I feel a bit like this sea lion. Although, thank goodness I smell better. As I went through the news this morning, I found this gem. A mother had her son arrested for opening a Christmas present too early. Frankly, I wanted to see where this took place. I’m pleased to say that it’s not California. Nope, this one is in Columbia, South Carolina.

After watching a program about the Internet on the weekend, I felt a bit like all bad things happen in California. Every example they had of the “horrors” of the Internet took place somewhere in California—primarily around Los Angeles. While I have to agree with my friend that the reason is most like because it is cheaper to find a local example and avoid the cost of travel, it makes it seem like all the seedy things that can happen on the Internet take place here. I never much like these shows anyway because all they do is scare people. This stuff is quite rare actually…the predators, the gaming addicts, etc. I saw a statistic just a week ago that showed that porn sites make up only 1% of the Internet. Yes, it is a huge business, but only a small part of the Internet.

So my adopted state gets a bad rap for…well…just about everything. Poor California. No wonder the rest of the country feels they can ignore us or write us off as crazy. Hollywood–you’re not helping either.

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