Cute fix/familicide
Kent R. said soon I'd be getting into hamster towels and sinks and all kinds of other bathroom accessories. I can't find any of that, but in looking, I did discover the Sanrio character Coro Coro the hamster. Pictured is a drawstring pouch with an image of the sweet thing.
In less cheerful news, EVS sent this fascinating article about familicide -- when the member of one family takes the lives of all the others. Though it's tempting to draw conclusions from murder-suicides, some experts fear making generalizations. From the San Francisco Chronicle:
Levinson said a homicide-suicide scenario within a family is uncommon because most people who are capable of homicide won't kill themselves, and the majority of people who commit suicide are not homicidal.
