I am famous

We had a showing for the families who appeared on the Animal Planet show I had mentioned a few posts ago. Some local reporters came and took pictures. I was walking with some of the girls who spoke Spanish and teaching them the name of some of the common flowers we had in our butterfly garden. We had some pictures taken, which appeared in our local news paper: Children's Inn captures the healing power of butterflies One thing that disappoints me the most is that Jessica and Valeria were not mentioned even though they are in the picture with me. They could just not mentioned me (avoiding messing up my title) and probably made Jessica and Valeria's day. Anyway, those girls are the reason for the garden.

Update: I corrected the link... too bad the picture did not show my fro!

"I have no patience for cell phone drivers"

I said to some of my coworkers on Friday. As expected their reaction was defensive, considering that I don't own a cell phone or car, and they tried to excuse their actions. I guess nowadays people see a cell phone as an attachment to their ear and it's ok to be oblivious to the rest of the world (most people are usually shocked that I do not own one) and somehow it has become a benign and at times amusing behavior. I find it irritating, annoying and rude. Sitting on the bus I have no interest in hearing someone else's life, dramas or what they are planning to do once they get off the bus. Most importantly and to the point, I don't feel like being nearly run over while trying to cross the street by drivers on their cell phones in rush hour traffic. Well, I decided to back up my generalizing and judgmental conclusions, so I googled "cell driving drunk driving". I continually found articles supporting my conclusions. I found a good blog entry, Drunk Drivers vs Distracted Drivers. It has links to a few interesting studies that reach an obvious conclusion:

"Drivers on cell phones showed greater impairment, less responsive behavior and more accidents than drunk drivers."

In my words: you are more ignorant and irresponsible if you pick up a cell phone than if you are intoxicated while you drive. And by the way headsets do not make a difference on your concentration.

If you do not take my word, check out MythBusters' Episode 33: Killer Brace Position.

Watch Backyard Habitat on Animal Planet...

You might just see me waking by in the background. A few weeks after I started working at The Children's Inn Animal Planet came to film our new butterfly garden. Well, now we will be on TV! Here are the details... Swallowtail and Red-Spotted Purple Butterflies.