Excuse me for a moment while I rant about stupidity.

Noah has a Bumbo. For those of you who don't have munchkins around, a Bumbo is a high-backed, sealed sort of foam seat that helps babies sit up by themselves before they would normally be able to and then provides a comfy seat for them after they can sit up on their own. It's got a little saddlehorn sort of thing that comes up between their legs for support, and a high back. Grams got Noah his, and we love it.

Now the maker has issued a recall of sorts, to give people stickers to put on their seats saying never to leave a baby alone in one. There have been 24 reports of babies being injured falling out of Bumbos, three of whom received skull fractures when they fell out of Bumbos that parents left SITTING ON TOP OF TABLES. For crying out loud. You can't have the sense God gave a goose if you leave a baby sitting unsecured in an unsecured seat, especially if you put the aformementioned unsecured seat sitting on top of other furniture. These people should be embarrassed to report how their kids were injured, but they aren't. Instead of blaming themselves for a complete and utter lack of common sense, they blame the maker of the seat for not telling them that it would be incredibly stupid to leave the baby in a precarious place and then not watch them.

The most frustrating part of my life, my job, everything, is the death of common sense and personal accountabilty. Everything is somebody else's fault. Here's my tidbit of wisdom for the day, borrowed from demotivators.com: "The only consistent feature of all your dissatisfying relationships is you." If you notice that your business dealings fall apart, that you bank account is screwed up, your insurance is screwed up, your bills are screwed up, none of your friends want to talk to you, and you're overweight, then you shouldn't try to put all the blame on the stores, the bank, your insurance agent, your friends, the fast food chains and advertisers, the economy, the government at large, or the president. You shouldn't throw a fit, scream, cuss, or sue. You should, instead, start by looking to see what your responsibility is in whatever is going on. Crap happens, true enough. But some of it may just be YOUR fault. Momentous words, to be sure, and an enormous paradigm shift for many.

Sometimes it's easier to blame other people than it is to take accountability for one's own actions. I've been guilty of it myself from time to time. I'm just saying...don't live there. It's ridiculous.

So, let's bring back common sense, shall we? Think before you speak- and before you sue.