Just popping in to celebrate the bravery. Truly. Right on, lady.

And knows shockingly few jokes.

Nice. I know I'll want to be with my dogs, even though Dog Two will try to dogblock Dog One and monopolize me. This is because Dog Two will be a dickhead even in heaven.

Knock knock?

I think Will Rogers said "If there are no dogs in heaven, when I die I want to go where they went."

We've all long since stopped seeing the spelling "creme" that designates substances not containing cream.

Oh, but the Swiss are always neutral ...

Mmmmmmmmthat's an unfortunate graphic. It pales, of course, in the face of the news item. HORRIBLE and absurd.

I am fine with this. I figure I'm evening out the biomass given how much blood the damn mosquitoes suck out of me every year.

Yay, Tallinn! Dig that place.

I really understand your reluctance to "rehash," as you say, but go interview some potential therapists. They have different approaches, and some are a lot less about narrating your history than you might expect. Folks who do CBT (cognitive-behavioral therapy, not the other thing ;) ) maybe especially so.

Fair enough.

Dude. Pork is safe. But it's not kosher or halal, and so people who keep kosher or halal want to know what it's in so they can avoid it. Non-scientific? Whatevs. So is poetry. ANTI-scientific? No.

Yup!

SRSLY. It's just the same crap that drives "funny, you don't look Jewish, but now that you say ... "

Oops! Actually a typo - -meant United. But they're all pretty much horrible, aren't they? The worst I ever experienced was Sabena. It's telling they don't exist anymore.

Got little (if not zero) tolerance for zero-tolerance policies. It prevents any exercise of judgement, and learning to exercise good judgment should be part of the educational experience, yes? This is just a big "hey kids, here's how to box yourself into doing the wrong thing with rules of your own devising."

Complaining about the young child in the restaurant is probably out.

That's just it: on American Airlines, you don't have to fuck yourself, because a fucker will be provided for you. That's customer service.

Amusing typo: "fight staff." If only. Those attendants could really have brought it. Alas.