Oh Captain, My Captain

I would say that I am many people. That ,however, could be misconstrued. I,then, think, it would be better to say that I lead many lives. I blog on several sites for the fun or therapy of it. On one, I blog to give my grandchildren a place to look at all of the animals and plants that their parents were around while growing up. But I also blog for real. Doing legal blogs is sometimes a tedious undertaking. During my last teleconference- well, web conference/phone conference, the creators of Injuryboard.com encouraged writing a post a week in a more conversational/magazine style posting. The following is my first combo blog for the firm. It's not easy working up informational material into anything with humor or style. My regular readers would probably expect me to make fun of the whole issue, given a name like "Tumble Tower". However, my job is different in this aspect as I take very seriously the crumbling saga of America and it's Chinese made-for-fun industry called toys.

Tumble Tower Infant Rattles Recalled
May 19, 2008 - 04:51 PM
Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
Tags: None
Posted by: Jeanie Oliver

When a post is about a defective product recall, I find that a picture would be worth a 1000 words. For most of us, hearing or reading that a certain baby rattle can cause choking leaves a blank space in the memory. More importantly, who remembers what the brand name was on the toy you purchased a month ago? I am not certain, either, that I would recognize the dangerous item from a written or spoken description. So I tried an interesting experiment. I tried drawing the tumble tower rattle from the description at the U.S.Consumer Product Saftey website. The reality is I would have missed this in the toy box. Then I went to Google images and pulled up a picture since the toy is still sold on Internet sites. Even if it has been pulled from sales, it doesn't mean that it was magically pulled from the toy basket. Now I was faced with the dilemma of getting you, the reader, a picture or a link to one. I hope this all worked as I think the minute you see it, you'll know whether you have one at home. Or, once seeing the tumble tower rattle, you can inform someone else of the hazard presented if the blue end caps break and choking results.
So to recap:

Tumble Tower Infant Rattle
Manufactured by the Manhattan Group LLC, of Minneapolis, Minn.
Manufactured in China
Danger of the 5 inch long baby rattle incurring breakage in the two blue endcaps-Choking

For a more in-depth description, click on the link provided for the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, go to recalls for May. A huge picture of the defective rattle will be at the bottom of the page on "Manhattan Group Recalls Infant Rattles Due to Choking Hazard"