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Fresh off a cleaning jag, Lee comes in hot with lots of energy and a special segment about floral baby names. That's right, if you are having a baby sometime soon OR if you're just a names/name trends enthusiast, Lee has suggestions for you, plus some names she does NOT suggest. Also: Val has life news and Lee begins a woo-woo journey. In our Plants segment, Val tells a whole story about a 'blackberry bush' that was actually a gooseberry bush. Down with Meat Sweats!

SHOW NOTES;

Foxgloves are, in fact, poisonous.

Noel Fielding's instagram

In case you, too, want to see the cover of The Untethered Soul: A Journey Beyond Yourself

Lee's substack: https://leelucci.substack.com

That Bojack Horseman episode Val referred to is actually called "Stupid Piece of Sh*t"

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Did you watch the new Nosferatu and wonder how it compares to the original, but didn’t have it in you to sit through a silent movie. The Books and Blooms podcast has you covered! Val watched the original Nosferatu. Lee watched the new movie. They compare and contrast. But first, life updates! Lee has seasonal affective disorder, but she’s finding joy where she can. Val has no heat.

Justice for Knock, but only in the original.

SHOW NOTES:

One pioneer in treating childhood leukemia was Emil J. Freireich, who both discovered that his patients’ bleeding was caused by insufficient platelets and who believed in combining chemo drugs, despite opposition.

Here is a writeup and some wild pics of Trovants, i.e. Romanian bubbly rocks

Nosferatu’s crazy mustache

Shadow of the Vampire, 2004 movie

Tooth fairy horror movie - don’t be afraid of the dark

Monster pics from Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark

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This quick lil ep of Books and Blooms may brighten your day! Lee has a haiku about her self-improvement kick! Val laments about Tinder! In our Plants segment, Val shares decorating tips: three design-forward houseplants that help to elevate a room. Plus: inept dance teachers, Lee's conflicting football feels, and haunted doll shenanigans.

SHOW NOTES

Volcano was a 1997 thriller about a volcano in L.A.

Here is an article about the volcano under part of Yellowstone.

Yoga with Adriene

See all the plants in Val’s houseplant show and tell here. (Plants mentioned: the friendship plant (pilea peperomioides), the snake plant (dracaena trifasciata), dried plants and flowers.)

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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a daughter in possession of no other options, will fuck your enemy’s child. That’s right, we have finished Wuthering Heights, and we wrap up our discussion on the book today! But first: ValVal has lots of theories! LeeLee has trivia about Garfield and another cartoon cat! They discuss the pros and cons of being high in an airport, when to reveal curse words to children, and the new movie Nosferatu.

SHOW NOTES:

video from this years Pop Tarts bowl

terrifying sun (mascot of the Fiesta Bowl)

Pic of the LUFYOJ banner can be found here.

Heathcliff the cat’s website is here. And Lee points us to this post.

The onset age of puberty/periods in women has varied over history. The average first period age in 1840 was 17, and that has gone down in the past 50 years.

This lecture contains some quotes of the terrible reviews Wuthering Heights received on publication.

But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking about the Present as If It Were the Past by Chuck Klosterman

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They’re here. Get your sword.

Is it a sillier than usual episode? Maybe! Val and Lee discuss an important would you rather regarding turtle shells. Lee suggests a sequel idea for Home Alone, and then the two of them wind up recounting the entire plot of Home Alone. Val waxes poetic about the brilliant picture book I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen. In our Plants segment, Val provides tips about how to save your holiday amaryllis. We hope you all are surviving January.

SHOW NOTES:

Office Christmas Party SNL skit

You can force tulip bulbs indoors! But you need to follow all these steps and you really need to give them the right conditions.

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Two friends wearing orange hoodies spend a Friday night do their best to wuther the heights, i.e. talk about the first half of Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. This is the backwards episode because they do that first, THEN they shoot the shit and discuss miscellaneous things like: plains verses mountains, super smellers, and what settings are perfect for horror movies. If you, too, enjoy Wuthering Heights in the same way you enjoy reality TV, you'll vibe with this fun ep.

SHOW NOTES:

Irish travellers vs. Romani

In the book, Catherine says to Nelly: “But I begin to fancy you don't like me. How strange! I thought, though everybody hated and despised each other, they could not avoid loving me.

Here’s the quote where they wax ecstatic about crocuses/spring: “'These are the earliest flowers at the Heights,' she exclaimed. 'They remind me of soft thaw winds, and warm sunshine, and nearly melted snow. Edgar, is there not a south wind, and is not the snow almost gone?'

'The snow is quite gone down here, darling,' replied her husband; 'and I only see two white spots on the whole range of moors: the sky is blue, and the larks are singing, and the becks and brooks are all brim full. Catherine, last spring at this time, I was longing to have you under this roof; now, I wish you were a mile or two up those hills: the air blows so sweetly, I feel that it would cure you.'”

Hotels and signature scents

The woman who could smell Parkinson’s

There is unfortunately no cure for Parkinson’s, but there are treatments that can relieve symptoms.

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Warning: if you are highly suggestible about potential illness the way LeeLee and ValVal are, take note! Our dynamic but sometimes fearful duo discuss what fingernail ridges could be a sign of, and also listeria. This episode also includes: Lee’s take on the first ten pages of Wuthering Heights, plus trivia about the word of the year, whale fins, and the arugula plant. You weirdo, Nature!

SHOW NOTES:

Twilight soundtrack

Batman Forever soundtrack

Romeo & Juliet soundtrack

The Great Gatsby soundtrack

Val could find no sign online that arugula grows sharper to deter animals from eating it. Most websites refer to heat as a reason the taste turns sharper—heat also can make arugula “bolt” (i.e. flower).

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Haiku segment intro: Strange wind chimes duo! — Debussy Bells, bamboo by Philip_Goddard -- https://freesound.org/s/686153/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0.

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