Imagination, Take Me There!

A patient comes in with a flesh eating bacteria that is rapidly spreading up their leg. The only way to save their life is to remove their leg.

So what do you do? To help the patient is to accept that you must also harm them.

You're a good doctor. Of course you remove the leg and save the patient's life, because trying to exercise a choice that will result in no harm is impossible where there are only two bad outcomes, but one is unquestionably worse.

All California sheephead start life as female and move through an array of colors and body shapes as they mature. Some female adults may transition to male as social and environmental factors shift, balancing the delicate ratio of individuals in their population.

While male California sheephead are largest and easiest to identify at a glance, a closer look at the lively waters of our Kelp Forest exhibit reveals a variety of female sheephead swimming through these fascinating life stages. 

As they shouted out with glee,

"Unholy Drink Cloaca

Silly shows can be deep!! Silly shows can teach us things!!

I'm extremely late to the party, but after finishing Good Omens, I watched Our Flag Means Death for the first time and I'm really sad that not one but TWO great shows didn't get the endings they deserved.

GO and OFMD are comedies that start off with very silly premises. An angel and a demon team up to stop the apocalypse. A wealthy man abandons his aristocratic life to pursue his dream of becoming a pirate. These premises alone are enough for some people to dismiss a tv show in its entirety, but that's because we often forget to take a closer look.

Why go against Heaven and Hell in order to stop the apocalypse? Why would an angel and a demon care about the fate of humanity? Because they love it! After living among us for thousands of years, they found something that was worth saving! They realized that we always have choices and that things CAN be better, and in doing so, Aziraphale and Crowley found love in each other, too. (Which is why the "free will" universe in the finale makes no sense, but I won't get into that.)

Why give up a wealthy life? Why risk everything for a silly dream where Stede will most likely die a horrible death? Because he wanted to be happy! Because even though people made fun of him, he believed in himself! Even his crew didn't have faith in him, and it took Ed a little while to really SEE Stede, but while doing the impossible, Stede found love and friends and family. And this helped Ed realize that he was unhappy, too. Stede's journey of self-discovery grew far beyond just him because his dreams brought his crew together.

These shows are about love and forgiveness and hope and patience. They encourage us to form our own identities and to find family everywhere we go. They remind us that we CAN fix our mistakes, our relationships, our systems, and ourselves. We can choose love and kindness over violence and hatred! We can and should ask questions and be curious! We should tell others that we love them and remind ourselves that we are loved as well!