Archive for July, 2007

Leaving kids to bake in the car

Monday, July 30th, 2007

And I don’t mean baking with their Easy-Bake Oven.

Apparently, this is still a problem (I thought I blogged about it a while ago, but can’t find it).  This SFGate article talks about the issue and includes tips so you don’t forget about your kid. Reading it, though, I have to wonder if the underlying cause of this problem is our crazy, multitasking lifestyle or simply… daycare.  Every example of accidental death cited was a parent forgetting to drop the kid off at daycare.

I could go on about how this article nicely summarizes so many underlying problems with our society, but I don’t have time.

Thanks for the link, Merlin.

I am a Bowling God

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

It’s true. Read it here. Don’t let the fact that Eileen is a fiction writer give you any funny thoughts.

Is Panasonic the new Sony?

Sunday, July 1st, 2007

Growing up, Sony was it.  They made the Walkman and good TVs.  Later in my life, I started to hear rumblings that Sony quality really wasn’t all that good.  More recently in my life, I’ve experienced poor quality first hand with a defective laptop, defective desktop computer (neither of them mine, thank God), a defective digital camera (covered under a recall, I hope), and two short-lived DVD players (kicking myself).So, now I’m looking for a replacement DVD player on the inexpensive side.  I’ve looked at online reviews at places like epinions.com and LG, Toshiba, and others are not getting good reviews.  However, one company is getting good reviews and that’s Panasonic.  I found the same thing when looking for a microwave a few months ago.Is Panasonic the way to go for my future gadget needs?