well on the bright side, that half the world *doesn’t* include the children. hopefully you can make a case for yourself out of that fact in order to placate lanette. good luck…

Oh, don’t worry about Lanette. She knows me well enough that it’s literally impossible for me to annoy her so deeply that she doesn’t forgive me within a day.

Granted, that’s mostly because I once had to explain to her that the emails I had sent to her one fateful week were nigh incomprehensible not because I was drunk but instead because I had clefairy paws, but the point is, she knows I largely mean well.

Actually, it’s more like nothing he says or does fazes me anymore, so knowing him is a constant act of nudging him towards doing something less him, but yes. —LH

Hey! You’re back! Great—I have a new idea for an invention that I want to share with you. It’s watch, but you use it to stop time so you can have more time to catch pokémon. —Bill

And I’m out again. —LH

What is your favourite Pokémon inspired food and/or beverage?

Admittedly, I’ve always been a bit partial to Zubat Cola. It’s terrible for you, but it’s quite delicious. Also, to be fair, it doesn’t give you as much of a dose of caffeine as, say, Shuppepsi.

As for food, that’s quite difficult, but there’s a traditional treat in Johto made of mochi and red bean that’s shaped like pokémon heads (usually ones like squirtle or bulbasaur, but solosis and ditto are quite popular nowadays too). Normally, I’m not one for sweets, but those are extremely addictive. I spend more on that every time I visit my family than I care to admit. (Don’t tell my mother, but sometimes, I bring my younger sister along just so I’d have an excuse to buy them.)

Doesn’t your mother read this blog? —LH

…. —Bill