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My students are hilarious. The other day, one of them asked me to play "Roar!" on my phone, and I pretended I had no idea who Katy Perry was, just to mess with them, and they were getting WAYY too serious about it, saying things like, "it's one of the best songs in the world!"

And I had to stop teasing them and I just straight up had to tell them, "I've been listening to this song since before you were BORN. I KNOW WHO KATY PERRY IS!"

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I often use my inner dialogue when writing, just to give it a chance to speak to someone not myself.

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Omg, I literally just noticed in The Cross My Heart Job, right after they save the girl, Parker is sitting with her, trying to comfort her the best way she knows how. She promises the little girl that they're going to get her a taser and tells her to carry it with her so she can defend herself, and OMG, I LOVELOVELOVE PARKER!!! 💖💖

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I like to admire bookshelves I can’t afford and/or cannot fit into my apartment. Like yes, that $2000 floor to ceiling bookshelf would look great in my non existent mansion.

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At the end of The Too Many Rembrandts Job, Hardison tells Harry that he sees Eliot wake up every day and say, "I've got more to do."

He's clearly admitting that he's in a relationship with Eliot, your honor.

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Meet my new roommates!

The gray one is Marie, and the orange one is Toulouse. I love them so much!!! 😻😻

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Ads for meds be like, "this drug can save your life! Symptoms include increased heart complications, pulmonary clots, stroke, strokiness, sudden comas, death, death-like symptoms. Talk to your doctor to see if the drug is right for you!"

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Sometimes one of my students ask why they have to do something--chores, hygiene, basic necessity stuff, etc--and I respond with something to effect of, "because that's the world works."

Depending on the student, I might go into more detail, like, "because if you don't shower, you stink, and your friends will run away from you," or something of the like.

And SOMETIMES they ask me why they have to do something, and it might be related to their autism or ADHD or PDA or other behavioral issue that placed them in the program in the first place, and I respond with something along the lines of, "because the world is unkind to people like us. So when you leave the program, go out and change the world, okay?"

And sometimes they'll start making plans to change the world.

Will all of their plans succeed? Of course not. But I love to see them working on it.

They hate Trump because Trump hates them. So I tell them, "If you don't want people who hate you in charge of your, then BE the person in charge. Run for student government. Run for mayor. Run for governor. Run for Senate. Run for president. Make changes every step of the way. BE the person in charge, so future generations of kids exactly like you will no longer have to live in fear."

And they look at me like I'm either crazy or a genius.

But who said you can't be both? 🤷🏻‍♀️

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In The Homecoming Job, Eliot says to Nate, "Next time, I wear the suit."

This cannot be a complaint for having to pretend to be a caterer. We all know how Eliot feels about small jobs like that. He's always willing to help out there. He appreciates the little people making an honest living.

No, I believe this was a jab towards Nate himself. "Next time, I wear the suit."

Eliot doesn't wear suits.

Nate does.

Yet?

I think this was Eliot's way of telling Nate, "you look shabby. You look drunk. You look wrong. What do you know about military defense contracts? You do not belong here. Me, on the other hand? These are my people."

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Parker said in The 10 Lil' Grifters Job, "This place reminds me of my first grab...She had all these shoes."

At the end of The Nigerian Job, she asks Sophie, "What is it with women and shoes?"

Leave it to Leverage to bring things to a full circle in a very roundabout way.

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Parker's intro in The Nigerian Job is so flawless.

"Parker? You got Parker?"

"Is there anyone better?"

"No, but Parker's insane."

Three lines of dialogue, and we know everything about Parker that we will ever need to know.

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Me: *walking into a store*

Me: *sees man with doggo come out of store*

Me: can I pet your dog?

Man: sure, go for it

Doggo: I wuv u thank 4 pets can u stay hooman give luvs here kisses 4 u come play again!

Me: thank you! You made my day so much better! ☺️☺️☺️🥰🥰🥰

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I really hope young folks just discovering Leverage understand that in 2008 a Tesla meant basically the opposite of what it means in 2025. They were so exciting. We were so hopeful.

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every person ive ever suggested to that going through your partners phone not only invades their privacy but also the privacy of all the people who have possibly texted very personal things to them have acted like they genuinely never thought of that before

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I signed up for a dating app like, last week or something. So I matched with this guy, and I suck at ice breakers, so I looked at his profile for something that could jumpstart a conversation.

I noticed for occupation, he put engineer. I thought, "oh, my dad's an engineer. I wonder what kind of engineering he does. Does he like it? What if they're the same kind of engineer? Lol. That'd be funny."

So as an ice breaker, I asked him what kind of engineering he did.

Now. Maybe this was a wrong choice. Maybe I just suck at making conversation. I assumed, perhaps wrongly, that a guy would LIKE that I took an interest in something he did every single day of his life. I was hoping it would lead to more open-ended questions where he would perhaps feel comfortable telling me about various hobbies and such.

But when I asked him this seemingly innocuous question, he responded with, "what kind of gold digging do you do?"

And. Like. I wanna be offended? Am I allowed to be offended? I asked about his job right off the bat, so I guess that could be seen as gold digging, but. I didn't ask how much money he made. I didn't ask about his position in the company. I just wanted to know if he was an electrical engineer like my dad, or a mechanical engineer or something else entirely.

Trying to keep the peace, I apologized for being bad at small talk, saying I just wanted to know if he and my dad were the same kind of engineers.

But then HE decided to give me a lecture on the importance of small talk, especially on a dating app, and how I needed to be more considerate towards my matches.

So now im like, "oh, I'm sorry for assuming that you would want to talk about something you love to do. I'll make sure to plug my ears next time you get excited over anything, just as a reminder that I'm not supposed to show I care."

And now he thinks I'm a bitch, and honestly, I'm so confused.

And also offended.

I have never been accused of gold digging in my entire life. I have worked myself to the bone for every single penny I have. HOW. DARE. HE.

Still, I cannot help but think I said something wrong, so now I'm terrified of asking my other matches about their jobs and interests for fear they're going to accuse me again.

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i love that while the biker gang is throwing dark faces at everyone, Eliot is like, "you done here? Because I'm trying to break ground to get these kids a jungle gym. So if you don't have anything important to, get out of my face."

eliot’s dad is a football coach in a tiny town that was nearly destroyed by corporate greed and the first thing eliot is seen doing as mayor of the town they’re trying to save is playing football with a bunch of kids and encouraging them. screams