C’est Banana! Hahaha!

We went to the new minions movie and it was good. Just the right amount of slapstick, farting and 80s pop tunes. Tricky combination to get right but they did it. Kids collapsed with tiredness when we got home. Sitting in a cinema eating truckloads of popcorn is exhausting stuff.

Then came home and read more of The Problem With Everything by Meghan Daum and it’s terrific. Her writing is so beautiful and the content of the book is so clear-eyed. She makes me think about things that have just slid by my consciousness in the maelstrom of pop culture and politics and I like that.

I’m writing this while I’m wearing of those teeth-whitening, red/blue-light, tooth-lightening contraptions in my mouth. It’s a highly undignified situation. The red and blue lights flashing on and off make me look I’m hosting a dance party inside my own mouth. It’s ridiculous. But why be sensible when you could be throwing a disco for your own teeth?