Some number of things make a post?

1. This is actually one of my mother's favorite movies. I'd say it's inexplicable, but actually, I think she just liked the title. If ever it came on TV, she'd call me up just so she could dramatically title-drop it for me.

2. This is the fandom I didn't know we needed. The original, if you haven't seen it yet or just would like to read it again.

3. I didn't know these She-Ra shorts existed. Why didn't anybody tell me they existed?

So, I kinda feel like I ought to send a New Year's greeting to my uncle

that is, my mother's brother.

And if I'm doing that, I may as well send one to my aunt (his ex-wife) and my mother's cousins.

I don't really want to just text "Happy New Year" and send it - feels a little low-effort.

But I also don't want to put any actual effort into this. So I was thinking maybe an ecard, but the first free one I tried suddenly surprised me by asking for an email.

I'm lazy, and don't want to do my own googling. Does anybody know of a free ecard site that will send a text message rather than insisting on emails for some unknown reason?

(Hopefully, if I manage this juuuuuuust right, I'll successfully send the message "Happy New Year, I'm sending this out of a vague sense of obligation, I'd welcome a return message in this same vein but please do not initiate any further contact" without actually having to say anything but the first three words. Does anybody have a card which says exactly that, but politely?)

The children outside are yapping and howling

This is a thing they do sometimes.

I don't know why.

You know, most years I compare the neighborhood children to vampires, because for some reason they always seem to come out to play after sunset, but this current batch is clearly werewolves instead.