This JPM Conference is attended by CEOs, CFOs, and bankers. Brilliant money grab by the hotel/restaurant as deal making won’t be deterred by $30.

Beef milk. It’s like almond milk that’s been squeezed through tiny holes in living cows.

No shiplap or barndoors? HGTV does not approve.

tell me more about this deep fried apple pie...

Can attest that this is a great approach. A few years ago I was laying down countless Amazon boxes while my next door neighbor was laying down landscaping cloth. Fast-forward 12 months -- he was doing boxes.

Whoa. that would be one helluva foreshadow.

How are you feeding your kids?

File this under: No Kidding. However, in the real world, kids will eat what’s for dinner / snacks or not eat. So if the choice is have Mac and cheese for dinner 4 days a week or get reported to DCFS by daycare for starving children, we’re going to go with the M&C.

Coco and I had a very similiar 2004: we both spend a large chunk of the year spitting up (er, vomiting) and chasing boobs. Alas, she is now a successful human being and I am in my late 30s, and me.

You either stick out because you did and everyone else didn’t (congrats!), or you because you didn’t any everyone else did (bummer).

We call that Mrs JayCutlerDoesNotCare

Probably goes something like this...

Yes but you still have dozens of “I need a recommendation for a quality, low priced plumber/tutor/babysitter/cleaning person/painter”. Which turn me into an “old man yells at cloud.”

Typical Nextdoor post: “A VERY suspicious man was looking at a package at my house —- I followed his truck and he went to other houses down the street. He carried a clipboard and was obviously casing houses and looking at their packages. WE NEED TO BE ON THE LOOK OUT! Protect our neighborhood from these characters!”

Oh man, TIPS training. There’s a throw back to college.

See also: healthcare wellness programs that award you with your money for taking care of yourself.

Or the ‘so you’re saying I only get to color 2 more pages? Well guess what hot-shot dad, I’ve chosen this EXACT MOMENT to get surgical in my coloring and stay within the lines and move so cautiously you would think a sloth was doing it.”

Is it possible that the founder of a popular airline blog is on a list and gets upgraded when possible so that by chance he writes articles such as this?

Yup. Or in management-style-ese: “just get your shit done”

Hidden compression sock bonus: extra layer of clothes to stay warm when near drafty sections of the plane