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sociomi · 2 years ago

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How to create effective prompts for AI image generation

There are a couple of things that make up a decent brief. The information language should be clear and compact. This is on the grounds that any text to image model would be mainly trained on images alt text and image descriptions from stock photography sites. In the event that there are any uncertainty or blunders in your feedback, the image age will be impacted.

Your feedback should be a finished sentence. This is to guarantee that the model can get familiar with the setting of the information and generate a relating image.

It ought to likewise be syntactically right. This is to keep away from any disarray for the model when producing an image is attempting.

Substantial words = All images portray the substantial thing (a squirrel).

Substantial words models: feline, squirrel, magnifying instrument, light, tree, ketchup, bird, vehicle, bicycle, guinea pig, seagull, spaghetti, confine, peacock, tomato, mousetrap, lamp, hatchet, umbrella, cupcake.

Conceptual words = shocks.

Conceptual words models: trust, dream, dream, achievement, moderate, sainted, satisfactory, happines, adequate, reality, mean, agreeability, rationalism, appalling, determinate, elevate, standpoint, basic, ludicrous.

Substantial words produce images that portray the substantial thing. Dynamic words then again will give you more differed results. To get an exact image of something substantial, you ought to utilize substantial words. Each of the images in the accompanying result portray a squirrel, so you should rest assured that on the off chance that you utilize substantial words like "squirrel" you'll get an image of a squirrel. Take a look at Ai images.

Then again, assuming you utilize dynamic words, you'll come by additional differed results. A text-to-image AIs are better at managing dynamic ideas than others, so you might get an image that seems OK, or you might get an image of book covers that contain the theoretical word that you determined in the title.

Compose positive prompts - depict what ought to exist, not where is going wrong.

If you have any desire to try not to have a whiskery man in your image, don't express "a man without a facial hair growth." All things being equal, state "a neatly shaved man." The AI takes things in a real sense, so in the event that something is in the brief, imaging it is more probable.

Remember that obscure plural words like "felines" pass on a ton of space for translation to the text-to-image AI. Did you mean two felines or 12 felines? In this manner, when you need different subjects, utilize plural things with explicit numbers. In any case, it was accounted for that while has no issue making numerous subjects in a scene, it misses the mark in isolating certain qualities of each from one another. So it is smarter to adhere to prompts with up to three subjects.

It is likewise critical to know which language the model was trained on. This is on the grounds that various dialects can have different word request, and this can affect the image age. For instance, in the event that a model was trained on English yet the brief is in French, the image age may not be as precise because of interpretation issues.

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tdoompoet · 3 years ago

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Keep You: Preservation of Papyrus

Sans had snapped from the humans endless genocide routes, and so took the option away from them by killing everyone himself first. After so many times doing it on his own, he grew tired (and desparate) from the loneliness. He can't keep it up, but he can't stop, either.

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(Full story under Keep Reading, with alt link to Ao3 in notes)

(Potentially triggering drawing at end of story)

(CW: injury, violence, genocide, decapitation, body horror)

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Keep You:

Preservation of Papyrus

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Not again.

He couldn't do it again.

Yet here he was, covered in dusty remains once more, the population under the mountain made silent.

It had become routine:

Wake up.

(was he really awake?)

Recognize the world had Reset.

(again. he had to do it all again. and again. and again--)

Spend an hour staring at the ceiling, bracing himself for the day's work ahead.

(--again. and again. and again. he had to--)

Slip by Papyrus, busy preparing a fresh batch for his spaghetti trap.

("Today I, The Great Papyrus, WILL capture a human! Nyeh-heh-heh!! --Brother! Don't forget to Calibrate! Your! Puzzles" --yet again--)

Murder Everyone.

After so many repeats (thousands? tens of thousands? how many by the kid's hand, how many by his own?), he was able to go about his self-appointed duty on auto-pilot. Easy enough to slip on his smile, walking alongside the townsfolk and make them laugh or groan at corny jokes as though it were any other day, until they were out of sight of anyone else. Then they couldn't react to anything anymore.

Easy enough for the first dozen or so, as he built up his first few levels of LoVe (don't think about how with his single ATK lousy damage that the only ones he could take down swiftly and quietly at first still being in stars damned stripes--). Even easier once the LoVe trickled into his Soul and what little guilt he could still feel was replaced with adrenaline and the growing reinforcement of the knowledge that he would soon be completely alone in this world once more.

But things would be different this time.

He dusted his way through Snowdin, then Waterfall, and Hotland along with the Core, and finally on his way to the Capitol, careful to keep a good distance between his brother and himself even as the population dwindled to be replaced by gusts of dust, and his growing LoVe became more and more obvious to the point that others went on the defensive as soon as they laid eyes on his on imbalanced red-tinted gaze.

No one would be allowed to stop him. He must complete this before the human arrived and destroyed everyone themself. (was he really any better than the kid, or even that damned flower?)

An encounter with the King would have been likely to end in Sans' favor even before he gained any LoVe, what with the King's own LoVe and guilt making him weak to the mercies of the Judge. This, it couldn't even be counted as a fight. Sans couldn't afford to stop and think of why, if it was because the King believed he deserved the Judgement for all his own sins when there was nothing left to lose, or if it was the shock of grief and betrayal from one of his most trusted-- No, can't think about that. There was a goal to complete.

One last task. And then..

The trip to the Room of Souls was quick. Anyone who earned a Royal title was made aware of its exact location, and given a general knowledge of how the Soul containers functioned. No point in limiting the information to the King alone if his death would also result in the loss of the six souls the Underground had managed to collect so far. No point in denying them what little HoPe was left to cling to.

Now, they were Sans' only means of preserving his own last HoPe.

Soul container collected and stashed in his inventory, a detour through New Home where he quickly found and claimed that damned knife (so many Resets since the kid was last able to hit him, and that scar-that-never-happened still fucking BURNED), and a shortcut later found him blinking a gust of dust mixed snow out of his sockets. And ahead of him on the path, same spot as every other time it had come to this point--

Deep breath. Don't get distracted yet. He was so close to finishing this.

So close to saving Papyrus from the non-existent mercies of the creature masquerading as a human.

Papyrus stood there, seemingly expecting him (as he did every time it came to this point of the timeline), the small remainder of hope being replaced with that soul wrenching mix of grief, disappointment, and ever-present Mercy once he took in the changes to his brother. Once he saw the effects of the LoVe he'd earned.

"Brother."

Sans said nothing. Time was of the essence. The human would be through the ruins soon. But--

"All the Dogi are gone. And all of our neighbors."

"..yea." There was no denying the evidence, he fully knew and accepted what he'd done, but somehow it was still a struggle to get the admission out past the sudden tightness in his non-existent throat at admitting it to his brother.

"Undyne isn't answering her phone."

Sans said nothing. The reason why was obvious. He can't think of how his actions hurt his brother just yet. He'll accept everything Papyrus has to throw at him once this is over. He deserves nothing less.

"She's never going to, is she. Nor any of our other friends." A statement. Not a question.

Every other timeline, he ended it immediately upon shortcutting here before his brother had the chance to talk him down. To allow his guilt and grief to overwhelm him before he could finish and result in his brother being left to the tender (non) mercies of the kid. But if this worked (it WOULD work) Papyrus would be able to say anything he wanted to his Soul's content. He'd be ALIVE to do so.

"..i'm sorry, Papyrus. i have to do this." He was cracking. He needed to get his shit together. He needed to finish before that door opened and everything was ruined.

"Brother, this isn't the way to solve any problem! You KNOW this! Talk to me, I don't underst--"

His barely-wavering appeal, a tangled mess of bravery, belief in his brother, and wet with tears of grief finally released when the truth could no longer be denied, was cut off by a wave of bones surging up behind him. Familiarity from years of training with his brother had him dodging forward into Sans' space without a thought. It was playing dirty, but right now that didn't matter.

Sans took advantage of the familiar routine, manipulating Papyrus into position to move under his outstretched arm, yank him down by the scarf, and within a blink the cursed knife was out of his inventory and through Papyrus' neck.

Everything stopped as quickly as it started, Papyrus never even having a chance to recover from the shock before his body started dusting away beneath him.

"W-well, that's not what I expected," Papyrus managed to say. Sans' soul damn near broke right then from hearing the familiar words usually spoken to the human all those genocide runs ago now directed at himself. But he couldn't let it affect him. Not now. No time.

With speed few would believe he possessed, the knife was dropped, the Soul container was out of his inventory, on the ground, opened, and the orange soul of Bravery tossed aside without a thought. With hands starting to shake, Papyrus' head was reverently lowered inside in its place.

The lid was quickly sealed. Sans remained crouched, staring into the jar and shaking with anticipation as the rest of Papyrus dissolved to dust beside him. The scarf caught up in a sudden gust of wind, fluttering down to catch around himself and the container holding what (HoPefully) remained of his brother. It was hard to tell whether it felt more like a threatening noose or a comforting embrace.

(It was his brothers. Of course there was only ever one option it could be, regardless of what Sans thought he deserved.)

The silence stretched on, Sans refusing to break eye contact for a moment even as a stinging mix of magic and dust dripped into his straining sockets. He couldn't look away, not even to blink. Not until he was sure it worked. Not until--

"Brother, I believe we need to have a talk. There are much better ways to solve problems than shoving people into jars! Well, parts of people! That was very rude! I was very attached to my body! And where did you even find a jar that already seemed to have people parts in it?? They--!!!"

Sans couldn't help it. The tension melted out of him, body falling into a heap between the jar containing his ranting (LIVING!) brother and the dissolving human soul. Tremors wracked him as dreaded anticipation of failure switched too quickly into hysterical laughter, the disbelief of success overwhelming.

Alive. Papyrus was still alive, and still very much himself. Well, until the shock wore off, at least. He was well aware he had a lot to make up to Papyrus for, not that he could ever make up for everything he had done. But Papyrus was safe, ALIVE. With him, and unable to needlessly sacrifice himself to the human yet again.

Sans managed to save him, and he would never have to be alone with his ghosts again.

At the far end of the path, through the woods and over the bridge, a stone door creaked open. The human child stepped out into the snow.

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A.N. Wasn't sure how to do it, but had the idea of the human coming out of the ruins and being horrified out of their genocidal stupor at the image of Sans gleefully hugging the jar containing his brother's decapitated head, evidence that he'd willfully done it surrounding him. Who knows, maybe it would be enough of a shock to get them to reconsider their choices up to now.

Alternatively, there was the idea that Sans would manage to evade the human while keeping the Papyrus jar close to him at all times (perhaps he even did this early on before killing everyone else), and.. just enjoying what he can of his brother's company before using him as a last resort EXP boost, even going so far as to break the jar and finish dusting his brother in front of the human for the extra shock factor.

But I couldn't bring myself to go that route. With Papyrus having the chance to natter on and chip away at his brother's mental walls while trapped in the soul container, I don't think Sans could have brought himself to murder Papyrus a second time in one run.

#undertale #sans #papyrus #dusttale #genocide route #undertale au #genocide #decapitation #violence #death #major character injury #sans has had enough #he can't lose papyrus again #TDoomPoet Keep You UT series

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travelwiide · 5 years ago

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7 things that astounded me when living in Vienna, Austria

What astounded me the most when I moved to Vienna, Austria? I've needed to expound on it for quite a while. I went through a year in Vienna and this experience showed me a great deal and in some sense changed my perspective. I concede I didn't encounter any social stun because Austria and Poland share a considerable amount for all intents and purposes. In any case, there are a couple of things that astounded me when living in Vienna, Austria. Here are some of them.

1. Snow-capped spring water in a tap.

One of the principal things that astounded me in the wake of moving to Vienna was the way that there was an extremely little choice of packaged despite everything water in the close-by grocery stores. Following a couple of days, I discovered that it is because everybody is drinking faucet water here. Maybe for some of you, there will be nothing peculiar in it, however in where I originate from, it isn't so self-evident. Drinking faucet water without bubbling it or sifting it? No chance! altered my perspective when I was clarified that Viennese water originates from Elevated mountain sources (look at: Where the Alps start and Climbing in the Viennese Alps). Springwater is provided to Vienna by a 120 km reservoir conduit, which, as I heard, was worked for the Sovereign and his court, yet later it was chosen to make this gem understood water accessible to others. What's intriguing, the watercourses through the hydroelectric force plant, delivering 65 million kilowatt-long stretches of vitality, which is sufficient to cover the power request of the whole city of Vienna! Smart, right? I need to concede that Viennese water tastes great. Also, there is nothing more invigorating than having a glass of cold water on a sweltering summer's day. You don't need to place it in the ice chest, toss ice 3D squares, etc. You simply turn on the tap and drink. Furthermore, there are sources in the city where you can empty drinking water into your jug. It's something I miss when I don't live in Vienna any longer.

2. How the Danube stream looks these days.

Let me come clean with you. Before I moved to Vienna, I had never been there. I knew this city just from photographs and I had some thought about what the city would resemble. I'm certain the majority of you know the well known three-step dance "The Blue Danube" formed by Johann Strauss II. Each time I heard this song, I envisioned a blue, wide stream that streams stately by delegate structures and noteworthy dwellings. I don't have the foggiest idea, possibly I believed that the Danube in Vienna looks somewhat like in Budapest. What's more, truly, what I saw shocked me a piece. Nonetheless, I imagine that Johann Strauss II himself would likewise be stunned on the off chance that he perceived how the Danube looks today. Over the previous century, the Danube has been controlled and is currently totally not at all like the stream it used to be. It is somewhat further from the notable focus of the city and separated by a portion of land into two troughs: the Danube (Dunau) and New Danube (Neue Donau). The water that streams close to the old town is the Danube Trench (Donaukanal), the arm of the Danube. Likewise, there is additionally the Old Danube (Alte Donau). No big surprise a few voyagers are somewhat befuddled. The Danube Waterway, which streams close to the old town, additionally looks very explicit. The dividers are painted with spray paint, there are gardens where individuals develop vegetables, flower child bars and some road fine arts. Try not to misunderstand me, I like the vibes of this spot and when I lived in Vienna I frequently strolled there, however it's simply not what I envisioned, so it totally amazed me.

3. The island in the city.

'I will be on the island this evening. Will we meet someplace at Depressed City or Copa Cagrana? I heard that they have great beverages in Sansibar. What do you think?' Did you comprehend anything about this? Provided that I hadn't lived in Vienna for some time, I wouldn't understand what it was about However, let me disclose everything to you. Indeed, in the focal point of Vienna is an island with seashore bars, grill territories, bike and roller ways, and even nudist seashores. Danube Island (Donauinsel) is now and then called 'Spaghetti Island'. This is a direct result of its shape: it is limited and more than 20 km long! It was made because of the waterway guideline and partitions the Danube into two troughs: the Danube (Donau) and New Danube (Neue Donau). You can likewise find out about it in my blog entries: Fascinating realities about Vienna and 5 elective activities in Vienna. The island, which was worked to shield Vienna from floods, has become a most loved recreational region in the city and a gathering place for local people. Depressed City and Copa Cagrana are particularly well known in summer nighttimes. It is the waterfront with various bars and cafés associated by the Ponte Cagrana barge connect. Some bar names are very entertaining, as Sansibar. If you have additional time, make certain to visit this clamoring and laid-back spot in Vienna.

4. Spittelau and some other peculiar looking structures.

One day when riding the U6 metro I saw the brilliant arch of Spittelau over the structures. I thought it was a castle or a sanctuary. I could never have thought it was only a city squander incinerator! Even such common things can astonish you in Vienna. As I found a workable pace city to an ever-increasing extent, I began to stray from the generally accepted way to go. At that point, I found other bizarre-looking structures like Hundertwasserhaus, KunstHausWien, Willa Wagner II, Vienna Harmony Pagoda and that's only the tip of the iceberg. You can find out about it in the blog entry: Top 10 most odd structures in Vienna.

5. Proficient titles all over.

Dipl. Ing., Mag., MSc, Mama, Dr. and the various expert titles. There is a great deal of them and now and again it is hard to make sense of it. Likewise, in Austria, they are composed all over the place. So on the off chance that you are a guaranteed engineer (Dipl. Ing.), you will have this title composed in reports like a graduation endorsement as well as on such inconsequential things as a metro ticket or even your IKEA card. Same with the ace, specialist, and the rest. Additionally, proficient titles are likewise composed by the names on the radio board, at the passageway to the apartment. Consider the possibility that somebody lives in a disconnected house. At that point frequently a sign is joined going back and forth or veneer of the structure saying that an educator, specialist, ace or confirmed architect lives here. On the off chance that in my nation somebody, aside from perhaps a clinical specialist who has a private center at home, would do something like this, individuals would discover it, in any event, bizarre and neurotic. Be that as it may, in Austria, this is flawlessly typical and nobody is astounded.

6. Contrasts between standard German and Austrian German.

The contrast between standard German and Austrian German is a broad theme. Furthermore, there is likewise the Viennese vernacular. So on the off chance that you just considered Hochdeutsch, you might be a little astonished how individuals talk in Vienna and not see a portion of the words. I never considered German at school and when it worked out that I would have the chance to go through a year in Vienna, I started to concentrate all alone. I purchased books, introduced a few versatile applications, and attempted to discover some new information consistently. All things considered, my language abilities were immediately checked the following morning after moving to Vienna. I went to the market to purchase something for breakfast and heard Grüß Gott rather than Guten Morgen. At the point when I needed to purchase rolls and requested Brötchen, the salesman said they had Semmeln in Austria. I additionally recall that when I needed to purchase cream, I was unable to discover Sahne anyplace. Later I discovered that there is Sauerrahm (harsh cream) or Schlagobers (sweet cream). There are numerous instances of contrasts between standard German and Austrian German. At the point when I understood that what I realize all alone now and then isn't valuable in Austria, I tried out a German course at the College of Vienna. There, aside from Hochdeutsch, I was likewise trained the Austrian rendition of the words and I could generally inquire as to whether I had any questions. Since some interesting circumstances have happened frequently. I recollect one day I needed to purchase frozen yogurt in Tichy and I saw that there is another taste called Weichsel. Inquisitive, I composed the word in the interpreter on the telephone and saw the name of the Vistula Stream in my country Poland. I needed to purchase this frozen yogurt to discover that it is sharp cherry. I could make reference to a lot increasingly such contrasts, perhaps some time or another I will expound more on it on my blog.

7. Drinking matured grape juice.

Toward the start of pre-winter, soon after the grape gather, the Viennese race to the close by vineyards to attempt Sturm. What is that? The sort of mixed beverage I previously expounded on in the blog entry about Top 10 activities in Vienna, Austria. In the Czech Republic and Slovakia, it is called burčák or burčiak, in Germany: Federweißer, Super, Sauser, Neuer Süßer, Junger Wein, Neuer Wein. Sturm is a semi-item made during the creation of wine, which can be expended only a couple of days after the beginning of the maturation of grapes. So at the end of the day, it's never again grape juice, not wine yet. What's more, not Beaujolais. Sturm isn't yet clear, has a wonderful sweet taste and is marginally shimmering. It is hard to decide the liquor substance of this beverage, it is generally 4–10%. In Vienna, you can purchase both white and red Sturm. By and by, I incline toward white, however, it merits attempting the two adaptations. Visiting a winery is the best thought, however, if you don't have a lot of time, you can purchase Sturm even at the general store. It is sold in plastic containers that are not curved (the item is as yet aging), so it's better not to place it in a bag! Did any of the things I referenced here additionally shock you? Have you at any point lived or live someplace abroad? What astonished you in a remote nation?

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fly-pow-bye · 5 years ago

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Powerpuff Girls 2016 - “The Oct-Father”

Written by: Jake Goldman, Haley Mancini

Written & Storyboarded by: Alicia Chan

Directed by: Nick Jennings, Bob Boyle

Leave the reboot, take the cannoli.

Our story begins with Pepe, not the Muppet or that other guy, but a kid with an Italian accent. He's going to make an offer that will probably be refused. Specifically, he's offering his diorama of The Tortoise and the Hare to Princess, in exchanged for Pockets, his pilfered snuggle toy.

This episode is sort of a pastiche on the Godfather. It doesn't entirely reference the plot of the movie, at least not the plot points that are normally parodied, but the style is mostly here. It's a little more subtle than most, mostly sticking to using low-lighting, some psychological elements in the plot, and Princess acting like a Donna. The female equivalent of a Don, that is.

Princess has gained a new habit of stealing these snuggle toys from the poor kids that dared to be away from them for more than five seconds. According to her, these toys don't deserve to be snuggled by these neglectful children, and only by people. By that, she means that they need to give Princess what she wants, including homework assignments.

Unfortunately for Pepe, Princess has standards. Muscle Girl, that's her name as far as anyone knows, deems this diorama B+ worthy at best. Princess doesn't settle for anything less than perfection, and she decides Pockets should stay with her.

Pepe: But I used-a 4-a glue-a sticks on it!

Princess: Should have used 5.

He probably never had a chance anyway.

Muscle Girl then kicks poor Pepe out like a football, kicking off his mouth and nose, too. Joking aside, there's a good use of comedic timing here that got a chuckle out of me. Surprisingly, not the only one in this episode, believe it or not!

Along with being a Godfather-esque episode, this is another episode that seems to entirely focus on Princess's point of view, along with Witch's Crew and Can't Buy Love. They really seem to like this particular character, and yet they couldn't be bothered to give her episodes a unique background for its title card. If anything, it should be blue, because Blossom and Buttercup barely appear in this anyway. At least, I thought that was what the multi-colored backgrounds were for.

Even more fitting to the Godfather, it is Italian Week at Townsville Elementary, and one of the big events is a giant sculpture contest. Princess knows she can win that contest if she gets to bring that. Princess should know, she was the star of the episode where Bubbles actually lifted a building. This one doesn't have any people in it!

Princess does get some doubt from Dancer Guy, yes, that's his name as far as anyone is concerned. Come to think it, it is pretty fitting that Princess refuses to refer to her rap posse's members with their actual names, even if they had them. The Answer Guy knows that Bubbles never lets Octi out of her sight, and Princess takes this doubt quite well...

...by ordering Tiger to tear into Dancing Guy. This becomes a running gag, and I laughed every time it came up. Part of it is just how over the top it is; we even hear some rather violent ripping noises in following shots. There is a lot of violence in this episode, and none of it involved the Powerpuff Girls...yet?

We get a montage that doesn't come with a self-aware song about montages, where Princess tries in vain to steal Octi. She even has an Octi Stunt Double! I can see Bubbles doing that sort of thing.

Princess ends up echoing the Dancing Guy that couldn't dance around the tiger, saying that Bubbles never lets Octi out of her sight. This plot can't go any further until she can steal it, so what could happen? A sleeping potion, courtesy Discount? Princess just pointing somewhere and saying "look, it's Tara Strong"?

No, Bubbles just gets distracted by a butterfly, and then walks in the air in a way that makes her look incredibly silly. I am putting that very mildly, the only grace I can see is that they did not give her a ridiculous facial expression beyond her pupils shrinking. Gotta force that snuggle toy kidnapping somehow, I guess.

She looks around the playground. She looks around the lockers. She looks under the desks, throwing them aside whether they had kids on them or not in another case of random violence in this episode. She even checks the garbage can, continuing a rather interesting to me trend of this reboot putting the Powerpuff Girls in the garbage. In the end, she can't find Octi, and she reacts in a way one might expect.

The next morning, as Blossom and Buttercup are working on their entry in the giant sculpture contest, what looks like a regular-sized spaghetti and meatballs made out of paper mache, they notice that Bubbles is down in the dumps. Not Bubbles The Blue down in the dumps, but "I cried all night" down in the dumps. At least, that's what Blossom and Buttercup was saying; we don't get to see it beyond that "Octi" scream from a scene ago.

As she's holding her coffee cup, she tells the other two not to worry about it, because...

Bubbles: (in an entirely different voice) I'm taking care of it.

Yeah, this joke is a little out of place, even if I could commend them for not even shrinking her pupils here. It's just pure, serious rage, which is what you would expect. That's it, really, there's nothing here that isn't done a lot better in the next scene.

The only other aspect of this particular scene is that it starts a meatball-related gag. It barely comes up and isn't nearly as funny as the tiger mauling scenes, so why bring it up here?

At the school, Princess offers Bubbles a little help with her lost and found situation, but Bubbles decides to refuse that offer. She speaks, in monotone, that she will not play with her, because she only plays with Octi. It's not the kind of monotone where I can question if her voice actress got enough sleep the day before they recorded it, it's an intentional one. It's not really anyone from the Godfather as much as it is Liam Neeson's character from Taken. In fact, it kind of becomes more Taken than Godfather beyond this point.

I was a little taken aback by this character change at first; after that scene and with Bubbles' usual character, you'd think Bubbles would be childishly angry, or keeping a smile on her face while indicating to Princess that she will not like it when she's angry. In a way, that's sort of the point, as even Princess is freaked out by this change of character.

But Princess won't be intimidated by her anti-criminal threats, though she seemingly stops short of telling Bubbles "good luck". She opens her vault, the password being $$$$ because she's a rich girl, and takes out Octi. She then attempts to saw one of Octi's feet off with a sawed knife that she happened to be carrying. I don't think schools would allow that sort of thing, but I'm sure "affluenza" played a part in it.

Dancer Guy interrupts her before she can do that, because, unlike Bubbles and Donny, he can get the mail! He gets punished in the same way; with a tiger mauling by Tiger. She ends up reading the message anyway, and it turns out it's from Bubbles, with one clear message:

"Don't even think about it." Bubbles apparently correctly assumed that Princess would harm Octi...or did she know? Even Princess couldn't answer that.

While Bubbles is out of character, this note is sort of fitting for her. This threatening letter is written in cursive, has crude drawings that need descriptive text, and has little hearts all over it. None of the words are misspelled, and we all know how they love giving the coder the trait of something that causes syntax errors, but I am okay with that. Once again, Princess won't stand down by the threat, but she might need a little help.

She decides to get all the school bullies together, including Big Joey. Not to be confused with Joey the Camp Director or the late Joey the Milkshake That Was Sucked By The Devil. Don't ask. The Big Joey that ended up in Unicorn School in one episode raises the question on why they need to answer to Princess. It's because Princess stole their snuggle toys, too. There is a bit of humor in that these kids look way too old for them.

They manage to find her in the library, and they rush right in...only to come out with utter terror in their eyes. I would joke about how Bubbles probably made one of those horrifying faces, but it does make a lot of sense. Sure, Big Joey is practically the size of the door, but these are just regular children against someone who can fire lasers out of her eyes and lift towers with no problem whatsoever. Even Princess should know this, since the whole point was to get her to lift a tower.

That "steal the Tower of Pisa like Carmen Sandiego" plot gets forgotten, but it's easy to see why it would be forgotten. Princess is in a nervous wreck at this point, not getting a wink of sleep as she desperately clutches onto her stolen toy. Suddenly, a text message comes in, with another rather fitting way for a certain blue octopus seeker.

Princess: Knock knock? Who's there? Me? Uhh...me who?

Bubbles: Me...at your window.

Wow, Bubbles is so serious, she can't even do a proper knock-knock joke. Granted, she probably couldn't even with Octi. Bubbles just suddenly shows up at Princess's home. If the villains seem to know where the Powerpuff Girls live to crash their home, the Powerpuff Girls could know where the villains live, too. Princess adds another question to this.

Princess: But what about my 14 levels of security?

Bubbles: Should have used 15.

That's a good callback, though one might wonder how Bubbles would be able to reference a line she wasn't around for. A coincidence of coincidences? Actually, there's an answer for almost everything here, and one might not like it at first. Princess turns her bed into a giant golden robot suit, and at first, it seems like it works.

And then she gets knocked into the ceiling, and eventually, the robot is punched so hard that Princess falls off of her mansion. Presumably, to her death. Okay, sure, she's falling in what seems to be a grey void, but that is certainly the implication. I was joking about waiting for the Powerpuff Girls to do some violence in this episode; I was not expecting anything like this! Then again, murder might be a bit too much of a punishment for stealing a toy.

It is, as it turns out that it was all a dream. At least, up to the Princess's mansion getting invaded part. On one hand, what a cop out; Princess finally getting a beating for doing some villainous, and it had to be undone with the king of bad plot twists. On the other hand, considering this episode is about Princess psychologically tormented by Bubbles and her threatening stares and letters, it still works! Way to go, making me give a thumbs up to an "it's all a dream" scene.

As Princess eventually realizes said psychological torment will only stop if she gives Octi back, Dancer Guy comes in once again to offer Princess some delicious flapjacks. Noticing Princess is not exactly pleased by his interruption, he decides to snap his own fingers to get Tiger to gnaw on his bones again. I wasn't even expecting a payoff to that running gag, because this is PPG 2016, but color me surprised.

Princess decides to tell Bubbles that she won, giving back her precious toy. However, she wants Princess to give back all of the toys. We're left to question if Bubbles knew about this because of that one confrontation earlier in the episode. She normally doesn't seem that attentive to what's going on around her.

All the kids, at least, they're supposed to be kids, get back those toys, much to their delight. Princess asks if everyone's happy now, proving that she didn't really learn anything, and she gets her own punishment for it. Mauling by a tiger? No, silly, we can't have Princess get hurt outside of a dream!

She just gets crushed by a giant paper mache meatball. Oh yeah, that's what the Blossom and Buttercup plot was building up to. At least the Italian Week Sculpture Contest was not completely forgotten. The episode ends with Bubbles monotonously saying to Princess that if she ever wants to play with Octi again...

Bubbles: (suddenly happy again) Just ask!

(touches Princess with Octi)

Boop!

Again, I was taken aback at first, but after her monotonous and threatening voice in the last few scenes, it's good to see Bubbles happy after she got Octi back. It's a better ending than most endings in this show. When this was a See It First episode, I had a feeling this would be a shoo-in for at least an intended season finale. That feeling turned out to be incorrect, unfortunately.

Does the title fit?

They definitely tried to parody the Godfather, though there's no actual father in this entire episode. Oct-Mother would be more accurate, but it would obscure the reference.

How does it stack up?

Funny running gags, and an actually good attempt at a psychological horror story by kid's show standards. I enjoyed this episode, and not in a "guilty pleasure" sort of way. That's pretty rare.

Next, Sideline Dad? Sitcom Dad? May be more alike than you think!

← Man Up 4: The Donnyest Game ☆ Sideline Dad →

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Week 31, 2020

Documents from the Hearing on “Online Platforms and Market Power: Examining the Dominance of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google

House Judiciary’s antitrust subcommittee - July 29, 2020

Tech news were eclipsed this week by the antitrust hearings. The CEO depositions were what we expected: a lot of empty words and half truths. But more revealing was the trove of internal documents, mostly emails, from the past 10+ years released by the committee.

The verge has a series of articles dissecting the documents but I want to highlight this conversation from 2012 between Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom and one of his investors at Benchmark talking about a possible acquisition by Facebook. Talk about value-add investors!

Three people have been charged for Twitter’s huge hack, and a Florida teen is in jail

The Verge - July 31, 2020 - 7 min

A 17-year-old in Tampa, Florida, a 22-year-old in Orlando and a 19-year-old in the UK were responsible for wreaking havok on Twitter last week hacking the accounts of Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Joe Biden and more to spread a Bitcoin scam.

TikTok's new CEO says company will reveal how its algorithms work

Axios - July 29, 2020 - 3 min

TikTok will launch a Transparency and Accountability Center in Los Angeles for moderation and data practices that will house all of its data flows and code moving forward. The center will host online tours of its data during the pandemic.

I have absolutely no idea what any of that means, but looking forward to taking that online tour, I guess 🤷🏻‍♂️.

ByteDance investors value TikTok at $50 billion in takeover bid

Reuters - July 29, 2020 - 4 min

The investors’ bid values TikTok at 50 times its projected 2020 revenue of about $1 billion

If the online tours don't satisfy US regulators, a $50B exit would not be a bad outcome either.

Microsoft Said to Be in Talks to Buy TikTok, as Trump Weighs Curtailing App

The New York Times - July 31, 2020 - 4 min

And if investors can't come up with the 💸, Microsoft might be ready to integrate TikTok into their 365 subscription 🤡.

Trump says he's banning TikTok in the U.S.

NBC News - July 31, 2020 - 3 min

I really don't know what to think anymore 🤷🏻‍♂️.

From Education App to Global Video Phenomenon

Medium - November 15, 2019 - 19 min

If you’re not in the Gen Z age group and have never used TikTok, this is the best rundown of TikTok’s history I’ve read so far and your best chance at understanding what all the fuzz is about.

The Concorde, the Space Shuttle and Space Shuttle Bus at the Paris Air Show in 1983

Airbus' self-flying plane just completed successful taxi, take-off, and landing tests, opening the door for fully autonomous flight

Business Insider - July 26, 2020 - 5 min

Fully automous commercial planes sound very plausible in 5 years. Cars on the other hand... not so much.

SAP to spin out Qualtrics via an IPO

Axios - July 26, 2020 - 1 min

SAP plans to have a majority stake after the IPO, while Qualtrics co-founder and CEO Ryan Smith will be the largest individual shareholder.

Imagine selling your company for $8B, then taking it public and still be the largest individual shareholder 😳.

Everyone’s a Day Trader Now

The Wall Street Journal - July 25, 2020 - 11 min

But when she couldn’t work, her unemployment checks weren’t enough to pay her bills. Her boss suggested she try day trading. She read “Trading for Dummies,” watched YouTube videos, opened an E-Trade account and dove in.

Day trading is starting to look like the new sports betting epidemic.

Intel Makes Changes to Technology Organization

Intel - July 27, 2020 - 2 min

Intel is not having a good time, after AMD surpassing them as leaders in x86 CPUs and Apple transitioning to their own ARM-based chips. As a result of deep internal reorganization, Murthy Renduchintala, Intel's Chief Engineering Officer, is leaving the company.

How an Irish Beer Became the Authority on World Records

How Stuff Works - October 24, 2016 - 4 min

Did you know the Guiness World Records and Guiness Beer are one and the same Guiness? Me neither, but the story behind it is quite... Irish.

Tech CEOs Deserve an Apology

The Wall Street Journal - July 28, 2020 - 4 min

Sure, there are screw-ups: Amazon favors its own products, Apple its own apps, Google its own YouTube videos; Facebook collects too much personal data. Yet none of these habits necessarily harm consumers and all could be easily fixed without decadeslong antitrust inquisitions.

I just sent my apology letters, what are you waiting for? 🤣

The Pandemic-Era Appeal of Getting Lost in a Labyrinth

Bloomberg - July 29, 2020 - 5 min

Lars Howlett is one of the country’s foremost labyrinth makers.

TIL: Labyrinth maker is an actual job title!

Google to Keep Employees Home Until Summer 2021 Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

The Wall Street Journal - July 27, 2020

Do they know something that we don't? 😬

You really don't need to work so much

New Yorker - August 21, 2015 - 6 min

The irony is that the people at the top are often as unhappy and overworked as those at the bottom: it is a system that serves almost no one

Translation of The instructions of Shuruppak

The instructions of Shuruppak is a 4600-year-old Sumerian text, one of the oldest in the world, and possibly the first self-help book.

It’s Not Debt, It’s Better

Alex Danco - July 28, 2020 - 19 min

Pipe creates a new asset class to sell: the software subscription. Founders can now sell the recurring revenue from a cohort of software customers, as an easily tradable asset, and fund their growth without taking dilution.

Remember when coding bootcamps started securitizing future revenue from cohorts of students? Turns our any SaaS can do it now. But should they? 🤔

Our Series E Funding

Stack Overflow - July 28, 2020 - 10 min

Stack Overflow, the Q&A site used by every programmer to be able to do their jobs, is raising an $85 to push their enterprise SaaS product.

Introducing the Slack Certified program

Slack - July 16, 2020 - 7 min

Are you really an enterprise IT company if you don't have certification courses for your product? If you ask Slack (or Cisco) the answer will be a resounding No.

Mischief managed

The Verge - July 27, 2020 - 15 min

A profile of MSCHF, the viral product company that's like if SUPREME and TikTok merged. Their latest creation: the $1200 Jesus Shoes. A $200 pair of Air Max 97 sneakers with water from the River Jordan injected in the soles 🤷🏻‍♂️.

States Issue Warnings About Seed Packets From China

The New York Times - July 26, 2020 - 5 min

Americans have been receiving mysterious unsolicited packages from China containing seeds.

Turns out it's probably sellers buying their own products in e-commerce platforms with real USA addresses, then shipping a cheap product, all to boost their ranking and reviews in the platform.

Inside the World’s Only Sourdough Library

Atlas Obscura - May 16, 2018 - 7 min

Unlike books, the starters need to be fed regularly

Have you boosted your baking game during quarantine? Then you might be interested in this library.

Apple Buys Startup to Turn iPhones Into Payment Terminals

Bloomberg - July 31, 2020 - 2 min

There already are multiple products in the market to accept credit card payments with your phone, Square being the most notorious, at least in the US market.

This deal means Apple could become a merchant account provider, offering business a way to accept payments with any iPhone. B2B is the next step after shipping their first B2C product with the Apple Card last year.

How I Growth Hacked Instagram to Drive $13,000 of Card Game Sales

David Kemmerer - June 16, 2020 - 9 min

I growth-hacked the College Cards Instagram page with fake followers, fake engagement, and fake everything to make it look like the game was all the rage.

Great overview of social media tactics many DTC (Direct To Consumer) companies use... applied to selling a card game to college students!

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MBTI types as actual texts I’ve sent my brother

ISTJ: -"Is it stealing if you steal from a thief?” yes -Last night I vaguely remember dreaming that (the place where I work) emailed about job applications. When did my dreams enter the Hopelessly Mundane Zone

ISFJ: -*about an Overwatch video he sent me* Congratulations. I just got teary-eyed over an animated robot I’ve only known for 7 minutes. I don’t need this at 12:14 AM. -Fun fact: When I was a smol child with no knowledge of basketball or Marvel Comics, I used to get the Fantastic Four and the Final Four mixed up.

INTJ: -I can rest easy knowing my TV taste is better than theirs -*on my newfound ability to go out and eat Taco Bell whenever I darn well please* I think it’s too much power for one human being

INFJ: -The scientific name of the sand cat is “Felis margarita” which literally means “pearl cat” and if that’s not adorable I don’t know what is. -Shakespeare lecture followed by trivia night in the basement. My idea of a WILD NITE™

ISTP: -I have discovered an O D D A R T H R O P O D -All I did today was measure some chemistry equipment and eat some bomb mashed potatoes -how does ur shoulder armor tell time

INTP: -I’ve lost count of how many disciplines of science this conversation about Harry Potter has gone through. -BAD IDEA DO NOT EAT THE INFINITY OF THE UNIVERSE -Okay so we lost big at trivia night but we were the only team who could name all the halogens so there's that

ISFP: -I actually ducked behind a tree to avoid being seen by my roommates. Why do I do this to myself? -*about Nate Heywood* He is the anti-secondhand embarrassment. You’d like him. -*about a video that includes a close-up of my eye* Not bad. Except my eyebrows suck. They always suck tho so that’s no surprise

INFP: -ah, I see I'm getting a visit from my old friend, Feeling Excluded When I Didn't Even Want To Be Included In The First Place -joke’s on my credit card then b/c I don’t have one -I think at this point I’m just sort of everybody’s weird cat

ESTJ: -I am currently making a list of MCU villains ranked by forgettableness. -Your gif use gets a B- -*picture of the website for my workplace with a headline about parking vouchers* What an exciting job I have

ENTJ: -I don’t understand how this has anything to do with anything -which dictator is that -*gets called High Meme Lady* Remind me how I got that title again

ESFJ: -there needs to be a meme restaurant where spaghetti is called spagoot and potato knishes are always on the menu. also: hot doge -IM GONNA DO LAUNDRY WISH ME LUCK -me: *going through Tumblr likes* me: *accidentally tries to like something a second time*

ENFJ: -Don’t make a religion out of the emoji movie please -So is that a thing or is it like the “Pepe is alt-right” thing?

ESTP: -*picture of a can of Coke* Cracked open a cold one but am missing my boys! -No one’s thicc as Gaston

ESFP: -I am wearing pajamas and flip-flops to dining hall breakfast I have never felt this much like a college student -Where the heck did you get decade-old Twizzlers -THEYRE PLAYING DARUDE SANDSTORM IN THE BOOKSTORE WHAT THE HECK

ENTP: -*sends a meme video* Tell me you’ve seen this *he says he has* Good, I guess u didn’t miss the…MEME-o -Thy intellectual discussion art LIT AF -THE NORMIE APOCALYPSE IS NIGH

ENFP: -I’ve started saying “dope” unironically help me -has anybody tried rapping “my shot” over thomas the tank engine -When you start using Youtube search terms like “gabe the dog doctor who remix” you start questioning your life

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Oh my goodness, what a day I’ve had and it isn’t even been lunchtime yet. I actually went to bed early last night as I was just so exhausted. Mr. Awesome had a meeting and wouldn’t be home until late so I made the most of the evening.

The kids helped me make Chili Dog Casserole for dinner. We made it a little bit different as we just put the hotdogs into hotdog buns, instead of tortillas, and then spread the chili sauce on top and sprinkled with cheese before baking.

Mr. Awesome is not crazy about the tortilla version so we decided to give it a try this way and it was a WINNER!

We actually had enough leftover that we will be having this again for lunch today which is a GREAT thing!

Multitasking while dinner was in the oven

When we put the casserole in the oven we managed to get six more freezer meals prepared! I actually tried out a few from a freezer bundle pack that we just purchased from Jamerrill Stewart over at Large Family Table. I really admire all the work she is able to get done and love supporting other mom bloggers out there.

After feeding the kiddos I went ahead a browned up the 20 pounds of hamburger we had picked up on Sunday when we actually did TWO Walmart Grocery Pickups… the system was having some glitches and errors but thankfully they seem to have them worked out now.

In about 2 hours we ended up with 8 freezer meals, 4 dinners worth of browned hamburger, and a batch of spaghetti sauce! Not too bad… but this explains part of why I was so exhausted. The other reason is that I just haven’t been sleeping well lately.

We have two each of the following:

Italian chicken (we will serve this over rice)

Chicken Parmesan (similar to THIS RECIPE but we use chicken in place of the breaded eggplant)

Lasagna (made with our favorite spaghetti sauce)

Creamy Ranch Porkchops (very similar to THIS RECIPE minus the rice and we added a pack of dry ranch dressing – we will serve it with rice)

Plus browned hamburger for:

Taco Ring

Daddy Can’t-Wait Casserole

Briarpatch Casserole

Mexican Tortilla Skillet

And a batch of spaghetti sauce that will make a super quick meal later this month. All of these can be paired with pasta or rice, a salad and/or some steamed veggies to make a well-rounded meal. The kids and Mr. Awesome will probably also enjoy some fresh rolls or buttered bread with their meals as well.

Getting back to today

Enough about what we did yesterday… this morning started about like any other day except that I woke up FREEZING! The AC had been left on all night and it was probably cold enough to hang meat… not good for me.

Once I managed to pull myself out of the bed and climb up to turn the AC off it was time to take the doggie out for her walk. Then back for my coffee and oatmeal.

As many of you know, I’ve really been trying hard to incorporate some of the Trim Healthy Mama ideas into my everyday diet. I need to have really like to have my morning coffee and I had switched over to the Dandy Blend before we started on these other diet changes so I wanted to try to make my creamer addiction a little bit healthier. You don’t have to add the ‘extra’ ingredients but they help to make this a vitamin-packed way to start your day. The Trim Healthy Mama books have a ton of ideas and flavor variations that you could try.

As I sat down to sip coffee and eat my oatmeal I worked on my email tasks and some other blogging related activities.

I really love looking through some of my old posts like this one HERE.

One of those involved me checking my Pinterest account so I could post a few recent blog posts to some boards. Well, while I was there I got distracted and starting pinning and then decided to check my notifications.

I have had quite a few new followers and decided to go ahead and follow them back like the good ‘Pinner’ I am. I also noticed a few more boards that I wanted to follow… you can probably guess what happened next…

Suspended from Pinterest?!

Everyone keeps joking that Pinterest is gonna ban me because I get so carried away pinning sometimes but I never really thought it would happen. I guess it was a reality as I found myself SUSPENDED!

Yep, I’ve been an avid Pinterest fan for over 8 or 9 years… maybe longer, maybe since they started… and I’ve never been suspended. Leave it to me to do get banned or suspended from Pinterest though.

Thankfully they have since fixed my account and said it was ‘mistakenly deactivated‘… Whew! I thought I had lost EVERYTHING and gosh knows I don’t have enough time in my days to go back and try to find all those wonderful things I’ve pinned to all of my boards.

The most HORRIBLE thing about this is that I lost ALL OF MY FOLLOWERS!!!! If you are on Pinterest please look me up and follow me again… thank you!

After reading a little more about this I realize it may have been because I had recently signed up for a trial with Coscheduler… maybe I actually was pinning too much between my manual pins and the ‘scheduled pins’? I have since ended my trial and don’t plan on purchasing.

After that scare, I figured that I should probably try and get to something a little more productive like homeschooling but I really had to PEE!

What didn’t I look before I sat down?

I went to our one little bathroom the moment I saw it was empty. I noticed that it wasn’t the only thing empty though.

Why is this such a hard thing to do?

First things first, I still had to pee and I was in a hurry so I didn’t check before I sat down…

Ewww… what did I just sit in?

If you’re a Momma of boys then you know that it is not a good thing to sit on a wet toilet seat. Luckily it seems that someone had just been playing with water and since the bathroom is so small the water had gotten EVERYWHERE.

Needless to say, I wasn’t a very happy Momma and this little experience prompted me to lead a quick bathroom training which involved:

Making sure EVERYONE knows to check the toilet seat and to wipe it if you make a MESS

Making sure EVERYONE knows how to change an empty toilet paper roll

Now they have NO EXCUSES… this doesn’t mean that I don’t expect I will always find a clean toilet seat and toilet paper but it should help a lot.

Next will be to show them ALL how to clean the bathroom with our new cleaning products!

Now we need to finish up our regularly scheduled school work and get on with our day which may include a NAP for me as I am already exhausted… What a day!

Did you notice our cute Dragon in the bathroom? Get yours HERE.

Oh, What a day! Freezer meals, Pinterest Suspension, and No Toilet Paper Oh my goodness, what a day I've had and it isn't even been lunchtime yet. I actually went to bed early last night as I was just so exhausted.

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Salmon Bowls with Avocado and Carrot “Rice”

If you’re looking for an easy, paleo, keto meal, give these Salmon Bowls with Avocado, Carrot “Rice” sauteed rainbow chard and wasabi sauce a whirl! Filled with protein, healthy fats, and nutrients, these bowls are so flavorful and easy to make any night of the week.

This post is sponsored by the California Avocado Commission.

Clean, nutrient-dense bowls have been my jam for many, many moons. Those of you who are familiar with my cookbook, Paleo Power Bowls, know I’m all about getting as many nutrients in one bowl as possible while keeping a good balance between protein, fat, and carbohydrate.

These days, I tend to keep my meals centered around quality protein and fat. I source my carbohydrate from vegetables (primarily carrots and spaghetti squash!) or sprouted brown rice or white rice. In essence, I first prioritize protein and healthy monounsaturated fat like the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish and avocados and backfill with quality carbohydrate.

The body runs on amino acids and requires good fats for healthy hormone and brain function as well as absorption. For this reason, the protein + omega 3 formula is a great focal point for ensuring you’re giving your body what it needs for high octane fuel without added inflammation.

Salmon bowls with California Avocados, carrot rice, and wasabi sauce are a perfect example of how I tailor all of my meals. I always go for California Avocados! I’ve noticed they have such a creamy and almost meatiness to them with that vibrant green color.

The combination of crispy salmon with California Avocado, sautéed greens and carrot rice makes for such a winning meal. While the bowls require multiple components, each component is so easy to assemble and you’re left with a meal that comes together quickly, hits all the macro targets, and goes down real nice!

So let’s jump in!

How to Make Salmon Bowls with Avocado and Carrot “Rice:”

Start by preparing the wasabi sauce. Simply add all ingredients for the sauce to a blender and blend until smooth. Refrigerate the sauce until you’re ready to use it.

Carrot rice. Have you had it? The concept is the same as cauliflower rice. Simply pulse carrots in a food processor until rice-sized pieces form. Transfer to a large sauté pan with some cooking oil (I use avocado oil) and sauté until the carrot rice has softened and begins turning golden-brown.

While the carrot rice is cooking, you can broil the salmon. Place the salmon fillets in a casserole dish and sprinkle with sea salt and any spices your heart desires (my go-to is paprika, but onion powder and garlic powder are lovely as well!). Broil for 10 to 15 minutes (depending on salmon thickness).

Once the carrot rice has finished cooking, you can transfer it to big bowls for serving and use the same skillet to sauté the greens. Add the chopped greens, a small amount of oil, and sea salt to the skillet and cook over medium until the greens have wilted. If you love garlic and onions, feel free to toss some in for flavor!

Once all the bowl components are ready, form your bowls… with a hearty portion of California Avocados, of course!!

Drizzle the wasabi sauce over everything and garnish with sesame seeds and chives.

Get your bowl on!

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Salmon Bowls with Avocado and Carrot "Rice"

Instructions

Add all ingredients for the wasabi sauce to a blender and blend until smooth. Refrigerate the sauce until you’re ready to use it.

Peel and chop carrots and transfer to a food processor. pulse carrots until rice-sized pieces form. Transfer to a large saute pan with some cooking oil (I use avocado oil) and saute until the carrot rice has softened and begins turning golden-brown.

While the carrot rice is cooking, you can broil the salmon. Place oven on the high broil setting. Place the salmon fillets in a casserole dish and sprinkle with paprika, ginger, and sea salt. Broil for 10 to 15 minutes (depending on salmon thickness) on the second-from-the-top rack.

Add the chopped greens, a small amount of oil, and sea salt to the skillet and cook over medium until the greens have wilted. If you love garlic and onions, feel free to toss some in for flavor!

Divide the carrot rice, sauteed greens, salmon, and avocado between 2 or 3 bowls. Drizzle with wasabi sauce, sprinkle with chives and sesame seeds, and enjoy!

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My Five Acres. Travel. Adventure. Yoga. My Five Acres. Travel. Adventure. Yoga. - Travel. Adventure. Yoga.

Looking for eco-conscious clothes? In this post, we review Threads 4 Thought, an affordable ethical clothing brand that’s doing their part to clean up the clothing industry. Read on to find out more.

What’s in our review of Threads 4 Thought?

1. 3. 5. This post was created in partnership with Threads 4 Thought.

Living out of a carry-on suitcase makes shopping for new clothes a major chore.

It’s problematic on several fronts:

First, since I don’t live anywhere, I can’t just pop into my favourite local store when I need something. It’s pretty hard to find eco friendly clothing in some random shopping mall in a strange country!

Second, the tiny size of my suitcase means my wardrobe is also tiny. I have a one-in one-out policy and I only carry items that are highly versatile in any number of unexpected situations.

Third, we try to travel in as eco-friendly and sustainable manner as possible. Most clothing runs counter to this — it is often produced from environment-damaging materials by poorly treated workers. It sure puts a damper on buying a cute new top when you have all that hanging over your head.

We don’t want our clothes ruining this kind of beauty!

I’m not the only one who thinks this way, thank goodness!

There is a whole ethical clothing movement on the rise and one of the early adopters is Threads 4 Thought. They’ve been creating ethical clothes since way back in 2006.

They recently sent me a few things so I could try out their sustainable fashion line and let you know if they’re the real deal!

Read on for my review and learn a little more about ethical fashion.

Threads 4 Thought — Affordable Ethical Clothing for Travel

Also don’t miss these posts:

Find the best lightweight walking shoes → Choose your minimalist travel backpack → Why and how to travel slowly →

These cargo pants are as comfy as sweats, with a little more style.

If your travel clothes aren’t comfortable, you risk ruining your whole trip. They should be made of fabric so cozy that you want to wear it all day — and keep it on when you crawl into bed!

I chose the Rowana Tank and the Montana Cargo pant because they are both made from sustainable wood fibres, which, with the help of some technological magic, are turned into super soft and breathable fabric.

I’ve already put them to the test on a few long hikes and some marathon blog-writing sessions.

So far, so comfy!

Travel Clothes Must be Easy Care

I learned a long time ago that clothes with any kind of special care instructions do not belong in a traveller’s wardrobe!

Silk? Too high maintenance! Wool? Too delicate! Linen? Too wrinkly!

Travel clothes need to be tough enough to get thrown into any kind of washing machine (you should see the ancient industrial washing machines at the laundry services in Bali!). They also need to be resilient enough to come out looking fabulous, no matter what the treatment.

Almost all of Threads 4 Thought’s clothes are machine wash– and dry–able, wrinkle resistant, and quick dry. That’s exactly what I need out of my clothes — I can’t be hitting up the dry-cleaner every five minutes.

Travel Clothes Must Have Versatile Style

The Threads 4 Thought line is casual — they make comfy, sporty clothes including tees, tanks, yoga pants and bra tops. For any adventurous traveller, who wants to get out there and dive into all the world has to offer, these are the kind of clothes that work in almost any situation.

I chose the Rowana Tank because it walks a fine line between:

Covering enough to be modest in places where a spaghetti tank might not be appropriate.

Cool enough to wear in hot situations.

Cute enough to wear out in the evening.

The Monica Leggings are going to be:

Perfect for my daily yoga sessions.

Ideal to wear under my travel dress when more coverage is needed.

An extra warm layer under my travel trousers on cold days.

Finally, the Montana Cargo Pants are ideal for:

Planes, trains, busses, and other long travel days.

Active days when biking, hiking, kayaking or other adventures are involved.

Casual evenings in the city.

I like that T4T offers a little something extra in most of their designs, taking comfy tees and pants and making them unique and more stylish than the norm.

They make men’s clothes, too! Pin this for your sustainable travels.

Affordable Sustainable Clothing

A lot of speciality travel clothes are eye-wateringly expensive. Lots of sustainable fashion brands also charge a premium for their clothes.

Threads 4 Thought makes affordable ethical clothing, so once you’re done shopping you’ll have a little cash left over to spend on travel fun.

It’s not the cheapest of the cheap, which is a good thing. Cheap clothes are generally made with Earth-damaging materials and using dirty manufacturing processes. They also fall apart quickly, increasing waste and costing you more in the long run.

If you’re really short on cash, Threads 4 Thought even offers an instalment payment plan, so you can spread out the cost if you need to.

environmentally unsustainable

. Organic cotton production reduces negative impact by rotating crops, using insects and trap crops instead of pesticides, and growing from untreated non-GMO seeds.

Recycled plastics

Using recycled plastics to make polyester helps reduce the amount of waste in the world! Hurrah. But it’s also more energy efficient and produces less carbon emissions than standard polyester production.

Sustainable wood fibres

What if clothing could grow on trees?

Thanks to innovation and technology, it kind of does, at least when Tencel and Lenzing fabrics are involved. These fabrics are created from wood pulp — the clothes were once eucalyptus, beech, spruce, or birch trees. But the commitment to sustainability goes much further than that.

Their pulp comes from certified sustainable forests, almost all in Europe. According to the Lenzing website, they “do not procure wood or pulp derived from primeval forests in Canada or Russia, from the Amazon region or from the endangered rainforests in Indonesia or West Africa”.

Sustainable wood fibre makes super-soft, biodegradable fabric. That’s pretty cool.

The fabrics are manufactured with an eye to sustainability all along the chain — from plants to pants. Plus, because they’re made from wood fibre, they are biodegradable at the end of their lifecycle.

It’s a fascinating subject and I could write a few thousand words about it. I didn’t though, so go check out the Lenzing website to find out more about their commitment to eco-conscious fashion.

Ethically Made Clothing

Threads 4 Thought clothes are manufactured only in factories that hold “the highest certifications in the industry, ensuring the best working conditions, and the highest level of sustainable production processes”. That means that the people who are responsible for creating the things you wear get safe working conditions and fair pay.

Profits Used for Good

The company has an ongoing partnership with the International Rescue Committee, who work to help people whose lives have been disrupted by humanitarian crises like wars, conflicts, and natural disasters.

I love their selection of bright colours and eye-catching prints. The Gaia Printed Legging in Geranium are super cute and consciously made from Recycled Polyester and Spandex (perfect for practicing eco-warrior pose).

Threads 4 Thought sent me the Monica Leggings, also made from Recyled Polyester. They are the softest yoga pants I’ve ever owned and the first pair of leggings that don’t make me feel constricted and itchy after an hour. I’m so glad to have them in my suitcase.

Gaia Printed Legging $98 → Coralie Printed Sports Bra $68 → Monica Leggings $58 →

Outstanding Tanks, Tees & Tops

If you’re looking for casual tops, T4T offers plenty of choice. I picked the Rowana Tank Henley because it’s comfy and casual, but it also has enough style to dress it up for an evening out. It’s made from wood fibre Lenzing Modal and Recycled Polyester.

I don’t like a lot of fuss in my clothing but I don’t want to look like a total grub either, so I love the range of T4T tops that offer a little extra flair in a completely comfy package. The Mae Open-Back Top is an ideal cover-up for showing off your cute yoga top. The Marin Cold Shoulder Hoodie is good for girls who want to flash a little flesh without seeming too saucy.

Rowana Tank Henley $58 → Mae Open-Back Top $78 → Marin Cold Shoulder Hoodie $88 →

Cute Cargos

Ever since I got them, I have practically lived in my Montana Cargo Pants. They are cool enough to see me through a hilly hike in Italy (where I am right now) and comfy enough for a long day at the laptop (like today).

Made from breathable, stretchy fabric, they also work for my evening yoga practice. Plus, the fabric is soft enough that I can totally picture wearing them to bed. They’re made from Lenzing Tencel, Organic Cotton, and a little Spandex.

Montana Cargo Pants $138 →

Men’s Clothes

Let’s not forget about the T4T men’s line-up!

They have a wide range of shorts that are as comfortable as any sports shorts but look miles better. I love the two-tone Bowen Short made from Organic Cotton and a little Spandex for extra stretch.

The Kit Triblend Pullover is also great — an uber-comfortable sweatshirt with extra swagger. And the Get Lost tee is right up my alley, equally perfect for introverts and adventurers.

Bowen Short, organic cotton & spandex, $78 → Kit Triblend Pullover, recycled polyester, organic cotton, rayon, $68 → Get Lost Tee, recycled polyester, organic cotton, rayon, $34 →

The True Cost if you want to know more about the ethics of fashion.

A Few Final Thoughts on Ethically Made Clothing

As a person who lives on Earth and wears clothes, it’s my responsibility to become more conscious about my clothing.

I’ve long been against animal-derived clothes (thumbs down to leather, fur, and down!) but there’s so much more to be considered when it comes to sustainable clothing.

To prevent waste, my first goal will be to limit the clothes I buy to versatile, good quality pieces that I can wear for years.

When I do need something new, I’ll turn to ethical fashion brands, like Threads 4 Thought. These brands are leading the way in creating clothing that reduce waste and environmental damage, and treat people with dignity and respect.

As consumers, our choices can have a huge impact. Until we move to Mars or go nudist, let’s choose eco conscious clothing!

We hope this post has helped you find your next ethical outfit or just made you think a little more about where your clothes come from. If you like the idea of ethical fashion, make your choice and vote with your wallet.

♥ Happy adventures, Jane & Stephen

We’re not going to lie, it takes a LOT of work to create travel guides like this. But it’s easy to help us out! If you book or buy something using one of our personal links in this post, we’ll earn a small fee at no extra cost to you. Of course, we would never recommend anything we didn’t 100% believe in! Huge thanks in advance! –S&J

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What Semantic HTML helps the developer, and the browser in creating great development and accessible experience. According to W3Schools, a semantic element clearly describes its meaning to both the browser and the developer.

Why

One of its main benefits, and probably the most important, is it helps making a website accessible. Screen readers, or any assistive device scan the web page for any elements which give meaning such as a <p></p> to understand that it is a paragraph or <header></header> to know it is a heading. Accessible sites deliver content to all types of users which is the main objective of any website and web developer. Not only this, but it brings great results such as avoiding a lawsuit (news article), better SEO, and discovery of usability problems that would have otherwise not being found. Therefore, even though it requires more work and dedication to develop, it is well worth the extra time. Do not forget that apart from semantic HTML there are many other aspects of making a website accessible such as alt in images, aria labels and the use of correct color contrast. Check this evaluation tool that will help you in creating an accessible experience on your projects. Other benefits semantic HTML provides:

Easier development experience. It is easier for the developer to understand that <button></button> is meant to trigger some event rather than <div></div> with an event listener.

Better for mobile devices. According to Mozilla, semantic HTML is lighter in file size than non-semantic spaghetti code. Also, it is easier to make responsive.

Good for SEO. Search engines give more importance to keywords inside links, headings, or footers than those included in simple divs or spans. This means that our website will be more discoverable by clients.

How

Now that we know that Semantic HTML is extremely important, we have to learn how to apply it in old and new projects. There are a total of 13 semantic tags, however, the most used are article, aside, footer, header, nav, and section. Up next is a cheat sheet that will help you when developing a semantic website. Likewise, I invite you to check the others in this W3Schools article.

Once you learn and practice these tags, in the future it will be a lot easier to code semantic sites, and you'll see that knowing them sets you apart from many developers.

Examples

This is an example of what we should not do:

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" /> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge" /> <title>Non-Semantic HTML</title> </head> <body> <div class="navigation"> <span>Logo<span> <div aria-label="menu" class="navigation__button" /> <div class="navigation__links"> <a href="/">Home</a> <a href="/about">About</a> <a href="/contact">Contact</a> </div> </div> <div class="hero"> <img class="hero__video" alt="Promotion video" src="assets/video.png" /> <div class="hero__left"> <div class="hero__text-box"> <h1 class="heading-primary">Work around you and your team</h1> <h3 class="text"> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Quisque maximus lacus ac justo mollis hendrerit. Nulla justo diam, efficitur eu dolor non, mollis semper urna. </h3> <div class="btn btn--purple">get started</div> </div> </div> <img class="hero__image" alt="Colorful waves" src="assets/groove.png" /> </div> </body> </html>

This is extremely hard for developers to understand and maintain in long term; imagine seeing hundreds of tags like this. If we did not have the classes written we would need to constantly be inspecting each element and learning what it is on the site. Likewise, screen readers, and browsers will struggle parsing this which can reduce our SEO and reach. Now, if we were to convert this to semantic HTML, it would look like this:

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" /> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="index.css" /> <title>Pixel Perfect Layout</title> </head> <body> <header class="navigation"> <h1>Logo<h1> <button aria-label="menu" class="navigation__button"/> <nav class="navigation__links">  <ul> <li> <a href="/">Home</a> </li> <li> <a href="/about">About</a> </li> <li> <a href="/contact">Contact</a> </li> <ul> </nav> </header> <section class="hero"> <img class="hero__video" alt="Promotion video" src="assets/video.png" /> <div class="hero__left"> <div class="hero__text-box"> <h1 class="heading-primary">Work around you and your team</h1> <p class="text"> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Quisque maximus lacus ac justo mollis hendrerit. Nulla justo diam, efficitur eu dolor non, mollis semper urna. </p> <button class="btn btn--purple">get started</button> </div> </div> <img class="hero__image" alt="Colorful waves" src="assets/groove.png" /> </section> </body> </html>

We may see our new code is really easy to read for developers. Also, browsers and screen readers will be able to parse it efficiently.

Conclusion

Semantic HTML has many important benefits for users, developers and browsers. It must be a staple practice for us, web developers, to write accessible and efficient HTML. Not only do developers receive greater readability,it also improves the experience of users which is the most important objective of any website. Now that we know how to create layout models and semantic HTML, we can start creating amazing layouts. On the last part of this series, we will translate a sleek design to a responsive and efficient HTML and CSS. See you soon!

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AVSocial 52: Throwing Spaghetti

AVSocial 52: Discussing marketing strategies, the value of metrics, and becoming proactive instead of reactive.

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Sometimes it goes without saying, but marketing is a key pillar of having a successful business. Even if you have the absolute best product, how is anyone supposed to know if you aren’t telling someone? On this episode of AVSocial, we discuss successful marketing strategies and tactics, finding value in your metrics, and what it means to become proactive instead of…

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Powerpuff Girls 2016 - “Brainlord”

Written by: Jake Goldman

Written & Storyboarded by: John Martinez, Andy Cung

Directed by: Nick Jennings, Bob Boyle

Should have done the noodle dance.

This episode starts with Townsville under attack by a monster. If the Narrator was here, this could be an opening of an original episode. It's not just any monster either, but it's Gothra, a monster that first appeared in Bucketboy. Giving the reboot some credit; the original never really had a recurring monster in their rogue’s gallery, the reboot introduced two of them. For this episode, they add something else to this potential beloved villain other than his looks: vocal cords!

Gothra: Roooooar. Once I destroy you poser humans, you will finally understand how sad and empty life is!

Honestly, the monotone and yet loud roar would have been just fine, but they really wanted to show off that Gothra is a goth. At least he has a personality, and he will hammer in with every line he says.

Also like the original, the Powerpuff Girls show up to beat the stuffing out of him. Blossom tells him that they're going to turn his frown upside-down. Smiles are a goth's worst enemy...I think that's what she were going for?

Unfortunately, the Reboot Puffs show their usual failure here, as, of course, this leads to a Monster Punch, Girls Down. Womp, womp. Not even a minute into the episode, this even including the opening theme song, this living pun manages to punch the Powerpuff Girls into a crater, them completely helpless from the wrath of a goth moth.

One of two things can happen from this: the Reboot Puffs get up and use a different strategy than just rushing in and punching him, or they stay helpless before someone else gets to save them from their peril. If you picked the former, welcome to the reboot. Before Gothra can crush the Reboot Puffs like his dreams, get it, goth, he gets blasted by this episode's knight in shining armor.

In comes Brainlord, a superhero that can shoot lasers out of his gigantic brain, wearing a costume with white and purple stripes and a big purple cape. Using his almighty brain power, Gothra explodes in an explosion of justice. As in, the cloud even spells and whispers the word "justice."

The Powerpuff Girls awaken to see their savior, and before you can say "Major Competition", which is not exactly what this episode is ripping off but I wouldn't blame anyone for assuming at this point, we get to hear his origin story.

He was the hero of a planet called Braintopia, beating up the bad guys, and rescuing the overly large brained people. Unfortunately, the Braintopians had a custom to keep their heads super shiny, which blinded them all from a meteor bigger than their entire planet. He survived, not because he was chosen to be put in a rocket before the big cataclysmic event, but because he was in another galaxy to get his car washed.

In other words: Superman’s origin story, except with jokes!

The Powerpuff Girls didn't find it funny, though. In fact, they found this origin story so sad that they get tissues, and Buttercup outright says that this is the saddest origin story she's ever heard. Even sadder than Bliss's origin story, apparently! Yes, it is pretty sad to know that all of his friends and family are dead, but why show this? Is it a joke on how the Powerpuff Girls are saddened by this silly story? Is this just a way for them to force a tear jerker moment? It's not working.

After hearing that sad, sad story that they really wanted to let you know is sad, Blossom decides to offer this total stranger dinner at the Powerpuff home. I mean, he's a fellow superhero, and he just saved them from that 90's Hot Topic customer! What could possibly go wrong?

To be fair to Blossom, there is no hint that something is up other than this person's costume looking a little similar to a certain arch-nemesis. They can drag this on until a big reveal in Act 2, but they don’t wait that long.

Brainlord: Yes, see you tonight...

Discount Jojo: (changes face back to his own) ...for your doom! Hahahahahaha!

...they just reveal immediately that Brainlord is actually Discount Jojo in disguise. There is a point to this: it's to make this episode a Discount Jojo-focused episode where he gets to live along with his arch-enemies. It's just like Not So Secret Service or Quarantine, and those episodes were so good that I was overjoyed to see another one of...I can't even complete that sentence.

Even in the Brainlord costume, his voice is just Roger L. Jackson doing a different voice. There are a few times where he goes a little too close to the Jojo voice, and that actually works in this episode's favor.

His main plan is to infiltrate the Powerpuff Girls' home, earn their trust, enter the Professor's lab, and blow up the Professor's black hole machine with a bomb. This is all shown with pen and crayon drawings. I kind of like this, actually, it reminds me of that other arch-nemesis.

The first thing Brainlord does at the dinner table is ask where the Professor's latest invention is, as he claims he was a minor celebrity on his formerly existing home planet. The Professor decides to show him exactly that, though it turns out he invented something else since the black hole machine: spaghetti and meatballs a la Utonium! He is not too thrilled about this, until he decides to take a bite.

We then get the "Buttercup really liking Jojo's waffles" scene from Not So Secret Service, except instead of stock footage, it's a bunch of random scenes where Jojo is happy. It is better. After that glorious dinner, the Powerpuff Girls decide to sing him a song teaching him all about the place they live. Wait, could this be some much needed worldbuilding?

The Puffs: Welcome to Townsville, Brainlord!

We hope you're not plain bored!

Too late! They then sing the many different reasons why Townsville is great. They mention that the beach should be checked out, how the mall is neat...and that's it. No, not the song, but that's the only two reasons we get to hear, as they instantly skip to number 487, which just says that’s the end of the song. Missed opportunities all around, I'd say.

What gives this "overly long song" joke far less of an impact is that Brainlord was not even phased by the length. In fact, he was so charmed by this song and dance, that he asks for an encore! Before we can get a song about the 487 reasons why Citiesville sucks, Brainlord says that this song was such a blast, reminding himself that he had a Powerpuff-destroying scheme to do! He asks to go to the little Brainlord's room.

Brainlord turns his face back into Jojo, and he tells himself that while the Powerpuff Girls being such great hosts almost makes him not want to, he wants to go through with this plan anyway.

The Professor really had to step the security down from the one he once had, because the only thing between dastardly villains and Chemical X, dangerous transmogrification rays, and black hole machines is a security question. Specifically, it asks what the Powerpuff Girls' favorite thing is. Jojo, using the utmost of his genius, decides to make a perfectly reasonable guess.

Discount Jojo: The Powerpuff Girls' favorite thing is...being destroyed by Mojo!

Obviously, that wasn't the answer, and if he gets the question wrong again, the lab goes into total lockdown. Suddenly, Bubbles shows up, and Jojo has to put on his Brainlord face. He puts on a facade that he's just thinking about his home planet and how much he misses it. Bubbles tells him he can stay at their house, and maybe they can show him their favorite things! Brainlord responds by evilly laughing, but Bubbles doesn't pay it any mind. In fact, the scene just changes immediately after he laughs; we couldn't even get a joke out of Bubbles' obliviousness.

The next day, we get montage #1, where Brainlord goes to a carnival. There's really no jokes here, it's just Brainlord and the Reboot Puffs having fun on all the rides. It's very pedestrian; I would have loved to see them enjoying these rides and games in a superhero way, like, say, Brainlord attempting to use his brain lasers on the bottle game. Maybe they were worried about copying Despicable Me...but when has that stopped them?

After all that fun, the Powerpuff Girls suddenly start talking about how family is so important to them. Oh, and Buttercup says this.

Buttercup: Yes, blood is thicker than water, blood rules!

I get it, like related by blood, but I can't say I didn't enjoy how they just shoved in the phrase "blood rules" into at least one episode. Bubbles ends this family talk by saying family is their favorite thing, and Brainlord suddenly runs off to the Powerpuff home.

Thanks to Bubbles' big mouth, Discount now knows the secret password and gets it right the second time, giving him full access to the lab and that black hole machine. Using a stick of dynamite with a timer on it, he's going to destroy the people that gave him entertainment, because he is a bad ape!

While cheering, Bubbles calls down to Brainlord that they're going out for ice cream! Wow, the Powerpuff Girls are just having the best day of their lives, and Jojo doesn't want to miss out on any of it!

We get another montage that has the same purpose as the carnival one, with most of the same problems. The only difference is that we get scenes where Jojo has to keep extending the clock because he just doesn't want the fun to end.

Well, okay, I guess there is a scene where Brainlord gets his fingernails painted. Oh, that Discount, while he's learned a few more jokes, he's still finding some way to do something feminine.

In the end, the Powerpuff Girls offer this scrapbook of all the times they had. This is the part where Jojo finally decides that maybe the Powerpuff Girls aren't worth destroying after all. I mean, being with the Utoniums has been a total blast for him! After saying something along the lines of that, Brainlord suddenly realizes he may have forgot something.

It's here that the episode finally figures that there has to be some sort of problem that isn't caused by a one-joke moth, as the bomb explodes, causing the black hole generator to make a black hole. They don't seem to think about how this black hole generator suddenly activated or got destroyed, though that might have taken a backseat to them holding on to a door frame to save their own lives.

The black hole generator can only stop if someone goes in the vortex and blows it up. The Professor also happened to be carrying a bunch of dynamite just for this purpose. That's just something he carries around. You know what they say, better to have it and not need it than vice versa.

Blossom: I'll go!

So Blossom decides to let go, not realizing that everyone was holding her leg. Thanks to Blossom's mistake, everyone goes into the vortex and ends up floating around in the vastness of outer space. Discount and Sitcom Dad die, and eventually, the Reboot Puffs stopped thinking. Oh wow, I guess there really was a satisfactory finale for this series!

No, I'm just kidding, of course it's Brainlord that ends up taking the dynamite and sacrificing himself. For all the Powerpuff Girls knew, their family friend just had the time of their lives, and is now going to suffer what is most likely a painful death...or is that really the case?

There is a slight twist to this, and I usually don't spoil the twists, but I have to talk about this one. Right before Brainlord lets go, Bubbles drops this bombshell.

Brainlord: Remember me!

Bubbles: We will, thanks, Mojo!

Brainlord: Yes, and never for, wait, you knew?!

Outside of this one little scene, nothing is made of this sudden revelation that Bubbles knew this whole time. It feels more like something they just threw in in the last minute to give the episode some sort of a big twist.

Some may also ask how Bubbles knew Brainlord was Jojo. Honestly, with his constant yelling of his plans throughout the episode, the Powerpuff Girls would have to be deaf to not figure it was probably him. If that was the case, why did they not do anything to stop this from happening? Whatever.

Oh, and that black hole just leads to a dumpster. This reboot sure loves putting their characters in the garbage; feels like a hidden message.

Does the title fit?

Name of a character, and one that doesn't even use his brains.

How does it stack up?

Out of all of the "Mojo Jojo has to live with his arch-enemies" episodes, this is probably the least worst one, but it's still not anywhere near mediocre. While Not So Secret Service couldn't find a plot and stick to it, Quarantine was just horrendous, this one's just mostly boring.

I debated on giving this a really low Neutral or a really high Disgusted. I wouldn't lie and say the montages weren't charming, if they were a bit too pedestrian to my taste, but that’s really all this episode has. Sorry, Brainlord.

Next, it can't be worse than Foodfight!, can it?

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