In theory, service dogs are supposed to be well trained not to do those things but a: there is no acutal requirements for service animal’s training and b; animals do animal things and should be muzzled in close, miserable quarters like that (hell, I’ve been tempted to bite people when crammed in a plane).

Side note: I’m looking forward to aging out of looking at people’s assholes.

But the EMALS!

I did this on a trip to Costa Rica with my wife. My niece was very excited and just before we left she snuck up to me, slipped a penny in my pocket and whispered “Buy me a monkey”. So we ended up taking her stuffed monkey on an Costa Rican adventure that we made into a book when we returned. It was a lot of fun. …

I once carved out a copy of What to Expect: The First Year for some new parents. It’s like the baby version of What to Expect When You’re Expecting.

James Buchanan? Whose Presidency preceeded the Civil War?

I’ll offer this ray of hope. Probably won’t get out of the greys, but it’s worth saying.

It’s even harder to believe that people still want to vote for him (cough cough dad cough cough).

I absolutely love when people don’t read the article, and the comment they make is literally mentioned in the first sentence. Well done. +1

You absolutely do **not** need to be honest and truthful at your exit interview, especially if that ”honesty” burns a bridge. You want to stay on the best possible relationship with your past employers and co workers. Trashing them will not endear you. If you can be reasonably constructive, fine, but lobbing bombs can…

1. Feed everyone a large dinner.
   

I think this is brilliant advice. As a new father, I ran around installing cabinet locks and bumpers on everything. I didn't keep them on for very long.