Flashback Friday - Mostly Inappropriate

I've seen a lot of buzz today about Katy Perry's would-be appearance on Sesame Street.  I won't dwell on that, other than to say the obvious; she was dressed inappropriately.  (Though, honestly, isn't that a bit like inviting Madonna on Sesame Street in the 80's and expecting her to show up in something other than one of those cone-shaped bras?  I feel myself digressing...must stop now.)

There are a lot of things that are inappropriate in children's television that haven't garnered a fraction of the attention the Katy Perry thing has (which ultimately won't even air and is being propagated by social networking...and now...my own blog).

For example, how do you feel about the Ninja Turtles asking, "What the shell?!"

Our kids are inundated with this garbage and it's our job as parents to decide whether to let them be exposed and explain the implications or to shelter them from it for as long as humanly possible.  If you choose the latter, let me just warn you that it is becoming increasingly more difficult to do.

A few weeks ago (in case you're wondering - this is the "flashback" part - it's a stretch, I know), I took this photo on a trip to a children's museum.  Four or five parents were gathered around this play-like freezer, discussing the contents.  Naturally (because I'm nosy), I had to see what they were talking about.

Yup.  That's a man's head frozen in a block of ice.

I would be lying if I said it didn't make me chuckle a little bit.  Then I remembered the audience.  We were in a children's museum.  The thing is - the kids were way too busy playing in the giant maze of crawl-through tubes behind this to even notice the contents of some lame freezer.

I'm not sure how I'm supposed to feel about this, to be honest.  Perhaps you all can tell me what you think.

That's all I've got this Friday.  And I consider it a success that I had even that much.  I feel a little bit like my head has been in a freezer all week.

Happy Fall, Y'all!  Have a fabulous weekend!