#fascinating things

The least amounts of Sammys seem to be in s11 and s14, with the most amount of gaps between episodes. Between 14.02 and 14.08–which is notable because Dean is actually in those episodes.

Other than Dean and John early on (plus 4.13), the person who says “Sammy” the most is Lucifer and later Nick in 14.17. Do with that information what you will.

As in, are they biological? Should they go through clothes, hidden away somehow until spread?

Or are they largely magical in nature, capable of being told to effectively go away, but never gone completely, something that doesn’t rip through clothes for whatever reason?

That my beloved and beautiful dog Swirl just ripped open a plastic bag full of litter box leavings and ate the cat’s poop has affected, at least momentarily, my near worship of him as a once in a lifetime dog. Said dog was on television tonight because a TV reporter interviewed us about the weather, did we think it being unusually warm in March was nice, which I said, of course, even though I…

How can a A-flat major sound so much sadder than a C minor?

It's about friendship. And what that word really means. And the fact that different people have different perspectives on what a friendship should be and that impacts how we interact with each other.

It's about norms and the value platonic relationships are or aren't given. It's about psychology and interpersonal interactions. It's about how something that looks like a friendship from the outside doesn't necesseraly have to feel like one for the people in it. Are one-sided friendships a thing? (Where one person consider the other a friend but not the other way.) What about the intersection between family and friends? When does friends become family? And why do some people consider a family member a friend but others doesn't?