I think it was mostly a great metaphor, and she acknowledged it's weaknesses.

I believe Stephen Colbert was the one who said YA fiction is now defined as "books people actually read".

Exposing her real life identity.

I work half a country away from my boss - I'm surrounded by people, but only two of them actually work on the same project I do. I don't even bother reading the new employee emails anymore, I'll probably never deal with them.

Keerist. Neighbor is damn lucky somebody hadn't shanked that dog yet.

Dog I grew up with was a border terrier - they were bred to hunt rats. Somebody decided that cats weren't vicious enough for their purposes, so they made these little VC tunnel fighter dogs. He was surprisingly friendly to people, though.

*shaking head sadly* "Gophers. Big ones."

He stop chasing you on subsequent walks past?

Well, and I *get* why people hit-and-run (well, the run part), doesn't mean I appreciate it when some moron smashes into my car and zips off.

Your dog leaves your property while acting aggressive, all bets are off.

I'm sure this has a mundane and depressing explanation, but I'm picturing the dad un-personing the cat KGB-style and destroying all records of it's existence.

Those things tend to be expensive, and you need to actually clothe them if you live anywhere it gets cold.

Plant some speakers playing dogs barking on a loop in his living room some night, see how he reacts.

Right there with you.

The articles just fly by for me. The comments, on the other hand…

"This" being "pretty much any".

…*because* they're the reanimation of the messiah, and you don't want to be Judas 2.0.

…is he hiding from the paparazzi in that shot?

OK, unless he's a dog breeder your brother has no reason to have unfixed dogs. Giving them to you while one was *in heat* is goddamn unforgivable.

Pick your battles, man.