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February 19

5-things12One set of Brights were at Costco today. We were sitting eating pizza at the food court and the subject of music came up. The Bandit was making fun of Amylynn’s Honey, that he thought Venom was a rock band when it was really a Spiderman villain. Honey got all crotchety, “Back in my day, Venom was a heavy metal band.” He pulled up a picture of the group on his phone to show the boy. “These are the forefather’s of my band.” The vegetable tattoosboy looked at the musicians. “I only see three. Where’s the fourth guy?” Amylynn laughed for five solid minutes.

1. Tattoos and $85 carrots. It seems that Whole Foods is considering some additions to their stores. You’re probably thinking juice bar. Maybe home-grown tobacco. Nope. They’re thinking about tattoo parlors. Uh huh. They’re thinking about leasing space to venders. Can’t you just see a bunch of hipsters wandering around with their carts full of organic Brussel sprouts that cost $37 and a skunky craft beer veering into a funky tattoo

They make spacesuits for fatties?

parlor and getting Mom inked on their scrawny bicep. We’re pretty sure the tat would be overpriced too. There is such a thing as organic tattoo ink. This is totally happening.

2. Mars. We’re watching The Martian while writing this blog which is timely because one of our Things this week was an article we read about NASA’s selection for astronauts for the manned mission to Mars. Here’s the scoop – it’s 34 million miles one way. They warn that the people they select will have to get along well with others in a very tight space, dealing with boredom and the same personalities for over three years. The candidates Princemust be “amiable people”. NASA warns that “grouchy, moody types who value personal space” need not apply. The Sisters have formally withdrawn their applications.

3. What we aspire to. Get a load of this. We love Prince. He’s very tiny. Like a pocket musician. Since one of the Sisters is a bit shrimpy herself, there’s a certain amount of camaraderie among the other shorties. Also, he’s wildly talented with his funky brand of rock and roll. So talented he’s still touring after all these years. He needed a new passport photo to go to Australia and New Zealand. We don’t know where he had this taken, but we’re guessing it wasn’t Walgreens. This man is nearly 60-years-old. Clearly he has sold his soul to the devil to 1988look this good. Look at those cheek bones. We only wish we could do our eyeliner this well.

4. … and 28 years later – Lots of stuff happened in 1988: Rihanna was born, crack appears for the first time, Rain Man wins the Oscar for best picture, Super Mario Bros. 3 comes out, and Ava and Ed get married on 2/19/88 in Los Angeles at the court-house.  All of those things are now classics, sorry Rihanna.

5. Funny…who knew! We love Stevie Wonder. Like Prince, he’s been around for a long, long time and the world is better for it. The other night he was on the Grammys. He did a thing with Plantronix in honor of Earth Wind and Fire. And then he gave an award. That’s where things got really good. We’ve included the video here. So funny.

 

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