her "revenge" is unwarranted

What's for dinner tonight? Roast Placenta...

nospam@example.com (Biren) — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:33:00 -0600

LAS VEGAS --A woman has won a court fight to keep the placenta after her daughter's birth. She had planned to grind it up and ingest it as a way to fight postpartum depression, but now plans to bury it.
[via Boston.com]

Uhhhhh, what? She was going to "grind it up and ingest it"?!!!! INGEST IT?! Folks, that means eat it. She was going to EAT IT.

I put on my Google hat, and found out that apparently some people believe that eating the placenta helps with post-natal depression. Why people get depressed after giving birth was not part of my research, perhaps I'll look into that later... but for now, back to eating placentas... In addition to the depression, it supposedly helps shrink the uterus back to it's "normal" size. I also learned that placentophagy can be quite common in the animal kingdom.

Although it doesn't seem to be that common a practice among humans, it's quite surprising to me that anyone does it. I'm pretty sure, in this day and age of modern medicine, there's no need to eat one's own placenta. If you're suffering from post-natal depression or feel your uterus isn't returning to it's normal size quickly enough, I'm sure there's a pill you can take... and I'm not talking about a pill filled with ground up, dried placenta. I have images of what a placenta looks like, and it ain't a pretty picture... not appetizing in the least. What possessed anyone to ever do this in the first place is beyond me. To each his own I guess.

For those wondering whether Kris will eat her placentas, the answer is a resounding no. She will most certainly NOT be eating her placentas. She might, however, eat a grilled chicken sandwich from Wendy's. I'm not sure. In any case, for anyone looking for a good roast placenta recipe, check out this web site.

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Good babysitters are hard to find

What's for dinner tonight? Roast Placenta...