You know the days when you're watching the Simpsons, and you're consumed by an overwhelming desire to redo a kitchen with corncob curtains and sky blue countertops? Well, the lady in this video gets you and has decided to make those dreams come true.

What is the next renovation waiting to be inspired by a Netflix binge? Allow me to suggest the converted firehouse from the Princess Diaries.  

I asked readers to name movies and TV series with teachers in prominent roles or important secondary roles. Here's what you've offered so far, in chronological order (the TV show dates are when they first aired).

More! More! Keep 'em coming.

Boy’s Town (1938)
Good-bye Mr. Chips (1939)
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Our Miss Brooks (1952)
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Miracle Worker (1962)
Mr. Novak (1963)
To Sir With Love (1967)
Up the Down Staircase (1967)
Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
Good-bye Mr. Chips (1969)
Room 222 (1969)
Paper Chase (1973)
Conrack (1974)
Welcome Back, Kotter (1975)
Fame (1982)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
Head of the Class (1986)
Stand and Deliver (1988)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Saved By The Bell (1989)
Kindergarten Cop (1990)
Boy Meets World (1993)
Renaissance Man (1994)
Dangerous Minds (1995)
Mr. Holland’s Opus (1995)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Election (1999)
Miracle Worker (2000)
Mean Girls (2004)
Freedom Writers (2007)
Breaking Bad (2008)
Bad Teacher (2011)
Rita (Swedish)( 2012)

As if we needed another reason. This text (all sic) was pulled off Netflix's blog: 

Starting Now at Netflix: Unlimited Maternity and Paternity Leave

At Netflix, we work hard to foster a "freedom and responsibility" Culture That Gives employed our context about our business and the freedom to make decisions along with Their Own Accompanying the responsibility. With this in mind, today we're Introducing an unlimited leave policy for new moms and dads That Allows em to take off as much time as They Want During the first year After a child's birth or adoption.

We want to employed-have the confidence and flexibility to balance the needs of Their growing families without Worrying about work or finances. Parents can return part-time, full-time, or return And Then go back out as needed. We'll just keep paying em Normally, Eliminating the headache of switching to state or disability pay. Each employee gets to figure it out what's best for 'em and Their family, And Then With Their works managers for coverage During Their absences.

Netflix's continued success hinges on us and keeping competing for The Most Talented Individuals In Their field. Experience shows people perform better at work When They're Not Worrying about home. This new policy, combined with our unlimited time off, to be employed Allows supported During the exchange in Their Lives and return to work more Focused and dedicated.

Man, they need a copy editor... but, I'd like to spend a full year with my (hypothetical) recently adopted child, so they still win.

Just in case you forgot (or convinced yourself it was just a bad dream), here's a reminder: Jon Stewart's last night hosting the Daily Show is Thursday, August 6.

Thursday's show is, unsurprisingly, a bit of a mystery. The network did, however, release the names of the guests for the three episodes leading up to Stewart's finale.

Amy Schumer, who broke my little heart by turning down the opportunity to take Jon's spot on the show, will be on the show Monday, followed by Denis Leary and Louis C.K. on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Trevor Noah, Stewart's replacement, will host his first show on Sept. 28. Noah has recently talked a bit about changes coming to the show, so that's ... happening. 

Ms. Magazine just published an essay written by one of them women who served time in prison alongside Piper Kerman. After a relatively short prison sentence, Kerman wrote about the experience in her book Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison, the book the popular television show of a similar name was based on. 

Beatrice Codianni, the former prisoner who penned the essay, says the television shop changed more than the main character's last name. Codianni said that while the book was an accurate portrayal of Danbury, Litchfield's real-world inspirtaion, she had to give up on the Netflix series two seasons in.

All right, you primitive screwheads—listen up! There was plenty of big Hollywood news out of the San Diego's Comic Con International over the weekend, but for my money, the most exciting trailer was for Ash vs. the Evil Dead, a continuation of the Evil Dead franchise that I never imagined seeing come together. Let's hear it for Bruce Campbell, Sam Raimi and the rest of the Evil Dead team—if the trailer is any indication, they are back in prime form.

Okay folks, I am now allowed to say "yes, that's me that you see" and I will be on the premiere episode of "Forged in Fire" airing Monday at 10/9 central on the history channel!! So watch it please and continue watching cause as I understand it, some amazing stuff happens in the other episodes also 😎 #FIF #foodie #forgedinfire #forgedweaponsforthegods #buhi #blade #badass #batpig #bushido #blacksmith #bladesmith #blacksmithing #blacksmithing #bladesmithing #brotherhoodoftheblade #knifeporn #knifemaker #knivesofig #knifeaddict #kitchenknives #usnfollow #usnstigram #useyourshit

A photo posted by Rich Greenwood (@pokabu_forge) on Jun 18, 2015 at 1:54pm PDT

Tucsonan Rich Greenwood, pool guy by day and bladesmith by night, appeared on the first episode of the History Channel's new show 'Forged in Fire' last night.

The History Channel's description of the series:

Forged in Fire: Japanese Katana (44 min) TV-PG L, V
In this explosive new series, four bladesmiths will compete for $10,000 and the title of Forged in Fire champion. Their work will be put to the test, and those that fail will be sent home. In the final round, the two remaining bladesmiths must forge one of the most iconic weapons from history; the Japanese Katana.

At the beginning of the show, the bladesmiths are presented with a bar of high carbon steel. They're given 10 minutes to design a knife and three hours to produce a blade. When that is announced, Greenwood looks over his shoulder at the clock.

"Normally it takes me three days to make a knife," Greenwood says to the camera. "I don't know how I'm gonna pull it off."  

But he did. Each round, the bladesmiths work to complete a blade which is judged on how well it fit expectations, appearance and overall blade quality (you know, chopping, slicing, stabbing...)  

Greenwood made it through the first two rounds of the competition fairly easily before heading into the finals. For the last round, the final two were sent back to their home forges to make a Japanese Katana in five days—a disadvantage, Greenwood said in the episode, since his at-home operation is much smaller than that of the other  competitor. He does everything by hand.

A few days into the process, Greenwood's blade cracked and the forging process had to begin again. A set back, certainly, but to quote one of the judges, "with a beard like that, all things are possible."

In the end, the Tucsonan did not take home the prize. You should watch the whole episode anyway, though, because the tests they do on the katanas are pretty cool.

Catch the whole episode online (if you log in with your cable provider) or on the history channel when they rerun it.

Keep up with Greenwood and Pokabu Forge on Facebook, Instagram or on his website. 

I'm pretty much winging this dad thing, so I'm not someone to take any parenting advice from. But I try not to turn on the TV when I'm playing with my nearly 2-year-old kid because I worry about somehow messing up her developing mind (and I'll often give in if she's particularly insistent about watching Elmo.) That said, these days, screens are everywhere, from the boob tube to iPhone I check way too often when I'm watching her (and yeah, I know that's probably setting a terrible example.)

Anyway, Emily Oster of Five Thirty Eight Science looks at the latest research and discovers that maybe not all screen time is bad: 

When I was a kid, my parents had strict television rules: no more than an hour a day, and the content must be educational. This meant a lot of PBS. I did briefly convince my mother that the secret-agent show “MacGyver” was about science, but that boondoggle ended when she watched an episode with me. These restrictions seemed severe at the time, but my parents were just following the orders of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Children and teens should have no more than one to two hours of screen time per day, with children under 2 having no screen time at all. Those orders remain the same today.

Relative to my childhood, limits on screen time have become increasingly restrictive and confusing. The iPad (and Kindle, and various other tablets) has opened up a world of “educational” screen time. If my 4-year-old is doing a workbook on the iPad, does that mean she learns less than if we used a physical workbook? The AAP advocates for newspapers and physical books over iPads, computers and other screen options.

The AAP statement on media seems opposed to screens per se (quote: “young children learn best when they interact with people, not screens”) without really differentiating among various uses and types of screens. But, not surprisingly, when you look at the research, the screen matters less than what you do with it.

And then there's Louis CK's NSFW take:

Zona Politics Eps.32 from Zona Politics with Jim Nintzel on Vimeo.

If you missed yesterday's broadcast of Zona Politics with Jim Nintzel, here's your chance to watch it online. Pima County Democratic Party chair Cheryl Cage and Pima County Republican Party chair Bill Beard size up Democratic Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick's chances as she launches a run for Republican Sen. John McCain's seat; discuss whether anyone else will get into the Senate race; share some names of potential candidates for the congressional seat Kirkpatrick is leaving behind; talk about whether the congressional districts will be the same for the 2016 election; break down why Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild doesn't have a Republican opponent this year; argue about bus fares; and more.

John Oliver's show celebrated Mother's Day by reminding us the United Stated and Papua New Guinea are the only two countries in the world that don't provide paid time off for new mothers—and advocating for paid family leave for all new parents.

Keep up the advocacy, Oliver.