► I'm not into trends these days. Frankly, most of them suck. In the era I grew up, we had kick ass trends that included big glam rock hair, acid washed jeans, leg warmers, and mullets. When I heard of "danglecore" I thought it was planking's idiotic cousin. I visualized people dangling off  buildings, or highway overpasses, grain silos, or parking ramps. NOPE!  Danglecore refers to people dangling cutesy charms and stuffed animals on their backpacks, purses, jeans, coats, etc. Anywhere you can dangle an overpriced or bedazzled knick knack. The trend got its start with Labubus....which is this decade's Beanie Babies. Even fashion houses and the rich are fawning over danglecore. Fendi is selling $1,000 charm in the shape of bowl of fettuccine; Bottega Veneta a $650 leather kitty; and Gucci a $850 charm.   Read More Comment : Pfft...motorcyclists and the dive bar leather crowd have been doing danglecore for decades with wallet chains. So have janitors with 80 ke...

Lottie Lion from the British version of BBC's The Apprentice has some profound feelings about her flight being interrupted from London to Paris by what she called "a bratty six year old." Her declaration has been divisive, but she did add that the parents were sitting in the front row.  I know from personal experience that sitting next to wailing children whose parents have slunk off to another part of the plane and are whooping it up, drinking cocktails, and watching television is annoying and inappropriate. Or the ones who act like they don't even know their child is in distress need to be whole arm slapped. I have also comforted a child who was afraid and had a flight attendant tell a parent they needed to come and we will exchange seats. Most of the time, the parent is also anxious, but sometimes they seem to think it is their time off. Once, a mother scowled at me for summoning her. The kid was crying so hard there was snot everywhere, and not to be shallow, but ...