My grandparents had a big dog when we were little that LOVED babies. If a baby was on the floor, he would lay flat on his belly on the other side of the room and slowly wiggle/crawl over until he could rest his nose on the baby's arm. Then he would just lay quietly with the baby as long as it was there.

I agree, that's definitely the way to go. My problem is that very often the shorter I make my dog's leash, the longer they'll make theirs. I feel like people should look for the thumbs up before letting their dog approach, just like they should before their child approaches.

Can we have a ribbon that signals "don't bring your dog over to my dog?" I have a smallish, cute dog, and we get a lot of attention whenever we walk her (we live in the South - where dogs are popular, talking to strangers isn't weird, and lots of people are often out for walks). She does great with people, and I'll…

Grumpiest day. Scammers called my workplace three months ago, and recorded me canceling and authorizing them to send me a final invoice for a service they claimed we subscribed to. Today they called back, said we owed them $600, and played my voice spliced into a whole new conversation of signing up for their service…

Hell yeah, eff Mission:SPACE. My no-go rides are that, Rockin' Roller Coaster, the panoramic Epcot movies (I don't even know why that kills me), the teacups (obvi), and... that's pretty much it. So nice to go to a theme park and not spend the whole time waiting for everyone else to finish riding the Pukey Awesome…

So is your confusion about the appeal of Disney based on the assumption that it's a very princess heavy experience? Because while that's certainly true of the way they market a lot of their products to little girls, it's not at all true of the theme parks. The vast majority of rides are not based on movies or concepts…

I agree, I don't see the issue. Market research doesn't seem particularly nefarious; a company offers a service and tries to make it an even better value for people who are shelling out bucks to be there. They're not planting a microchip under your skin, hacking your Facebook account, or selling your details to third…

I'm so curious about the "adult princessy" part of it. I've never seen an adult in Disney World dressed up as a princess who didn't work there. I might judge that too, but I'd have to know what it is first.

Oh man, I LOVE Disney as an adult. My husband (who grew up in Europe and never went to Disney as a child), was convinced he'd hate it. I think there's a perception that it's all 60's animatronic dolls and cartoon songs. But that's really only parts of Fantasyland. We go to the Magic Kingdom (which is generally open…

I also really liked that touch because it indicates that Javert's worldview is slipping because of all of the events at the barricade, not just Valjean letting him go. Suicide always seemed like a major overreaction to letting Valjean off, but with the dead kid guilt in there too it made a lot more sense.

My husband does not care about musicals *at all.* He saw it on the strength of the epic nature of the storyline I described and he fact that Wolverine and Maximus were the stars. And he loved it. In fact, he cried all through "I Dreamed a Dream" and has been singing "Do You Hear the People Sing?" for a couple of days…

Agreed. The fact that she goes straight to, "He was never mine to lose," proves that she is not a Nice Girl. That's the exact opposite of the entitled Nice attitude.

I usually don't love Enjolras, since he can come off as an ideologue blind to the consequences of his choices. But *man* Aaron Tveit really broadcast the weight of what was happening on him. He was excellent.

I absolutely loved the movie, but in the alternate universe where I make editing choices for major motion pictures, I would have happily traded Russell Crowe's rendition of "Stars" to reinstate "Dog Eat Dog." For most of the movie, I felt like Russell Crowe was a good enough actor to sell it in spite of his weak…

Though I didn't lose it until the finale. So many tears.

I am honestly so confused by the hate she gets (not that this is particularly hateful, but it does seem to be on trend). She's doing press for a movie she's in. It's part of her job. What's she supposed to say when reporters ask her about her performance?

I don't see Anne Hathaway as being particularly self-absorbed, since doing press for a movie that's just come out is pretty standard fare. But we just saw it, and even if she was doing football spikes and cartwheel twirls while cheer-chanting her awesomeness, she is would be entitled to it. She clearly put a ton of…

I didn't especially love Catch Me if You Can either, but that was through no fault of his. He was great in it.

I think I must be the only Les Mis fan who doesn't require a strong Javert. The version I got when I fell in love with Les Mis was the original London cast, and while their Javert is good (in a maybe to snarly way), he also gets instantly drowned out in all the group numbers. So I'm willing to see if Russell Crowe can…

Even if I hadn't been super excited for this movie and watching all the trailers available, I would now be super pumped for it based purely on Aaron Tveit. I saw him twice on Broadway (Next to Normal and Catch Me if You Can) and he is aaaaaaaaahmazing! I totally buy a bunch of students following him into a street…