Today’s a mini-rant day for just complaining about the constant calls we get from telemarketers and scammers. Leave us alone! Do we have to just stop answering the phone? How annoyed are you by junk calls these days?

When we read a Popsugar post about a mom's Facebook Live rant on her son's school's disgusting bathrooms [https://www.popsugar.com/moms/Mom-Facebook-Live-Video-Dirty-School-Bathrooms-43316063?ref=42927967], we knew we could come up with some good stuff to complain about too. You know us—we love a good rant!

On this week’s Roundabout Roundup: Catherine shouts out Pepper, the American Hedgehog Warrior [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP0WAdmY0EEnfV2YFJ8Rfbw/videos], and her merch. Nicole's Instagram Minute offers @itsdougthepug [http://instagram.com/itsdougthepug], another cute critter who will brighten your day. And Terri's finally making her way through the excellent TV (The Book) by Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz [https://www.grandcentralpublishing.com/titles/alan-sepinwall/tv-the-book/9781455588190/].

As with every other event in American life, the Covid-19 pandemic comes with merchandise, and lots of it. Do you have any? Do you want any? Would you buy some from us? Mentioned: The Shop Forward [https://www.theshopforward.com/collections/corona], Jenny Lawson's raccoon face mask [https://www.zazzle.com/rory_the_raccoon_mask_as_requested_cloth_face_mask-256799784892640417], and social-distancing hats in a Chinese classroom [https://www.cnet.com/news/kids-in-china-head-back-to-school-wearing-social-distancing-hats/].

The pandemic has given us extra time to look around our homes and realize how much stuff we're holding on to that we don't need. What have you got that would make a good giveaway?

Now that Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist has wrapped up for the season, we're doubling up on Veronica Mars. This week's episodes featured good detecting, but poor judgement, on Veronica's part—along with the arrival of Alyson Hannigan as Logan's sister, Trina. Mentioned: Shaggy-haired teachers on My So-Called Life [https://youtu.be/8PZHQRFH4IU] and Once and Again [https://youtu.be/m2ecn0Evl4s].

In honor of Mother's Day, we decided to check in on some of favorite TV and movie moms and see how they might handle being locked down during a pandemic (like, how does Marge Simpson maintain that beehive without salon visits?).

Catherine’s “grocery fair” typo already gave us inspiration for a discussion of fantasy school fundraisers, and now we extend that to any sort of store we wish existed. “Try before you buy” seems to be a common theme of our retail dreams. What sort of shop do you wish you could find?

Terri had a major meltdown about a potential delegation fail, which got us wondering (and whining) about why it's so hard to hand off responsibilities to other members of our households.

On this week’s Roundabout Roundup: Nicole's Instagram Minute offers @d.a.d.n.o.t.e.s [https://www.instagram.com/d.a.d.n.o.t.e.s/], a sweet collection of lunchbox notes. Terri's grateful to the team at @uniteherehealth on Twitter [https://twitter.com/uniteherehealth/], especially Laura and Evelyn, for their kindness and customer service assistance. And Catherine lets us know about a brand-new book for parents of middle-schoolers: And Then They Stopped Talking to Me: Making Sense of Middle School, by Judith Warner [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/534339/and-then-they-stopped-talking-to-me-by-judith-warner/].