The Dangers of Cats that Smoke?

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/08/21/odd.tomandjerry.reut/index.html

This bothers me, and I don't know why.
I mean, its a cartoon about a cat and a mouse, in which the cat is often trying to maim, if not outright eat the mouse, which apparently nobody has a problem with.

But, you have that cat "smoking"....and suddenly its hurting the children.

Now, just as a bit of clarification, I do think that there is a lot of garbage that children are exposed to today that is harmful. The media is full of too much human on human violence, without any sort of context. Kids do see way too much sex and violence as children, and while it will not make them all into psycho killers, it does desensitize.

That being said, those images are of people. Not of two animated animals in a cartoon that is older then the parents of these children. Again, I point to the fact that Jerry can wallop Tom with a frying pan so that the cat's head leaves an impression, and that's ok, yet a obvioulsy cartoony "smoking as suave" joke raises the hackles???

I would think that if your child is imitating an animated cat from the 1950's, than you have more to worry about than Junior's smoking habit.

Of course, this could all just result from my brother trying to hit me in the head with a frying pan, to see if it would leave and indentation too.

Training Daze

So I learned yesterday that primer is my friend. I'm exhausted from doing home repair stuff Saturday and painting our den.

FYI, we are really going for Marshall University theme. It should look pretty cool. To be honest, I was really dreading working on this project, but the more I do, the more jazzed I get about the end result.

TodaY was training for new staff at work. I think we really have a great bunch of people.

*fingers Crossed*

...I need more coffee, or sleeep.

Chris Vs. The internet

Wow.

To anyone reading this, welcome. Thanks for stopping by. I hope this becomes a small part of the internet that hopefully offers something worth reading.

I mean, isn't that what we all are looking for. Not necessarily things we support or oppose, but things that interest us.

I have this dorky idea that I should do my best to learn something every day. Corny, why yes it is. However it hasn't stopped me from doing it, or from becoming a better person because of it.

Well, enough for now. Remember to take care of yourselves out there, somebody has too.