No Hugs Allowed at Ill. Middle School – New York Times

No Hugs Allowed at Ill. Middle School – New York Times: “Another reason to institute the no-hugging policy was that some hugs could be too long and too close, she said.”

Because you never can tell when a hug has crossed that line between meaningless pop-culture gesture and genuine human compassion and understanding. Best to outlaw all of it.

(Via Dev Null – HTML O’ The Day.)

PoTD : Some Indoor / Outdoor Fall Photos of the Nieces

We had a few minutes today to enjoy the warm fall weather, which means that we shot around 500 frames of family photos (again). Some of the highlights are up on flickr.

Sisters I

Virginia can sure look twice her age at times. Of course, when you are under 2, twice isn’t quite the accomplishment it might seem at 30.

See the whole set at flickr for the indoor, and outdoor photos from today, or simply browse the collections page.