Do you want a hug too?

pots (head+hole).
photes (ad+ol).

Yeah I did! I spent one year studying math in a preparatory school (aka melting pens and sleeping in class), then got a bachelor's degree in geology and a master's degree in paleontology, then a year of unemployment and so I took back studies in history of art and cultural, architectural, historical and natural heritage. (yay that's the first time someone says I'm mysterious!)
And yesterday I typed "geologists" in google search bar and it suggested "geologists make the bedrock", so that's a good argument to enroll^^

I used to do that too when I was studying geology! My work partner was so defeated sometimes^^ And we called the smaller rocks we had to take as samples "the babies", and gave a name to each. All the other kids thought we were crazy.
calvinoot, the rock you describe sounds really amazing!

I don't know, it's definitely a mom show, but it's sweet (except the rape episode, which my mom saw once in the 80's and would never watch again, so I haven't seen it either). It's based on a series of books where a woman describes her life as a child in a small village during the 1870's - 80's. The characters are interesting, the plot of the episodes are nice and there are a lot of funny moments, but let's say I would watch it on TV in the afternoon, not as an evening movie. I suck at describing shows and movies^^
Here's the link to the wikipedia article if you want to learn more : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_House_on_the_Prairie_(TV_series)
PS : yissss Tintin rocks!

and have a smaller palm, longer fingers and are way flatter,

That concept is for weaklings anyways, to me an individual dessert should be a family-sized dessert that you eat alone (after eating your entire family).

I don't drink and still ruin my life!

Technically Shift shift is just the last name, full name seems to be Shift Shift shift.

Thanks for the post and info! ...and hello from the otter side. (sorry, I had to)