Best thing I ever heard from a manager at work was, "Don't bring me a complaint without bringing me a solution." He might not have accepted the proposed solution, or he might determine a different solution was better, or he might not do a damned thing about it, but it kept people from bitching unproductively.

I *knew* it was a good idea to add only facebook@(mydomain.com) as my email address.

Grumpy cat feels.

She's sexy and she knows it...

P. McP approves.

I LOL'ed.

One of my cats exhibits his displeasure at us leaving by pissing in the suitcase if he can get to it. (We've gone through two now.) So this really isn't an option. In fact, we have to quarantine our suitcases in a spare bedroom when we DO pack, to keep Pissy McPissmonster out of them.

Aimee Mann is so fabulous. I had no idea from "Voices Carry" how phenomenal she could be. Her music grew me up.

I get four weeks, but it is quite literally untracked. I could take five or six if I wanted and probably no one would bat an eyelash.

I thought Toastmasters was just for public speaking, it's not?

I remember my second week of work at a large financial institution. I called a meeting regarding something we were working on, and it included several managers. At the top of the meeting, I told everyone that my goal was to not waste their time, and that if we got through the topics we'd end early, and that I'd do…

Yeah, these changes strike me as relatively superficial.

Is she actually doing anything substantive at Yahoo or does she think CEO stands for Cheerleader Excitement Officer?

Why does Russia seem to monopolize the cute so much?

If he were sedated, he'd be lolling about a lot more with glassy eyes. The cat is not tied. People who think he is are seeing things.

If it were tied, it would be contorting like crazy and not squinting its eyes contentedly. It's a collar you see. Animals sometimes wear them.

I've got news for you: If the cat were "tied" it would not have a look of contentment on its face. It would be struggling with every ounce of its body that is NOT tied, and would be contorting like heck. Are you mistaking an everyday cat collar for a tie in this video? This animal is not tied to those poles.

I have never seen spaghetti sauce that cheap here. There's definitely never been a 10/$10 type of sale or I'd have been on that. Must be a regional thing.

To be fair, a diversity of lifestyles are possible in many countries. There's nothing special about America in that. Europe has their own Honey Boo Boo contingent too. We just are showing off ours.

Cost is probably only half the concern. Something tells me that with more money, she'll just buy microwaveable dinners. I don't see her steaming fresh vegetables anytime soon.