But to go back to Bluey teaching lessons - I dunno if they're lessons, or explaining things in child appropriate ways. Some episodes are just fun, but some are so deep I don't know if I'll emotionally recover. In "Onesies" we're introduced to Aunt Brandy who is infertile, and they go into why Aunt Brandy doesn't come around much.
I also felt the Bluey episode of them not moving was unrealistic. It was too much of a "happy ending." Maybe Australia has a better social safety net that would allow both Bandit and Rad to change employment plans at a whim like that. It definitely felt like a very un-American decision.
Maybe they foreshadowed the happy ending when the teacher says calmly (paraphrased), "Stories often have a happy ending because life is full of sad ones."
Bandit is an archeologist and Rad is an oil rigger. Rad definitely could change his job, and I wonder if Bandit will just step back into his old job since that seems like a specialty spot that would be hard to fill. (Chilli is part time airport security.)
I had no idea adults were into Bluey, I thought it was a kid's show? I've never seen it.
It's so wholesome. Like genuinely wholesome makes you want to be a better parent wholesome. It's also not annoying, mostly. I've seen threads about Bluey pop up in completely unrelated boards (like a mj-enthusiasts, primarily male, subreddit) that sings it's praises. Although, thinking about it, the show is really nice and relaxing to watch while high, so maybe that's the connection lol!
The bridge has been closed to all traffic since Thursday evening, after an inspection of the bridge at Dillon Pinnacles revealed a 3-inch crack in structural steel. The unexpected shutdown has left people stranded on either side of the closure and facing six to seven hours of driving over precarious mountain passes to reach home — a journey that typically takes an hour.
I genuinely don't have a formed opinion on this. It's *very* clear that the US is unwilling to make the changes needed to slow/stop climate change. I think people have been banking on technology to save us.
My gut feel is that we're (general) going to start throwing money at things like this because we can't fathom changing our daily lives, and in the end we'll end up in a much worse situation much faster.
Rave- we are making our yard a Bee Yard! Also going to add wildflowers and pollinator friendly plants/flowers on our Blvd.
My favorite thing is to watch the entirety of our front yard bounce and sway with the bees moving around. You're going to love it!
This year we're going to focus on the back yard and planting more pollinator friendly plants back there. I've been seeding the bare spots with clover, but want to be more purposeful about it.
Does sunscreen smell like that because of the chemicals or did they decide one day on a near universal sunscreen scent and stick with it?
Without googling for the correct answer - I think the smell originally came from the sun oil of the bygone era of slathering yourself with oil like roasting chicken and frying yourself in the sun. To mask the chemical smell of sunscreen they went with that coconut/oil smell.
I'm going to end up sounding like a nut, but I think the Bluey episode did have a point - moving for a job isn't as important as keeping close to your family and friends. Both Chilli/Bandit and Rad/Frisky come to this decision in very different stages of life. I think they're also setting up to talk about divorce (Stripe/Trixie). Maybe even single parenting with Chilli's sister Brandy being pregnant without an introduced partner.
But also, I missed all these my first run through. My kid and I just snuggled and cried during the episode when we first watched it.
Except so many people have little choice in whether they move for a job, whether due to the type of job (ie: military or government) or for economic opportunity. And now our kids are getting the message that we can just decide not to move. When instead, the episode could have focused on resilience, recognizing sadness and doing the hard thing anyway, and using family as a way to get through tough times. Shrug.
They were specifically moving for economic opportunity and chose family over a presumably "better life". The show made their choice and stuck with it. I wonder if it's an Aussie thing, because for sure capitalism comes before pretty much anything else in the US, and the message would damn sure have been, "suck it up every single person in the family, even the person with the new job, because $$$$$". FWIW, there's no way they ever would have ran with that storyline. Even during the episode they (Chilli/Bandit) said they didn't actually have to move for money.
Bluey was never going to move - they’re not going to build an entirely different cast.
I’ll riot if I never get to see Lucky’s dad again.
Or sweet baby Rusty and his cricket bat 🥺
The only thing I was hung up on was all the work Chili and Bandit were going to have to do to re-move into their house. And as the person who has been chasing my career for a long time, I felt bad for Bandit probably losing that opportunity.
I was hung up on, they were moving! They had everything packed and on the way somewhere else! Presumably they bought a house that actually closed. So do they have two houses? What about Chilli's job?
-The entire TSA security screening needs an over-haul...some places have a "just scan you license" technology
Fun fact - CO licenses in some places do not scan. Las Vegas always takes an embarrassingly long time to get through with the TSA agent muttering repeatedly that CO licenses don't scan with each swipe.
Trump lawyer Todd Blanche says, "there's nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. It's called democracy." Prosecutors object. Judge Merchan sustains the objection.
I've been musing a lot about the rise of conspiracy theorists and just where that comes from. I think I'm going to blame it on T-Swift and how her fans analyze every lyric to try to get to some hidden meaning, and all the easter eggs she lays.
I'm not serious, but I'm over how my social media algorithm thinks I'm a Swiftie.
Also, the amount of effort people put into deciphering the Bluey wedding/moving episode is more than I want to spend. (See also my Facebook feed being inundated by Bluey groups.)
The latest Taylor Swift album is like a wannabe Joni Mitchell. My kid did not get it.
I didn't like the Bluey Episode. I thought it was pretty crappy in general. I told DH there were a lot of missed opportunities for the episode to make an actual point.
I'm going to end up sounding like a nut, but I think the Bluey episode did have a point - moving for a job isn't as important as keeping close to your family and friends. Both Chilli/Bandit and Rad/Frisky come to this decision in very different stages of life. I think they're also setting up to talk about divorce (Stripe/Trixie). Maybe even single parenting with Chilli's sister Brandy being pregnant without an introduced partner.
But also, I missed all these my first run through. My kid and I just snuggled and cried during the episode when we first watched it.
I've been musing a lot about the rise of conspiracy theorists and just where that comes from. I think I'm going to blame it on T-Swift and how her fans analyze every lyric to try to get to some hidden meaning, and all the easter eggs she lays.
I'm not serious, but I'm over how my social media algorithm thinks I'm a Swiftie.
Also, the amount of effort people put into deciphering the Bluey wedding/moving episode is more than I want to spend. (See also my Facebook feed being inundated by Bluey groups.)
The debate has shifted to who the pup in the "surprise" episode is. Whether it's Bluey or Bingo's kid and if it's Bluey's is Mackenzie the dad or Jean Luc? People be crazy.
I saw this. It's a cartoon! Just let sleeping dogs lie, people.
I've been musing a lot about the rise of conspiracy theorists and just where that comes from. I think I'm going to blame it on T-Swift and how her fans analyze every lyric to try to get to some hidden meaning, and all the easter eggs she lays.
I'm not serious, but I'm over how my social media algorithm thinks I'm a Swiftie.
Also, the amount of effort people put into deciphering the Bluey wedding/moving episode is more than I want to spend. (See also my Facebook feed being inundated by Bluey groups.)
Ooooh! Leave them treats and see if they start leaving you gifts.
fangoriagurkel - H has been working really hard to make the neighborhood crows his friend. He mostly gives them peanuts (in the shell). They follow him on walks around the neighborhood and he tosses the peanuts out. he also leaves them on our mailbox. They've only ever left one thing (we think) which was one of those weird wasp things that looks like a berry? Anyway.
Several years ago I tried to befriend the neighborhood murder. All I got for my trouble was dead snakes in the bird bath. I really wanted crow trinkets!
We occasionally have parents park in the neighborhood to pick up their middle school kids, which is virtually across the street. Since it's happening at a time when most of the resident cars are out of the neighborhood it's not inconvenient at all. They're there for about 10 min or so and then jet out.
There’s a tree just at edge of my patio that has unofficially become a huge crow hangout. Some of them are huge! I know they’re extremely intelligent, remember faces, etc… so I’m always super nice when I see them gathering. I’ll be reading a magazine and when I look up I’ll greet them in a singsongy voice I usually reserve for dogs, cats, and babies ( “Hi guys!”, “Hope you’re having a good day”, etc…).
I want them to remember my face and associate me with positively. I’ve seen Hitchcock’s “The Birds”, I’m no fool!
Ooooh! Leave them treats and see if they start leaving you gifts.
I'd say Kevin, but in reality I'd pay insurance just so that Kevin has no say once he signs the car over. /petty
ETA: You don't need insurance on a vehicle that isn't being driven. If the car is in parts there's no need. If it's a hobby car that will be driven once in a while then that also lowers insurance prices. I think what I would do is talk with your son about insurance prices/difference between rates and have HIM pay the difference if he wants to make it his daily driver. Turn it into a lesson about insurance, obligation, etc.
This reminds me of the podcast about the NY school that (white) people advocated be placed in a certain area to decrease segregation, but ended up screwing the very students they wanted to uplift.
Why is the district paying for kids who choose to attend schools out of district? (Excluding the special education costs, because from the news article it's clear the district hasn't been able to attract the personnel needed.)
ETA: HOLY SHIT! Paying for kids to go out of district for school is 25% of your budget? $122 MILLION? That's fucking insanity. I'd be marching to shut that shit down. www.hartfordschools.org/article/1486498