Category: life
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The First One’s Free
Was it a spirit? Was it a 4-dimensional being? Was it a trick? It was something, and clowns were involved.
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The Star Wars Formula
I get it: George Lucas wasn’t sure he’d get to make more movies, so he condensed some of his epic story into Episode 4 and then did get to make Episodes 5 and 6, so the Death Star shows up again. What was Disney’s excuse for recycling stuff from earlier Star Wars movies?
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Old Movies
This “I don’t watch old movies” response to Star Wars happened to a coworker after the Prequels had been made (and still years before the Sequels). I’m still surprised every time I learn that another of my kids’ classmates has never watched the original Star Wars trilogy. They’re not new releases, but they are classics.
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That Story Fell Flat
The leg still acts up sometimes, so I now get the family referring to my “reindeer leg” as if I’ve got some sort of cool mutant reindeer power. Fun fact: reindeer have a cool mutant leg power where they make clicking sounds they can use to keep track of each other even in poor visibility…
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Canadian State of Mind
I tried to look it up, and (just like in American English) I believe you could technically use “state” to mean “country” in England as well. It just feels so wrong here.
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But Could You?
I’m sure the firefighters get these questions on their other fire station tours, too, right? It’s not just our girl scouts being…oddly specific.
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In-Vest-ed
My spouse heard the elementary schooler start the “would you rather die in a fire” exchange but unfortunately did not hear the rest of it. We may never know what the real alternative option was, we can only be certain that they were contemplating death.
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A Bear’s Gotta Do What a Bear’s Gotta Do
It’s sometimes a surprise what things will or will not disturb a child. Monster attacking in horror type show? Ah, she must be hungry. Ariel the little mermaid’s dad pitching a fit destroying her human-stuff collection in an animated rated-PG movie? Tears. Permanently scarred. We can never watch that movie again.
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OJ Influencer
Haters gonna hate. Mini-cinnamon rolls gonna get juiced.
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Less is More
Ah, the immediate realization that victory would be certain but hollow. An excellent life lesson.