Thanks, technology, for making it easy for us to be hostile introverts!

00:32 Incoming Australians! Nicole has visitors; later in the episode, we'll discuss how they can earn their keep.

10:43 Milestones to Love and Hate: It's back-to-school time, so we're thinking about all the good-news/bad-news milestones we might be observing, like that first "I forgot" phone call of the year.

29:12 Friday Speed Round: Appliance Time: Our appliances let us know when they're ready to be replaced by refusing to do their jobs.

39:28 Interview of the Week: Pediatric occupational therapist Meghan Corridan shares tips and tools for kids struggling with handwriting. Mentioned: 7 Writing Tools to Try for Children with Special Needs; Meghan's blog, MAC&Toys; past podcast interviews on manipulative toys and journals.

50:46 Shameless Self-Promotion: School-year firsts for parents of kids with special needs; super-sized roundup of special needs parenting books; Kids Included Together online introductory course; summer adventures for babies.

Thanks as always to Jon Morin for our fun in-and-out music. If you're reading this somewhere without hyperlinks, come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.

We scour the addresses, phone numbers, and birthdates of our lives to discover digits that seem to be following us around.

Monet, the pre-Raphaelites, and the textile work of folksy artist collective the GAP have caught our eye.

In the past year, our kids have started high school, started driving, and started new jobs. And us? We're working, publishing, and podcasting on.

Your road map to this week's entertainment-themed podcast:

00:43 Master of None: We say "buona notte" to this season, having liked it quite a bit (Catherine) and with some reservations (Terri).

11:37 The West Wing: In contrast with Dev's misery on MoN, "Stirred" was a decidely peppy episode of The West Wing. Plus, our beloved Parks & Recreation got a mention on The West Wing Weekly podcast.

19:05 Challenge Round: 30 Rock: Catherine challenged Terri to watch two episodes of 30 Rock, since it was a rival show to Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (last week's challenge). This show brings the silliness, for sure, and Terri's willing to revisit it in the future when she needs a laugh.

For next week, Terri challenged Catherine to try out the, um, unusual John from Cincinnati (the first three episodes of this 10-episode show). Plus: West Wing's special documentary episode, and a fun interview for all you Dancing with the Stars fans.

It's not just us, right? Wearing shirts so worn through that it looks like they've been in a knife fight is some kind of guy thing?

00:31 Back to School: Nicole's daughter headed back to school, which somehow led us to reminisce about Gym Classes of Our Past.

07:35 All the Drama, None of the Fame and Fortune: Terri sometimes feels her life is a bad detective show. Catherine is stuck in a not-that-funny sitcom, and Nicole's family drama is exhaustingly dramatic. What TV show is your family inadvertently starring in?

19:31 Friday Speed Round: Summer Reading: This question about what our kids are reading this summer was mostly a confession of what they're not reading.

29:37 Roundabout Roundup: Terri shouted out Chase Bank's anti-fraud efforts, Catherine is stuck on these achievement stickers for freelancers, and Nicole swooned over Rolling Stone's Canadian cover boy.

36:08 Shameless Self-Promotion: Quick Fixes for Bee Stings, Bug Bites, Sunburns, and Other Summer Woes; 7 Signs Your Child Is in an Inclusive Class; podcast quote graphics on Facebook.

Thanks as always to Jon Morin for our fun in-and-out music. If you're reading this somewhere without hyperlinks, come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.

Nicole's got us all beat as we count up the houses, apartments, dorms, and other domiciles we've occupied in our lives.

Yesterday, we talked about foods we loved as kids that we'd leave now, and today we flip the question to tally the foods we've grown up to enjoy. (Still no to liver, thanks.)