Jo Burch

The villain’s faithful pair of henchmen:

Sitting in the dentist waiting room. I complimented someone’s hat, she complimented my hair, then she leaned over and whispered “this is not my favorite place.” “Mine either,” I whispered back, and my silent panic attack subsided in the moment of solidarity.

I had Froot Loops treats for my ninth birthday instead of a cake

@illustoryart 4, 6, 8, 9, and like everyone else has said, they’re all amazing!

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@hankgreen Haven’t there been nasal flu vaccines for awhile? My dad is in the military and I feel like I remember him mentioning choosing the nasal version for his mandatory yearly vaccination because he was suspicious of the needle kind.

I think we underestimate how much vaccine hesitancy is really about people feeling weird about shots. This is so exciting...

@JayHulmePoet Truly the most roller skates way for roller skates to make their debut

@SarahECozart @sewistwrites So glad to know my child wasn’t alone in this choice of name! It was of course the most often lost toy, and had to be called for loudly and repeatedly 🤦🏻

@KassieJennings9 @oldenoughtosay Oh nooo my youngest saw me count the eggs before going grocery shopping to see if we needed more (we didn’t—yet) then quietly took them to his room later to count and ended up finding out how fun they were to crack. I had less fun figuring out how to clean raw egg out of carpet.

@oldenoughtosay Coming into the kitchen to find a dozen eggs on the floor and my pre-schooler and toddler stomping in them? Yep!

My father: guards the thermostat like a budgeting dragon Me: teaches my early-rising kid to turn up the heat when they get up to preheat the house for the rest of us

@JenLRossman I always loved Aragorn making him repeat it even though you know full well he understood the first time

"Toss me. Don't tell the elf" OH MY GOD😂

The only downside to showing my kids the Lord of the Rings movies is they now know exactly how much of my personality is centered around them 😬 I turned on my autumn playlist and Eldest goes “this is all just Lord of the Rings music played by different people”

@JenLRossman I watched these recently with my kids (their first time, very much not mine) and they couldn’t keep Sauron and Saruman straight so they became Eyeball and That Wizard

Sauron: eyeball who does crimes

Trying to remember Lord of the rings characters, having not watched the movies since I was maybe 15 with unmedicated ADHD, a thread: 🧵

@sewistwrites I vehemently disagree, and yet I am delighted to hear that there are people who actually like it! It would be terrible if the tradition persisted otherwise.

@clhubes The part of any household plague when the adults have a version 500 times worse than the original because it was forged in the fires of their children (who are now quite well thank you) is the WORST wishing you speedy recovery!

@oldenoughtosay When I was in NYC during Irene, my roomie walked to the store for chips and told me she passed the Weather Channel guy reporting from our corner on the way back. We both shrugged and had a great evening in. Didn’t really have any other options 🤷🏻

@coffeespoonie Oh nooo I tripped on a baby gate and in my attempted recovery broke my big toe by forcefully kicking a heavy wooden bench that tried to intercept my fall, best wishes on the recovery of your body and your dignity!

At the park. A phone rang. The mom answered it, while her child (who had been contentedly playing across the playground) absolutely sprinted over in order to lay across her lap and roar like a dinosaur for the duration of the call.