"it Sounds Like You Would Like To Mute Your Dead Father. Would You Like To Mute Your Dead Father?"

Yesterday I almost cried because my baby cousin ran up to my grandmother and was like. “Ha! Buhbuh ba ha.” And she said okay you want to show me something? And he led her over to the garden patch and crouched down and pointed at rocks and plants and was like. “Ah. Habah ba ah” as she listened attentively.

And I was like that happened 1,000 years ago. Probably 10,000 years ago. Maybe 100,000. The youngest human in a group went to the oldest one and said to the best of their ability “come see.” And the adult went.

(to the tune of mary had a little lamb): mary had a little lamb

It's established that Aaron and Andrew hardly speak to each other and their relationship is strained to say the least.

And in retrospect, it makes the twin-switch at the beginning of The Foxhole Court even funnier.

Andrew telling Aaron;

"I'm going to pick the new guy up from the airport, but we're going to pretend I'm you. We're dressing the same today, all black, long sleeves - yeah, I know it's summer, suck it up and deal with it. I'm going to go off my meds so I can drive. Be waiting for us out front and we'll switch back when he's distracted getting his bags out of the trunk."

Aaron; with doomed acceptance that life is weird anyway and has no energy to argue much less care;

"Sure."

the other day i was telling my partner about my new coworkers and the spirit moved me to start inserting characters from Piano Man

saddest thing ever is seeing new 18-22 year olds talk about how Christmas doesn't feel magical anymore during their transition from it being a super special day of the year to kinda just another average day of the year. I remember that feeling well, and I just want to say to those young people specifically: if you want the magic back you have to create it yourself now, the way you want to. it's your magic now