This is disgusting. [link]
I KNOW these things go on, but to learn the details is nauseating.

On the bright side; I did take one of my nature deprived neighbor children on a walk tonight. She is afraid of the dark, and I needed her to see and hear how wonderful it is. So I bundled her up and off we went for about a mile... we talked of stars, the galaxy, what its like to look up in the desert and other sparsley pollulated places, light pollution and the fact that there is nothing in the dark any scarier than in the light... maybe less so since so many things are asleep during that time. I showed her the few constellations we can see with all the surburbian light around us, and showed her a dying star and how we know thats what it is... we also discussed the fact that there is no need to HATE what we are afraid of or don't understand. Nor do we have to make all our opinions based off of those around us. We should learn and make our own choices. Sure most of this went over her head, but I am always trying to plant seeds.

So now I sit outside in the cold quiet watching the cat dance with a moth... ew, wait... it might not be a moth... dammit. She caught something... gotta try to rescue it!