I guess I'm a sergeant in the Goblin army, then.

I grew up with an illustrated Golden Book of that poem, which I still have.

This past Chilicon, I was amused to note the temperature and on and off direction indicators I once added to the guest bathroom with shower crayons were still there above the hot and cold water handles.

I can sometimes stop hiccups by sitting down and shutting down: everything full stop, including breathing. But I also have to be super calm about it, and breathe shallow and soft when I breathe again.

Hiccups can sense fear.

Nod. However bad the past was, you survived it to be here today.

That is a real accomplishment you can remember for days to come.

Given there are no jobs in the U.S. whose working hours align with school hours, aside from working in the schools themselves, I think the feminist movement here did fail in some powerful ways.

Pets truly understand the best way to spend the shortest days of the year.

Yes, elections matter and we are now in primaries which are the time to choose candidates we don't need to complain about after the election.
And voting is one of the many things we must do, along with protests, along with keeping each other alive.

Handguns will be nearly completely ineffective against the might of the U. S. Military.

I didn't realize Ferrero Rochet is made in Canada until I took a French exchange student to the grocery store to get treats for friends back home and she was super excited that Ferrero Rochet chocolates were so much cheaper here than in France.

That was a terribly convoluted sentence but I think I sussed it out. Thanks for the trailer link!