Do bromeliads all not need soil? That's the thing I think I know about them, they snag nutrients from the air.

There are terrestrial bromeliads too, with root systems that draw nutrients from the soil. The pineapple's one of them; the biggest one is this: [link]

The duet at the end is adorable.

The whole episode was great -- I was also into the first guest.

ooh, I believe I shall have to watch that now!

Also, my BFF Warren Buffett was on the Daily Show -- it was a good run for me.

Yeah, an excellent night of fake news all around. Dolly's always great, isn't she?

I'm sorry to report that when Warren Buffett and Carol whose name I have forgotten were introduced as having written a book together my first thought was "please don't have had an affair while you we're working on it!"

Ooh, Queen of the Andes! That's a good one to know about.

One of the google holes I fell down took me to: fyeahnon-binarysearhorse.tumblr.com. Which is...interesting. Some of them make sense from a cis binary position, so much sense that I'm not sure why they're touted as non-binary, so that means there's some subtext I'm missing.

But I am now introduced to the term "biological essentialists" (which I really should have known/used before), and I can give this [link] a hearty thumbs up.

What is a searhorse?

I just found out that in The DaVinci Code, Mary Magdalene is Jesus's wife. Didn't that already happen in The Last Temptation of Christ?

When I wasn't in meetings or being a ruiner of lives, I spent most of my day being tortured by migration. I went the grocery store and pharmacy. I answered a bunch of emails and comments, and helpfully directed some people to job postings.

I think I'm officially done being a responsible grown up for the day. Now it's time for scotch and an episode of Ultraviolet.

So I got home in time to get a call from my mother, who read me the riot act for "sneaking around behind our back and committing your parents to a nursing home," end quote. That was fun. I'm getting better at it, though: I just said I understood her worries and loved her and didn't let my dad correct her misstatements.

We're just going to have to roll with this for a while. But at least they're in a more supportive environment, and Dad gets to have more social contact with people.

Plus, tomorrow or Friday there will be haldol. Oy.

You'll get through today and tomorrow and the days after. And she's in the best place for her and you.