it just shows you what you can find in History

Thought the vuvuzuela was a new wonder/pest/plague (depending on your point of view) suddenly loosed upon an unsuspecting world?

Think again! The learned ethelfleda demonstrates that, like bagpipes, these instruments of music have also been tools of war for centuries!

two things

( Sports Night love )

parenthood isn't all about good stuff

And while there's fun and sentiment and heart-warming stuff, there's also this, which redactrice shared with me today.

Virginia student's fatal stabbing leaves Fairfax police with no suspect or motive

This happened literally just around the corner from where we used to live. What makes it truly horrible is that "[the victim's mother] is a single mother 'who gave her everything. She worked night and day," her cousin To said. The family is struggling to pay for a funeral, and friends collected donations at the vigil.'"

I'm sure it's not the first or that last parent here or elsewhere to lose a child inexplicably and horribly and then on top of their loss be stuck with the hugely impossible cost of a funeral, but I know I'll be sending a check to the memorial fund.