Thank god Amy Poehler is not very nice

I have to imagine that Amy Poehler is not unfamiliar with the passive aggressive undertones of Yes Please, the title of her new book. Sure, in the mouth of a well-bred 10-year-old boy accepting a slice of meatloaf from his grammy, it is all courtesy and humility. But coming from a grown woman, the phrase carries hints of frustration mixed with a sense of entitlement. The tension between courtesy and frustration, humility and entitlement, sits at the center of Poehler's book, a mash-up of humor w...