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𝑻𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒖𝒑 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅. 𝑰 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒅𝒚𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒂 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑬𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 — 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎. 𝑨𝒍𝒔𝒐: 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕.

𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒂 𝒈𝒐!

𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑—

𝑨. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆? 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑓𝑢𝑙, 𝑗𝑜𝑦𝑓𝑢𝑙, 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑

𝑩. 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚 𝒊𝒕? 𝑌𝑒𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑢𝑠ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑 (𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑒𝑒)

𝑪. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐? 𝑇𝑜 𝑎 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑡 (𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑔𝑜 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎)

𝑫. 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆? 2-3 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠, 𝑛𝑜 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑐 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘

𝑬. 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆? 25

𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑—

𝑨. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆? 𝐴 𝑝𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑦

𝑩. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆? 𝐶𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑎𝑠𝑡

𝑪. 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆? 2-2.5 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠, 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑

𝑫. 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒅? 𝑌𝑒𝑠, 𝑏𝑦 𝑑𝑜𝑔𝑠

𝑬. 𝑰𝒔 𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆? 𝑈-ℎ𝑢ℎ.

𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙:

𝑨. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏? 𝑇𝑤𝑜 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟

𝑩. 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏? 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢

𝑪. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒚? 𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑒

𝑫. 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒕: 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑘𝑎𝑦

𝑬. 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑦, 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒

𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒅 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑—

𝑨. 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚 𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒔, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑾𝒉𝒚? 𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑠: 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦

𝑩. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒆𝒍

𝑪. 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒛-𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒔: 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑑𝑎𝑦

𝑫. 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆.

𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑—

𝑨. 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔.

𝑩. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏? 𝑇𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑤.

𝑪. 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝟓 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔... 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆 (𝟐-𝟑 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔)

𝑫. 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕.

𝑬. 𝑵𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆.

𝑭𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒉 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑—

𝑨. 𝑰𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒕. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒖𝒎𝒑 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖.

𝑩. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖.

𝑪. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎.

𝑫. 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚 𝒊𝒕. 𝑺𝒍𝒐𝒘-𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒏, 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒊 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆. 𝑰𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖.

𝑬. 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅? — 𝒚𝒆𝒔/𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖.

𝑰𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈!

— 𝑨𝒏𝒏𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒛𝒚𝒂 𝑽.

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Neil Patrick Harris plays Count Olaf in the Netflix production of A Series of Unfortunate Events.

Neil Patrick Harris also sings the Netflix productions theme song, "Run Away."

Count Olaf's M.O. (when caught) is to run away.

Is he actually singing about himself?

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New Episode Out: The Reading Circle Dedicates read The Wide Window Ch. 12 and argue about Aunt Josephine's redeeming qualities. Find the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.

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When discussing Aunt Josephine's willingness to hand the Baudelaires over to Count Olaf to avoid being thrown overboard by the Lake Lachrymose leeches, I think it's important to take into account that her husband was killed by the leeches.

Please know, I am not saying this as an excuse, as if this somehow makes her actions forgivable and exempt from all criticism. I'm saying this because it's important to understand when people's decisions are trauma-informed. I believe that we, as humans, have the capacity to condemn someone's actions while also acknowledging the background that led up to them. (We also talked about this in relation to Ben, back when we read Cold Fire.)

I'm saying this because we're living in a world that is full of turmoil and argument; a world where many many many of us are in pain. But more and more I am seeing that in our pain, we forget to acknowledge the pain on the other side. We talk over one another, as if ours is the only pain that matters. And if we cannot start talking to one another and see how our opponents may also be suffering, we will never find a way to end our conflicts--only a way for our conflicts to end us.

--Editing thoughts by Marjorie

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"Aunt Josephine has the self-preservation instincts of a panda on Fentanyl." --Goodwin

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In case you, like Marjorie, wanted to know the origin of all these nautical (a word which here means "related to sailing") phrases

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Goodwin mentioned this video in our latest episode.