Elizabeth and Henry talk to Dad about Henry’s outside fall orchestra concert, the cold fall weather, Halloween preparations, an unfortunate Halloween costume from Dad’s ’70s childhood, a box of random stuff Grandma sent Dad, the creepy election text Dad got, voting, Dad’s first job at Orange Julius, a cat café at a nearby mall, the spooky mall near Elizabeth, urban… Read more →

Will and Henry talk to Dad about Will’s job as an election clerk, voting, Kanye West, Mom and Dad’s new bed, Craftmatic Adjustable Beds, targeted internet ads, this year’s Halloween costumes, film noir, and Henry’s return to in-person school.  In the News, we discuss a disturbing Twinkie that is defying science, a new record for measuring the smallest span of… Read more →

Will and Henry talk to Dad about how busy they’ve been, their gripes with their Choir director, Will’s job as a poll worker, Dad’s lukewarm take on politics, the KK Slider cover album of Sufjan Stevens songs, the etymology of “Indian summer,” the demise of the family’s pandemic above-ground pool.  In the News, we discuss the fifty creepiest places in… Read more →

Henry and Allison (Mom) talk to Dad about a new Greek restaurant, new businesses during the pandemic, the Netflix movie Enola Holmes, anticipation for The Mandalorian, the new Sufjan Stevens album, Ascension.  In the News, we talk about this year’s Ig Nobel Prize winners, a fashion show in Milan done entirely by puppets, and some zoo parrots that had to… Read more →

Will and Henry talk to Dad about eating pancakes instead of waffles, renting a movie theater and watching Tenet, the video game that Will and Henry are creating with some friends, the death of Dad’s work laptop, and the ongoing pandemic.  In the News, we talk about vampire bats, zombie tropical storms, and COVID-sniffing dogs.  Henry shares his top ten… Read more →

Will talks to Dad about Will getting a COVID test, the end of summer, waffles, Milo Murphy’s Law, The Mandalorian Season 2 trailer, Chadwick Bosman’s death, seeing movies in theaters, and Will and Henry making each other listen to music they discovered.  In the News, we talk about scientists discovery that there may be life on Venus, Chuck E. Cheese… Read more →

Henry and Allison (Mom) talk to Dad about the virus, high school, Halloween, plague doctors, Nostradamus, Henry making sourdough bread, having chicken and waffles, and the idea of going to a movie in a theater. In the News, there are stories about a man who is pulling a Willy Wonka, sending out gold tickets and giving away a candy factory,… Read more →

Elizabeth and Allison (Mom) talk to Dad about Jersey Shore, the pandemic, Elizabeth’s COVID scare, Dad’s strange and vivid dreams, Allison’s stress dream, Dad’s obsession with Detroit-style pizza, different kinds of pizzas.  In the News, we discuss a chord change that only happens about every seven years for the longest piece of music, David Blaine’s stunt flying over an Arizona… Read more →

Henry talks to Dad about seeing each other way more than normal, going to church for the first time in months, Henry starting morning seminary classes, Maisy’s new love for getting in the car, a run-in with the police at a church cookout, and the documentary Mistaken for Strangers.  In the News, we talk about a man in New York who found… Read more →

Allison (Mom) and Will talk to Dad about school starting, Will’s hipster teachers, the family’s new wifi mesh system, Mom’s issues with wires, Legend of Korra, Allison’s English as a second language group chats, Zoom calls, and teachers who tell bad jokes. In the News, we talk about Somali sengi (elephant shrews) that were recently rediscovered by science, animals that were… Read more →