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 Sorry it's been a while since my last blog post. I've had writer's block. Does anyone have any advice?

  Here’s another favorite Instagrammer of mine, Rachel Green of Tail Talks Interviews ! Tail Talks (@tailtalksinterviews) • Instagram photos and videos   Green is happy to interview pretty much any friendly dog, or on some occasions, cats and even birds! Don’t worry if English isn’t your first language, because she also speaks Spanish!  

  Let’s hear it for Elias Weiss Freidman, the brilliant photo-documentarian behind The Dogist channel on Instagram! Friedman’s account features candid photos of local NYC dogs and interviews with their people. Notable guest stars include Dr. Jane Goodall, Zachary Quinto, and of course, Friedman’s own husky-mix, Elsa!  TheDogistInstagram  

  I’m sure we’re all aware of Toy Story 2 , when that somewhat creepy toy collector guy, Al, stole Woody for his Woody’s Roundup memorabilia collection, since the toy museum he wanted to sell it to was only interested in a complete collection. But if Woody, Jessie and Bullseye are so valuable and rare, why exactly does this never get addressed when the antique store owner in Toy Story 4 saw Woody or in Monsters Inc , when Boo has a Jessie doll in her room? Nobody would let a little kid play with something that valuable, not to mention, they seem to be everywhere right now, including Andy’s childhood bedsheets and cowboy hat.  My theory is simple. After the Woody’s Roundup series was canceled, toy companies in the Pixar-verse eventually made an attempt to revive the series, which naturally included less-valuable secondary editions of the toys.   Toy companies do that all the time. *  Barbie, Pound Puppies, Lincoln Logs, My Little Pony, GI Joe, He-Man, Strawbe...

SPOILERS AHEAD.  In Toy Story 5 , we've lost one fan theory and gained another.  As you might remember, Jessie, the cowgirl doll, and apparently Woody's sister, has had a crippling fear of enclosed spaces and being abandoned ever since Emily, the little girl she originally belonged to, left her in a cardboard box to be donated to charity when she outgrew playing with dolls. While anyone who’s seen Toy Story 2 probably remembers how traumatized Jessie was about being abandoned by her best friend after spending years forgotten under the bed, but this movie offered some much-needed closure for us as well as Jessie.  After Bonnie, the little girl Andy donated his old toys to when he went off to college, lost Jessie and her horse, Bullseye, they ended up at Emily’s childhood home since the people who found her had read the address Emily had written on Jessie in case she’d been misplaced.  It turns out that while Emily did give Jessie away, she never entirely forgot...

  Remember The Parent Trap? The identical twins who were separated after their parents broke up because they didn’t want to have to constantly switch them between two different schools? There's a simple solution to that . It's called homeschooling.  I might’ve only watched the movie because my mom made me, but it still made me think. How exactly is their “solution” better?  Honestly, wha t kind of parents break up twins and never tell them that the other exists? I don’t have a twin, but I know plenty of them and I’ve asked them about it and researched this topic since I’ve always wanted one.  Not only is it completely unfair to deny the girls their right to know their sister, but separating identical twins can cause physiological issues later in life. These include a feeling that they’re constantly missing a part of themselves and are alone in the world which can lead them to violently act out because they don’t know how to express these feelings, since the bond ...

Apparently, a bunch of helicopter parents got upset over yet another tiny thing. In the episode of Bluey titled The Sign, when Bluey’s mother, Chili, brings Bluey, her five-year-old sister, Bingo, and their two cousins, four-year-old Muffin and two-year-old Socks with her in the family car, because there’s only room in the backseat for three, as the oldest, Bluey is allowed to ride in the front seat for the first time in her life. Which she was thrilled about.  I don’t blame you, Bluey. I remember my first time in the front. It was pretty exciting. Especially when you’re the oldest so you get to do it before your siblings. It made the sixteen month age gap between myself and my brother feel huge .  Parents got worried about their younger kids wanting to ride shotgun and/or out of the booster seat because Bluey got to, but there’s an easy solution to that.   Just tell them that Bluey is seven, which is the legal minimum age for kids to ride up front and she’s almost bi...

  I have a completely random, yet profoundly deep question. Does a straw have two separate holes or is the straw itself just one long hole with an opening on either end?  I’ve looked it up and no two search engines will give me the same answer.

In Phineas and Ferb, I understand Candace wants to bust her brothers for their daily crazy inventions, but there’s one thing I don’t think she’s considered.  Since Candace has been bugging her parents to leave her in charge since she’s the oldest, if she does successfully expose her brothers for something they did while she was supposed to be watching them, wouldn’t that mean she’d get herself in trouble too?

  Questions for March 19, 2026 Before lightbulbs were invented, what did people see over their heads when they had an idea? Would the economy still be a mess if whoever's idea money was hadn't thought of it and we still just bartered things?

  At my second cousin’s, that’s my grandma’s little sister’s daughter’s baby shower, I got permission to shout out Joanna and her husband Abbot about their new baby. I can’t tell you the name because they’re not revealing it until he’s born. Still, congratulations to Joanna and Abbot on their first!

I’ve noticed that Batman’s villains are at least given a realistic sentence for people who clearly have psychotic issues. A long stay in a mental hospital. I guess it’s nice to know they’re being taken care of, although I don’t think Catwoman entirely deserves a prison sentence. Selina Kyle is basically an overzealous animal advocate. Most of what she does is to help the less fortunate, since she was one of them in her early teens and wants to give back, which I fully agree with and support.  I honestly don’t get why anyone would want to raise kids in Gotham, it’s too scary!  N o wonder Commissioner Gordon is so determined to keep the city safe. True, Gotham needs a police commissioner, but someone else needs him more. His daughter, Barbara AKA Batgirl and later Oracle, needs her father. They rarely mention his wife, so I’m guessing his daughter is probably all he’s got in terms of family. See what I mean? It must run in the family. Even though the Commissioner is clearly...

Sorry for my long absence. I've been busy.  This time, however, I have a question. Not for anybody in particular, just for whoever reads this, I guess.  Last Wednesday was Rosa Parks' birthday, and it gave me an interesting thought.  Rosa Parks If it’s already been proven by pretty much every war ever fought that all people deserve the same basic rights, why did it take so long to grant, let alone accept them?   The entire reason we have wars is because people can’t find a way to agree, yet we still do it.   Look at this picture. I see nothing wrong with it. It’s just a group of kids having fun.    Seriously, Rosa went to jail because someone didn’t want to sit next to someone different from them. That doesn’t even make sense. If you want further proof of the damage these mindsets cause, you can actually ask Ruby Bridges, the little girl on the far left in the picture, if the death threats shouted at her when she was five, which led to fear...

  Sorry it’s been a while since my last post, I got a little caught up with the holiday season. Working at a candy store in Salem MA in October was crazy, then in November, we drove four hours both ways to New York to see Mom’s side of the family for Thanksgiving, my birthday happened, if you’re wondering, I turned 25, then Christmas season came. They have WAY too many retail categories for basically everything. Seriously, I didn’t even know there were more than two types of compression socks. What’s the difference? They’re fabric that covers your feet.  On the bright side, I checked a few Toys For Tots donation boxes, I just like to make sure those kids are getting something good, not those toys that fall apart the second they come out of the box, and a lot of kids are hopefully very happy this year.  I hate it when people agree to help someone, then do the bare minimum or add a bunch of loopholes in their favor because it’s easier for them. That’s not philanthropy, th...

  In the 90s sitcom series Sister, Sister , I would like to point out that whoever made the decision to place them for adoption after their birth mother died from childbirth complications rather than attempting to locate relatives, along with the adoption agency used need to work on their ethical skills.   The court is supposed to consider the best interests of the children involved before the decision is made, and clearly, they didn't do that. How is it in the best interest of newborn identical twins to be separated before they even establish a relationship? Placing siblings, especially twins, in separate homes is actually generally frowned upon as the benefits of keeping them together massively outweigh the drawbacks.   Research has shown that the negative outcomes can include,  Increased risk for mental health problems : Separation can lead to issues such as anxiety and depression .  1 Loneliness and stress : Siblings may experience feelings of iso...