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Hey, Tea Bat! Anything tasty steeping in the kettle? Yeah, today was busy, but nowhere near as bad as yesterday.

Awww! Thanks, Spikey! Hey, Terry! We're doing well, thanks. Next week, Max will be returning to the summer intensive program that he enrolled in last year. Plenty of time to get some sun, surf, and sand before he leaves. And this year, the dorms will be open, so there won't be any need to impose on my relatives who live down-state.

Hey, Drewberry Pi!

Hey, Terry! After work yesterday, I was too tired to cook anything for dinner, much less comment on here. So, I picked up hamburgers and fries from Don's Drive-In. How are you and Aod?

Hey, Drew!

Hey, Terry! Hope you're doing well.

You don't have enough glitter stockpiled.

No diamonds, no dessert.

We're doing well. Morgan and I are preparing some of the menu items for dinner ahead of time. Uncle Mickey and Uncle Remi (Mickey's fiance) will be joining us, as will be Aunt Dierdre and Max's cousins. Max is excited for the parade and the fireworks display later.

The "token gay" character The mirror catalogue Kids or teens who sound like adults Every setting looks like a postcard I agree with all of these, but I'd like to add my two cents worth: When all or most of the characters in a story are queer, and no parades or clubs are involved. The Insiders, by Mark Oshiro, is a good example. Three different queer kids take refuge in janitorial closets at their respective schools, only to find themselves brought together by the room's mysterious ability to warp time and space. The book is well-written, and I enjoyed the story, but what made me roll my eyes, was a scene where one boy comes out to his dad and grandmother. His grandmother then admits that she had a relationship with a woman, prior to meeting his grandfather. Is that really the only way that a parent or grandparent can accept their child? By being queer themselves, or having a queer friend/sibling? Also, The Insiders has a school resource officer named Kwame Mbalia. I don't know if this was meant to be Mr. Oshiro's nod to a colleague, or if it was intended as a placeholder name that didn't get checked, but I find it annoying when authors write characters that are named after celebrities. Or when characters are loosely based on a more famous character or person.

A better option might be to contact a general surgeon at your local hospital. You could arrange an interview and ask them questions about their job, as a reporter might do.

Hey, Terry! How are things?

Hey, Clo!

Like you've never tried to impose curfew on Terry?

Pot, meet kettle.

I love you, too, Cupcake.

Would make for a very interesting brownie recipe, I'd imagine.

Now I'm thinking I should have said 'salty'.

They like sweet things.

Hey, Drew! Glad you had fun!

Exactly what is the purpose of that tower? A lookout for fires?

Sounds good. The restaurant where I work is closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, so we won't be open on the Fourth of July this year. Seems a bit odd, considering how many customers could be served on such a busy holiday, but I'm not complaining. I already have a menu planned: Double cheeseburgers, potato salad, chili-lime corn, and peanut butter-Rice Krispies ice cream sandwiches.