[wideawake]

(1) He could put the child up for adoption.

(2) Is it wise to leave a child in the custody of a homeless guy on depression medication?

(3) Does this man not have a mother or father? Sisters or brothers? Aunts or uncles? Anyone who could lend him, or more importantly, his child a hand?

(4) His main excuse for being unemployed seems to be that he's too sleepy to work. To put it mildly, that's not the best excuse I've ever heard.

(5) The reason why he hasn't given the child up for adoption or to a female relative is because he knows that the kid is his "draw" for his panhandling. If the kid were adopted, his "TOO SLEEPY TO WORK, PLEASE HELP" sign wouldn't be nearly as lucrative.

[Luddite Patent Counsel]

(6) Go to a public library where you can get internet access. Register for an ebay account. Auction off naming rights for the kid. Sure, he might get beat up once or twice at school with a name like "Ditech.com", but at least he won't have his dad bumming money on streetcorners.

[maine-iac7]

Great Spirit, help me not to judge another until I have walked in their shoes many moons: Cherokee prayer

Oh, and, Great Spirit, please remind me not to blanket-condemn...

[radiohead]

TOO SLEEPY TO WORK

I have to laugh. Any parent of teenagers is familiar w/this syndrome. I didn't realize one could make it a lifestyle choice.