I think itās both. You have to be very weird to think a) communism is our biggest threat right now and b) any Canadian province is close to implementing it.
We got a new fridge today and you learn a lot about yourselves when you have to empty a fridge. Multiple jars of veggies I pickled. Competing bottles of sriracha. Four(!) baggies of coffee ice cubes. Someone was very ambitious about how much iced coffee they planned to drink this summer.
Saw someone describe AI art as pollution and that...is so accurate it's going to sit with me for a while.
We do a regular rotating schedule where one kid helps with dishes every night and one unloads the dishwasher every morning. Thereās still a lot of reminding involved, but the kids know itās their regular job.
My nephew convinced me to try this at a family dinner and itās the worst drink Iāve ever had. My oldest kid said āIt tastes like the inside of a Wicker Emporiumā and thatās incredibly accurate but also doesnāt fully capture how cursed it is.
Local friends, I'm mentoring this year in the Afterwords Youth Mentorship Program. If you know a Nova Scotian teen between 14-18 who loves to write, please encourage them to check it out! Deadline to apply is Oct. 18.
My 14-year-old has entered his mischievous performance art era. (That upside-down vitamin bottle with no lid is full of vitamins.)
Weāre watching The Expanse for the first time. Last night we got to the S5 episode where a world leader wants to retaliate after a terrorist attack by killing 100,000s of civilians, and half his cabinet quits because they correctly understand this is immoral and horrific.
My 17-year-old has a big paper due tomorrow and I gave them some tips on focusing and goal-setting this morning. It was solid advice, just don't ask if I've followed any of it myself during the time I set aside to work on my WIP today.
āBob reaches into his pocket and pulls out the switchblade you got him as a gift a few years back. Pearl handle, very expensive.ā
"Blood brothers, you might say."