What day is it?
Thursday is both Earth Day and Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, a combination sure to raise tricky questions for those moms and dads who work in illegal dumping.
4-legged table
Ever wish you could eat with Fido sitting right there beside you, not just at your feet? Well, for $49.95, the new Pet High Chair from Hammacher Schlemmer (chicagotribune.com/highchair) makes that possible. “Satisfying a mutual desire for companionship, this high chair permits your dog or cat to accompany you at the dinner table,” boasts the product description. No word yet from PETA.
On TV
White House senior adviser David Axelrod will appear on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on Friday. The appearance will be Axelrod’s first on late-night television, unless NBC decides to put him on at 9 p.m. instead.
Geopolitical quiz
What do the Icelandic volcano and Rahm Emanuel have in common? They both blow their tops from time to time, spewing filthy material everywhere.
The number
54%
Portion of women surveyed who said they are more likely to date a man who owns an iPhone, according to U.K. mobile retailer Phones 4U. Additionally, 37 percent of the 1,500 women surveyed said a man would seem more reliable and a good candidate for a second date if he owned an iPhone.
