Why are the outlets covered?

I am back. Only two days between postings, you say? I suddenly, well not so suddenly, remembered what I wanted to post on Saturday. Not that Japanese earthquakes and nuclear meltdowns were not interesting, they were and still are. That is some real shit going down, half a world away, mind you, but it is going down.

I did want to remind y'all, that the UN saw fit to give Libya a seat on its Human Rights Committee. They have since "taken" it away, but still. Giving Crazy Uncle Mo and Libya a seat on anything to do with human rights? Do they think that the "hug" of the UN will change the despot? I may be a bit cynical, but how fucking naive. Then again, it is okay as they are not risking their own lives or the lives of their own family and friends. It is all good to "experiment" like that when you do not have any skin in the game. Fucking bunch of UN lowlifes!

Sorry for the rant there, but then again, it is what I do.

My real reason for posting was this. The Lad is now 14. If I did not wish him a happy 14th in January (when his birthday is, by the way), then consider it now done, though belatedly. I went to plug my computer into an outlet on our main floor. I had to take the outlet cap, that we inserted in our outlets around 14 years earlier, out so I could plug in. I guess the question is how long do we have to leave those things in before we stop worrying that the Lad will stick something (finger, fork, paperclip, whatever) into a live electrical outlet? Why do we still do that? It is not like we regularily have young (and curious/stupid) kids coming into the house. Most importantly, why, after this long, has it dawned on me to ask this question?

I await your response. Ciao!