She's kidding. Right? A Guardian columnist looks at the subtext of Thomas the Tank Engine:
Yes, she's kidding. Has to be. Every parent does this: analyzes their kids' shows to death for fun, because you're stuck at home watching something inane. Everyone has that "hmm: this is a show about slavery, in a way." It also lacks class consciousness:
Well, it's Guardian writer, so yes, she does, but the proper kind.
BYE-BYE Roundy's is leaving the Twin Cities. Some of the Rainbow stores will turn into Byerly's, which is a head-snapping transition; others will become CUB stores, which isn't too much of a change. From Roundy's house brands to Everyday Essential, which is Cub's boringly designed house brands. I stopped going to Rainbow for two reasons: the handles on the bags. They always broke. The glue used to affix the handles was actually spit, I think.
Also because the stores were depressing. One day I overheard - not that it was difficult - two bakery workers laughing about an enormous mess a co-worker had left in the break room lavatory, and that was the end of that.
UH-OH Plague in China. Bubonic Plague, the richest kind.
And how did the fellow get sick?
Somewhere someone is using a meme generator that has Yoda saying Begun, the Marmot Plague Has. Do I need to search for it and post it? No. We're reaching the point where it's sufficient simply to imagine them, knowing they exist.
