The extent that I care about pandemic diseases...

Swine flu better not tank my vacation to Cabo coming up in June.

Capitalism is failing me...

So Heidi and I started potty training Logan today.  Needless to say, potty training totally sucks.  It is amazing that we don't have more 5 year olds in diapers because it is just flat out easier to change a diaper than it is to take your kid to the bathroom every 30 minutes (and cleaning up after accidents that still happen even though you took your kid 5 minutes ago).  Potty training is a pain for many other reasons that I wont go into because I should go to bed...as I am anticipating getting up at least twice tonight to change sheets/jammies/etc.

The point of this post though is that I was thinking today about how I would probably pay up to two-thousand dollars to not have to deal with this.  And I couldn't possibly be alone in that sentiment.  People even pay for these kinds of things for their dogs.  There must be a demand, and there must be some dollar amount people are willing to pay for high-end potty training.  So I ask you, why has capitalism not provided for a solution?  Why is there not a potty training academy that I can sign my kid up for...and expect results in as little as a week?  I am sure that there are quick and efficient methods.  I am also sure that these methods would be impossible to implement by people on the go.  Hence the need for pee-pee school.

It will take some time for me to get over this indiscretion of capitalism.  The invisible hand has cramped up.  Maybe it was distracted, but that is no excuse when profits are on the line.

--P.S.  I thought about the possibility that daycare fulfills this need for some...but it is not nearly focused enough to match my envisioned institutional learning facillity, and its high-end potty curriculum.