WHERE? I must begin my pilgrimage.

Speaking as someone who lives in Portland, and who doesn’t have kids, you’re not wrong. I pay attention to local politics, and Portland public schools are a mess. If you don’t live in a “good” neighborhood then good luck. Your other options are to join a lottery in the hopes that you get your kid into a good public…

LIKE HOW ARIEL CAN WRITE, YET CHOOSES TO COMMUNICATE WITH PRINCE ERIC IN PANTOMIME? Why did I not notice this as a kid?

I’m going to take this opportunity to post one of my favorite random painted walls that I’m hoping will become the next biggest thing. Behold the glory:

It’s even LESS impressive in person!

SF don’t need no wall

I was in high school when the OKC bombing happened and we were in the city for some academic contest and our counselor stopped by the federal building so we could go take pictures. I refused to get out if the van because I thought it was tasteless and morbid.

Portland ME.

My son’s current favorite is The Little Mermaid, which I loved as a child, but now, having watched it twice a day for eight weeks, I am beginning to have serious questions about.

I ddon’t even know where it is and at this point I’m afraid to ask

not my town but I got annoyed when I visited cause I wanted my picture with it and everyone else wouldn’t get out of the way

I love how this could be nearly any city in the Midwest.

Peppa Pig slowly grown on me. There are a few episode where I catch myself laughing, the one where the family goes to the fair and Mummy Pig smashes the patriarchy and defends Daddy Pig’s honor by winning all the stuffed animals, with a self-assurance and determination that would make Mrs. Peggy Hill proud, is a…

We exercise our right to parental override if we get tired of a terrible movie. Of course this always backfires because we’ll pick something good, and then they want to watch it every day and kill it with repetition. We’ve now watched Zootopia like 9,000 times (after having watched Inside Out 10,000 times a few months…

My kid is twelve and I still haven’t recovered from the hundreds of times I had to watch Cinderelmo with her when she was little. In fact I can’t watch The Americans without picturing Keri Russell dancing with Elmo so be warned, these shitty kids movies will damage you for years.

My son has severe short term memory problems. He was a younger teen when Finding Nemo came out. This and Memento are two of his favorite movies. His memory isn’t as bad as the characters, it is still pretty severe. He says they got it right in terms of describing how it feels. It may be annoying to see in a movie, but…

When our first was born, we the Baby Mozart DVD. I knew the theory was BS, but at least it was bearable on its 473rd play when she was 3. When Teletubbies debuted, I thought, “here might be an interesting experiment.” I paid for that horrible decision 10-fold. Tinkie Winkie is not gay, straight, or bi. Tinkie Winkie…

I just cant believe people when they claim their kids’ fave film is some brilliantly well made Studio Ghibli movie and that they have some kind of grand reaction to the emotional bits.

If it’s annoying my kids will LOVE it. Their current favourite is “Spooky Buddies”which, in my humble opinion, has a level of annoyance that almost makes one think they are actually hallucinating.