White, green, and black tea can be from the same plant; just picked at different times.

EDIT: Yes, it's also a drying/oxidizing process as well.

I was 50 when I figured out (52 now, btw.) that the little piggy that "went to market"...wasn't going shopping.

Edit: I talked to my wife about the poem and she pointed out:

This little piggy went to market - off to be slaughtered.

This little piggy stayed home - The mother pig

This little piggy had roast beef - Being fattened for the market

This little piggy had none - fat enough, being sold tomorrow

This little piggy cried wee wee wee all the way home - actually, apparently, the source of this is French, and the piggy is crying "oui, oui, oui!" all the way home because it escaped from the slaughterhouse. It's crying "Yes, yes, yes!" all the way home.

My wife and I decided to walk the Hollywood Walk of Fame from Argyle Ave to the Chinese Theater ( ~ 20 min walk) because we thought it would be nice to see all the stars. NOPE. The biggest mistake of our life. Homeless people, d**g addicts, and crazy people everywhere. We were ready to run and our heads were on a constant swivel.

We live in Japan and close to Ishikawa so we felt the Jan 1 2024 earthquake very strongly and the dozens of aftershocks after. To keep my son (and me) from being scared, I told him when the ground shakes, it’s Totoro jumping for joy.

One time I was in a museum with my daughter when she was maybe 4. I was super into it but she wasn't. So to keep her occupied I told her to count all the naked butts she could see in each room. This game ended up keeping her entertained through the great museums of the world and taught her math

When my kids aren’t listening and I feel like I’m going to start yelling, I sing instructions at them in an opera voice instead.