Allison Portnow Lathrop

OTOH my mom proudly typed her own thesis (and like many women of her generation had typing class in case she became a secretary) and she now henpecks on the keyboard today. 🤷‍♀️

Yup. Ours are taking standardized tests on computers years before [they will] get instruction on operating a computer and typing.

This morning I said, we’ll at least have almost two full months til Thanksgiving with how late it is. 🦃

Photo of my 8 and 6yos dressed as a bright green gecko and teal axolotl for Halloween.

Happy Halloween. The gecko and axolotl costume shop is CLOSED.

Missing an axolotl arm but otherwise good to go! 🎃

Trash heap is not happening (this year?? All-knowing Trash Heap willing??) — turns out it’s hard to make a trash heap costume while your life is kind of a mess. The great irony!

Bonus: it spiralizes too!

Photo of my bumpy orange pumpkin next to a cordless drill and lots of spirals of pumpkin.

My pumpkin was too tough to carve so I used the next best tool: a power drill. 🎃

Wait

THIS is an interesting data point

Change one letter, ruin a candy

Knickers

tangy braised chickpeas “Brisket”-braised chickpeas — that is, with all of the flavors of my favorite meaty braise — with not a speck of brisket involved. This vegan dish is a perfect cozy and hear…

Normal people: please make this. smittenkitchen.com/2020/09/tang...

True life: I started cooking before we found the second and last can (it took two adults and one child to find it).

Screenshot of NYT Cooking The Veggie newsletter reading; “So You Have 12 Cans of Chickpeas. Now What? Chickpea anxiety is real. We can help.”

It’s all fun and games until you’re using the last two cans of chickpeas in your whole house.

What kind of things should I glue onto myself? Leaves? 🍂 Drawn-on-felt fruits?

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Yelling at my spouse for not getting an engineering degree in Halloween costume design. 👌

Woah, seems like he had very specific people in mind. Happen to think I learned from a truly gifted individual that taught me more about musicology than any seminar did. (💐💐💐 Brent Wissick)

The Rach Too concert

YouTube video by Jim Henson's Family Hub Fraggle Rock | Trashy Knows All, Trashy Tells All, Trashy IS All! | Jim Henson Family Hub

It’s happening. The Trash Heap is the hero for our times. youtu.be/rJVJ8xIukMw

Oh and sometimes you’ve gotta write what string to play it on. And sometimes the note name tbf — other clefs are above my pay grade.

Very into this method of marking up my bass parts (and giving each note a bowing). I’m sure the librarian is like…can she read music?

Friends were chatting about how they want to know why they should love their friends’ favorite musicians. Someone came up with, what if we had a party where we each gave PowerPoints with musical examples of our favorite musicians??

They just invented the discipline of musicology.

We have a friend who specializes in throwing walking tacos parties, but hadn’t had them til I was an adult. So tasty.

Vegetarian Chili With Lots of Fritos Quick, spicy, filling, and made mostly of pantry ingredients, this chili/tortilla soup/frito pie mash-up is calling your name. (Shhh. Listen closely.)

Bean chili with lots of Fritos. www.bonappetit.com/recipe/veget...

I wish I were an Oscar Meyer weiner…

Being 8, he understood the concept of unfairness, but could not understand that 1996 was so recent (“that’s so long ago!”).

Lilith Fair doc: I laughed, I cried, I tried to explain centuries (millennia?) of misogyny to my 8yo son.

YouTube video by KarlJenkinsVEVO Karl Jenkins - Adiemus (Official Video)

Just saw a 22yo figure skate to this song I probably haven’t thought about in 22 years (or since it was everywhere 30 😅 years ago). youtu.be/GCsQZSB1gZg?...

Brown background with text on it: "Thick blocks of musical fudge"

Ed Ruscha, Thick Blocks of Musical Fudge, 1976 www.moma.org/collection/w...

Axolotl costume made of a teal sweatshop with from coats, felt, and pipe cleaner external gills hot glued to the hood.

Got the gills on. The eyeball option on this one is toooo creepy.