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Phone it in Friday XLVIII: YouTube Roundup IV

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Shockingly, I haven’t done an installment of YouTube Roundup since August 2023.  Since then, I’ve uploaded a ton of content, so it’s time to catch up on some videos.

I’ve selected three videos for this YouTube Roundup, all of a different type.  There’s a piece of music; a toy construction video; and something completely frivolous and fun:

Before we get to the videos, though, you should definitely subscribe to my YouTube channel.  I know for many readers, “subscribe” is a dirty word—God forbid we support our favorite content creators!—but trust me, it’s totally free to subscribe to my YouTube channel.

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Supporting Friends Friday: Andrea the Illustrator

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As I’ve surely mentioned elsewhere, one of the joys of blogging is the opportunity to discover the work of other bloggers.  There are a lot of blogs out there, and in the few years I’ve been writing daily, I’ve been fortunate to stumble upon some real gems.

One particularly adorable gem is children’s book illustrator and writer Andrea Benko‘s blog, Andrea, Children’s Book Illustrator.  She very smartly obtained the URL “edoodless.wordpress.com” (yes, there is a second “S” in the URL; some scoundrel took “edoodles.wordpress.com” and is doing nothing with it), and that’s what she does:  doodles.

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Funcling

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It’s a super belated, super short post this evening.  I’m helping out with my niece and nephews as part of an extended goodbye to summer vacation, and the babies have been whisked away to sleep.

Regular programming will resume tomorrow with an edition of TBT.  For today, I don’t have much to say.  It’s been a fun, tiring time with the little ones, who are big fans of the Nintendo character Kirby.  They’ve also recently started watching episodes of Pokémon, and have taken to calling themselves their favorite critter (Vulpix, Pikachu, Oddish, Gloom, and Psyduck seem to be household favorites).

If the SJWs had their way, my niece and nephews would be forced to undergo species reassignment surgery because, at varying points, they have strongly identified as one or multiple of these characters.

Ludicrous, you say?  Yes, but when it comes to this gender wackiness, the slippery slope is very real.  Why stop at giving a three-year old gender-altering hormones?  By that same logic, shouldn’t a three-year old be made into the pocket monster of his or her wildest playtime dreams?

But I digress.  I’m looking forward to another couple of days of “funcling”—that is, being a fun uncle—before getting back to the spirited grind of another school year.

—TPP