I’d like to publicly thank my son, who spent 35 minutes reading through the entire Dramatis Personae of the Pokémon universe into my phone, in a monotone, to create a soundtrack to help me fall asleep at night. At the end of the list, he even began an open-ended discussion of “cool cars,” including one with a V-12 engine —something that has reliably caused slumber when he broached the subject in the afternoon. Here’s hoping, because I have pretty much stopped sleeping at night altogether.

According to the Pokémon Super Deluxe Essential Handbook, “An important part of a Trainer’s job is to take good care of his or her Pokémon.” I feel very taken care of today!