Today I want to share with you the story of a man who was tragically killed while shielding his daughter from a car that had jumped the curb and was headed straight toward him.
Joseph Richardson was taking his 4-year old daughter Kaniyah for a walk near their Chicago home when a car (whose driver was under the influence of a controlled substance) jumped the curb and veered directly into their path. Most people’s first instinct would be to jump out of the way…but Richardson instead grabbed his daughter and shielded her from the oncoming car.
Tragically he was killed on site, but though his little girl sustained injuries she did survive. This man is a hero and I have nothing but respect for him. At the same time my heart goes out to the little girl who not only has to grow up without her daddy…but she had to see him die right in front of her.
As a parent these kinds of stories go right through me.
My buddy sent me this link today and I seriously thought it was a joke. I assumed it was an old Saturday Night Live bit or just a well-produced YouTube video. But it turns out to be real.
It’s called a Tiddy Bear. The commercial is great because you know this was invented by a couple of pervs who wanted to keep saying Titty on tv. Is it a coincidence that most of the women demonstrating the Tiddy Bear have a nice size chest? Or is just that large-breasted women are more prone to seat belt trauma?
PS - special thanks to Caroline Middlebrook for pointing out the plugin to embed YouTube clips into a blog. I had a hell of a time getting it to look right before I found her blog.
Strange name for a blog? It popped into my head when looking at a drawing of a rather confused looking monkey on the internet. I found the idea funny, so there ya go.
I’m not sure what this blog is gonna be about yet. Haven’t even picked a theme yet. I’m just gonna roll with it and see where it goes.
You can expect a lot of random observations and crap like that. I expect some of the categories to be about movies, working life, tv, and anything else that catches my eye.
That’s all for now…no one reads this first post anyway, right?
