Click here, read the story, and watch the videos. Do you think what happened to that boy was purely accidental? Unintentional? Yes. Careless? It was beyond careless. In my opinion it was negligent. What was his father — a medical doctor who runs a trauma center! — thinking? Why are so many gun lovers so appallingly, incredibly stupid?? Which makes them, by the way, extremely dangerous.
Connections
A funny coincidence came up when talking to CBS News about the 48 Hours|Mystery installment that just aired. I learned that the daughter of one of my father’s cousins is married to the nephew of CBS News veteran Morley Safer. This is her in September with Ron Howard, before he shaved for his video endorsing Barack Obama.
Our Confused Clock
Do you have a radio controlled clock that receives the shortwave signal from the atomic clock in Colorado? Eric has a digital model in his room, but the analog “atomic clock” in the kitchen is old enough that it doesn’t know about the change in dates between Standard and Daylight Savings time. So Sunday morning it had fallen back. I switched the time zone setting to force it ahead by one hour. Because it’s an analog clock, this is how it’s done. Looks like a time-elapse effect from an old movie
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That’s my theme
OK, one more try with the updated theme. The last time I published something with this theme enabled, when the page rendered, WordPress lost contact with the database. If it happens again I’ll say something pithy and clever like, “S**T!
That’s my bank
Bank of America in Charlotte, NC, started out in San Francisco as the Bank of Italy in San Francisco. I became a BOA customer after it acquired Fleet, which was an OK bank that previously had acquired BankBoston, a terribly run outfit.
Ten years ago, a totally incompetent underwriter at BankBoston, who never answered any of my phone calls, made my life miserable. So I was glad to see them go. Our checking and savings accounts are at BOA, but everything else is at an excellent local institution, Middlesex Savings Bank.
Anyway, last week 60 Minutes on CBS had a profile of BOA and chatted with its CEO, Ken Lewis, who says some things worth hearing.
TONIGHT! 48 Hours|Mystery
REMINDER! Watch 48 Hours|Mystery tonight at 10pm ET, on CBS.