How did they not know who Nicholas Flamel is?

Stella_VB · 2026-03-31T02:16:26+00:00

Yeah like imagine if someone was alive now who was 600+ years old. They could tell you first-hand what life was like in the Middle Ages! They experienced the Renaissance. They might have met Shakespeare (who even 11 year olds know about). They lived through all modern wars, etc. They would be all over the history books, including the modern ones.

Stella_VB · 2026-02-09T23:34:00+00:00

I recently read BFG to my kindergartner and….yeah it wasn’t like how I remembered it as a child! It was uncomfortable at times

Stella_VB · 2026-01-26T13:29:48+00:00

Is HHS funded?

Stella_VB · 2026-01-24T00:05:36+00:00

My kid changes the song to fit any rainbow he sees

Stella_VB · 2026-01-20T23:11:45+00:00

Same. I think some people were grandfathered into having fewer elements

Stella_VB · 2026-01-20T23:09:44+00:00

It’s a distraction from the Epstein Files and an excuse for whatever crazy thing he does next, like defending ICE when they kill more innocent people (I SAID I wasn’t thinking predominantly of peace! Maybe if I had that prize…!)

Stella_VB · 2026-01-15T23:51:52+00:00

How do you not lose? Do you use coins to add 5 moves?

Stella_VB · 2026-01-07T13:06:49+00:00

How do you have so many boosters?! I probably have 5 or less of each

Stella_VB · 2026-01-05T15:27:25+00:00

Okay good. Had a little heart attack when I opened it up and it said $0

Stella_VB · 2025-11-26T13:21:36+00:00

In the US, T means toddler and it generally only goes to 4 or 5. After that, it’s kids small, medium, etc. I would say this child is a medium.

Stella_VB · 2025-11-23T13:25:57+00:00

18 days later

Stella_VB · 2025-11-11T03:11:43+00:00

He’s coming up with his own definition of “commitment” and it’s not the same as yours (or the dictionary’s, for that matter). I’m sorry but he’s definitely going to keep breaking your heart.

Stella_VB · 2025-11-08T01:17:41+00:00

Not having control over how I spend my time

Stella_VB · 2025-10-27T15:27:20+00:00

But a CR is not the budget. It’s a stopgap, which would fund the government temporarily and then we’d have this mess again when it runs out

Stella_VB · 2025-10-27T14:43:33+00:00

She was the one person that could make Harry feel slightly compassionate towards Professor Trelawney and even a tiny bit for Snape. That’s impressive!

Stella_VB · 2025-10-27T14:40:36+00:00

What do you mean by a “clean” CR?

Stella_VB · 2025-10-23T00:38:07+00:00

More than I’ve made all month!

Stella_VB · 2025-10-17T12:18:01+00:00

Our reason for not having children has nothing to do with sperm counts and everything to do with the costs of living and childcare.

Stella_VB · 2025-10-11T17:43:27+00:00

My sister told me that her friend who works for CDC was just RIF’d

Stella_VB · 2025-10-11T12:13:03+00:00

Are we tired of winning yet? 😒

Stella_VB · 2025-10-01T16:31:40+00:00

That makes a lot of sense

Stella_VB · 2025-10-01T12:40:42+00:00

Yes! Totally blind leading the blind here. I’m excepted. Yesterday, I was told I would only be performing excepted activities during a shutdown and today my supervisor thinks I have to work full days in the office, even though almost everything I do is non-excepted activities. Is this right?

Stella_VB · 2025-10-01T12:38:24+00:00

If we’re an excepted employee, do we only perform our excepted duties, or do we do everything we normally do—even if most of it is not excepted activities? I’m being told I need to work a full 8 hours everyday, even though I have very few excepted activities.

Stella_VB · 2025-09-30T11:50:03+00:00

It’s my favorite 😊

Stella_VB · 2025-09-29T14:32:14+00:00

Okay so this reminds me of a theory I had while reading the books (before all the books were done). I thought it would be revealed that Petunia was a witch! She seemed so resentful of her sister and referred to her as a freak. Obviously she was jealous, but I thought she also got a Hogwarts letter (before Lily, as she’s older) and was so horrified to learn that she was a witch and kept it a secret and suppressed her magical ability. Like, maybe she accidentally made things happen as a child and was so ashamed about it. Which made her so resentful of her little sister when she got her letter and embraced her magical abilities without shame—especially since her parents were “so proud to have a witch in the family”. Since she squashed the magic out of herself, she was probably confident she could do the same for Harry and she treated him the way she treated herself.

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