what a world we live in...

today i was at penn station and i saw a child with his dad. at first i said to myself, "hey, that kid has a cool monkey backpack." upon further inspection, i saw it was this:

a leash. for your kid. and at first i was appalled. and then i got to thinking about how children get swept up by kidnappers. and i felt better about the "having your kid on a leash" thing.

but how sad is our world that parents now have to have their kids on leashes...excuse me, in a harness?

pretty effing sad. i know that one of the joys my mom had while we were growing up was letting us run ahead of her so that she could finally get some peace and quiet.

and i turned out alright.

sort of.