I've been surrounded by dogs my whole life. I got a golden retriever a year after I was born.

In this ridiculously polarized, obstructionist world, the operating principle should be, Let's get something done. Not, Let's freeze everything.

We know that inevitably the millennials will get old and tired again, and then there will be the bilennials or trilennials, or whatever the next generation is, and we're all going to end up on our lawn shaking our fists in a bathrobe yelling at the moon.

I played Winnie the Pooh in first grade. I was an early adopter of standing in front of people and looking like an idiot.

I like kids but I also like the option to close the door. Becoming a parent is a whole other life, and it doesn't stop.

Whether it's Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian or whoever, stupidity is certainly celebrated.

For most people, the authentic things are relationships, friends, and family.