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Cute fix/familicide

Jun 20 2007 | Comments 0

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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.

Behind dad’s slaying of family


liz | 3:10 PM | Uncategorized

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