One Thing I Learned As The Elder Sibling That I Find Totally Fascinating How How Similar Newborns And

One thing I learned as the Elder Sibling that I find totally fascinating how how similar newborns and teenagers are. Newborns have acne too. And sometimes terrible dandruff, (though it's called cradle cap for them)

They both need lots of sleep and a mind-boggling amount of of food, sometimes they'll cry just because it's physically exhausting growing up so much so fast. They both need to be held, and watched, and talked to with love, because failure to thrive is a real and dangerous thing.

So many parents check out in the teen years, when it's one of the most delicate growth stages there is. If you happen to be raising a teenager, remember to talk to them, hug them, and stay with them even if you think they don't need you anymore. Even if the growing pains make them distant and fussy, just like they did when they were young. Even if they can't articulate it now, those moments can make all the difference to a growing person and to their mental and physical wellbeing as an adult.

Headcannon: Columbo has received the Curse of Cassandra and instead of prophesying he just quietly collects evidence. That's why he's so persistant about making a perfect case, and if possible, making the culprit him/herself personally admit guilt. Nobody has to take his word for anything.

Supporting evidence: "Columbo's Wife Isn't Real" is such a widespread tv theory despite there not being any implication that she's fake in the show. Columbo said she's real. Repeatedly. Why don't you trust him, hmmm?

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I'm going to start a highly successful indie electro-jazz band called Two Toilets and the news media will be pressing me to reveal the name of my secret collaborator, but i never tell, because the secret is: it's just me. It was only ever me. I am both Toilets.

I need a cucumber with salt and pepper to heal my soul.

You get a lot of weird requests when people find out you can draw semi-decently, but by far my favorite was the time when my grandma saw an antique quilt that she liked and she asked me to help her pirate the pattern.

Yo ho ho. ☠️🏴‍☠️

Jonathan Harker silently weeps, his doom is now inescapable. Unbenknownst to him, in the belly of the castle, the accursed monster Dracula gently weeps in turn. The horses have colic, the laundry needs to be folded, he has burnt the apple turnover again, and the wives are are making fun of him.