On this week's entertainment-themed Round 2, a double dose of Veronica Mars, although both episodes were useless in their own ways. "One Angry Veronica" did nothing for the season-long arc, and "Donut Run" was based on a faulty premise (although Terri's theory about how and why that happened makes a lot of sense). Mentioned: the Veronica Mars Investigations podcast [https://www.veronicamarsinvestigations.com/]; a teaser about Veronica joining the FBI [https://veronicamars.fandom.com/wiki/Veronica_in_the_FBI]; and the two Magic Mountains (amusement park [https://www.sixflags.com/magicmountain] and book by Thomas Mann [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_Mountain]).

Need to use a leash/harness/tether on your kid? No judgment here; two of us have done it. A tweet from Today's Parent magazine about kids being either barnacles or bolters prompted us to talk about which kind of kids we had (and which kind we were).

Ah, sleep time, when the subconscious opens the door on every stupid thing you could possibly imagine worrying about or wondering about or thinking about, and these things parade across your consciousness. Meet some of our cast of thousands.

It’s supposed to be a positive thing when kids get more independent. But we're both happy and thrown into existential crisis.

On this week’s Roundabout Roundup: Nicole and her family are keeping germs away with the Clean Door Anti-Contact Tool [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08BY3GGYT/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1], and on a related note, Catherine reports that Hanes makes comfortable, inexpensive face masks [https://www.hanes.com/masks.html]. Terri escaped into a history of the founding of Banana Republic with the book Wild Company by Mel and Patricia Ziegler [https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Company-Untold-Banana-Republic/dp/1451683502/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2SBV9HOPH2K2U&dchild=1&keywords=wild+company+the+untold+story+of+banana+republic&qid=1597422633&sprefix=wild+company%2Caps%2C172&sr=8-2]. Mentioned: Her past shout-out of Abandoned Republic on Facebook [https://www.parentingroundaboutpodcast.com/blog/roundabout-roundup-alex-ani-tiktok-abandoned-republic].

After hearing about an opportunity to sleep over at the last Blockbuster video store in the world [https://www.scarymommy.com/last-blockbuster-airbnb-bend-oregon/], we obsessed about cool slumber party venues, from malls, mattress stores, and museums to the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia [https://taronga.org.au/sydney-zoo/accommodation].

We appreciate all the work that goes into pandemic protection cleaning and hygiene practices. But we've noticed that sometimes, a little flaw in the system kind of defeats the whole purpose.

On this week's entertainment-themed Round 2: World of Dance wrapped up with a second set of semi-finals and then a fizzle of a finale (partly thanks to the pending pandemic, but also, the performances peaked in the semi-finals and fell flat in the finals).

On Veronica Mars, we finally get an episode about moms instead of dads (including one surprise mom-to-be at the ending). But the best thing about "My Mother, the Fiend" was the renewed alliance between Logan and Weevil. Next: We'll watch the next two episodes from season 2, "One Angry Veronica" and "Donut Run."

We talk about an Illinois school district that made the news for banning pajamas during remote schoolwork. While we agree that respect and routine are both important, doesn't everybody have bigger fish to fry here? (And don't most adults wear the loungiest clothes they can get away with when working remotely?)

We reminisce about some concerts we've seen — and no lies on the list.