Books & Blooms

Let’s talk about pants, baby. In a new segment called “The Yoke of Capitalism,” Lee waxes poetic about the benefits of skinny jeans, muses about shorter-leg shorts, and wonders what to do with a coffee-stained shirt. Val, a conspiracy theorist about Big Seltzer, shares some dahlia facts and a story about a garden lady named Mary. Lee shares the plan for her 40th birthday. (Hint: It’s inspired by the show Taskmasters.)

SHOW NOTES: 

We now have an email! It’s [email protected]! Send us your thoughts, questions, and stories. 

What makes skinny jeans stretchy? According to this website, skinny jeans tend to have built in stretchy material like Elastane or lycra.

Val isn’t the only person suspicious of “natural flavors” in seltzer. A few years ago, a lawsuit was filed against LaCroix about their use of linalool under the “natural flavors” umbrella. However, the case was dropped. 

Coke Zero and Oreo collaboration

Fear of holes is called trypophobia. 

Dahlia tubers look like this. Ball dahlias look like this. 

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Lee brings her trivia A game by sharing the lore of Colonel Sanders as well as the real names of many cartoon mascots and characters. Val discusses the benefits of Rita’s, being a creature of habit, and adderall. Which childhood book series harmed us more: Sweet Valley or Goosebumps? We weigh in on this and other important questions in our Books segment. Cool baby name of the week: Esme. 

SHOW NOTES: 

The Colonel Sanders wikipedia page

The real name of Shaggy (who wrote the song It Wasn’t Me): Orville Richard Burrell 

The real name of Shaggy from Scooby Doo: Norville Rogers

ADHD inattentive type

Lee’s childhood gemstone box

R.L. Stine might have had ghostwriters. This article about R.L. Stine and Scholastic suing each other delves into the question.

Goosebumps books referenced: Night of the Living Dummy, Stay Out of the Basement, Welcome to the Dead House, Say Cheese and Die!

Sweet Valley books referenced: Sweet Valley University Thriller Edition: The Roommate (Val thought the story happened to Lila Fowler but it actually happened to an SVU-only character named Isabella), Sweet Valley Twins: The Carnival Ghost, Sweet Valley Saga: The Wakefields of Sweet Valley 

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Are you the anchor or the kite? Lee and Val recover from their days by venting a little, arguing about cold plunges, and telling dog stories. They read debate-themed haikus and somehow wind up discussing the American Girl series for awhile. Val tells a story about an early fall flower: the zinnia, which is also the baby name of the week! Lee had to buy a new water heater. RIP her back. 

SHOW NOTES: 

The author of the Addy books was Connie Porter. The article Val referred to was a fascinating, thorough piece in Slate about the decisions that went into the creation of the Addy story and doll, including her hair: The Making of An American Girl Doll by Aisha Harris. 

From the American Girl wiki: 

Josefina Montoya is a Mexican girl living on a rancho (ranch settlement) fifteen miles away from Santa Fe in 1824, during the time when the territory was under Mexican rule, only a few years after Mexican independence from Spanish colonialism. 

Kaya is a Native American/Indigenous girl of the Nimíipuu, or Nez Perce tribe. Her stories take place in the 1760s and are set prior to permanent settlement of the Pacific Northwest by white European-Americans. 

Here’s a bit more about how the first zinnias in space were grown. 

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Have you put off a medical appointment for several years? Do you want to learn some manatee facts? Either way, you’ll love our new segment “Calming Manatee.” ValVal and LeeLe complain about the hypocrisy of a particular type of children’s theater and about the way people treat retail workers. Book-wise, Lee shares her cozy fantasy recs and Val introduces the first podcast read: All the Names They Used for God by Anjali Sachdeva. Special guest appearance by Nico the dog! 

SHOW NOTES: 

The manatee meme generated several versions of this.

Here’s a bummer: what happens to the air when you burn your trash.

You can learn more about the efforts to help the ozone layer here and (relatedly) LA’s efforts to clean up its air here. And, of course, if you want to learn more about manatees (including the “marching molars”), here’s an informative FAQ page.

Lee’s Queer Cozy Fantasy Reads: 

TJ Klune’s House on the Cerulean Sea

Travis Baldree’s Legends & Lattes

Our first podcast read: All the Names They Used for God by Anjali Sachdeva. Book discussion will come in a few weeks!

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Welcome to the Books and Blooms podcast! It’s real loose. LeeLee and ValVal do a little art talk and share their feelings on long-haired dogs, furries, and dog rescue email lists. ValVal shares a Plant Story about a single red rose and a very busy Valentine’s Day. Never say we didn’t do nothing for no one! 

Episode 1 Show Notes: 

Jeff Koons: https://jeffkoons.com

Sad Abe Lincoln: https://www.instagram.com/p/CVJuvGiM1zb/?igsh=MWF3ODF1YjN2c3gzMQ==

Dog showr: Tender Wasabi (the winner of the 2021 dog show) can be seen here. Fantabulous Wild Thang (the winner of the 2024 Ugliest Dog contest) can be seen here.

Anthrocon: Here’s a news article about how Anthrocon raised money for senior dogs. Can YOU make it through without crying? 

Snl “Thanksgiving at Kamala’s” skit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPgLU8IDNTI. “Ella Emhoff” at 3:02.

Will You Be There, by Michael Jackson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQY_QL_wvQU. Do yourself a favor and watch the video.

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Haiku segment intro: Strange wind chimes duo! — Debussy Bells, bamboo by Philip_Goddard -- https://freesound.org/s/686153/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0. 

Haiku background: bell-bowl G-ish.wav by Squidocto -- https://freesound.org/s/255762/ -- License: Creative Commons 0. 

Plant story intro: Golvuna by kjartan_abel -- https://freesound.org/s/610679/ -- License: Attribution 4.0. 

(LeeLee was right about music copyright… it’s a myth that a short clip is okay, otherwise I totally would have played Will You Be There.)

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What we are all about! Check back here Monday, September 23rd, 2024 for Episode 1.

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