The way I see it my man, you have two choices in this world. Either you improvise a bit and make up the rules as you go, alternatively, keep coming back here and asking if its alright every time you get an idea.
If you live on a busy street, you can have heavy black curtains with strategically-placed holes cut in them. Then you can expose yourself to passers by and do it that way.
But McGuyver was clean shaven, whereas the guy with the pet bear had a similar beard to yours. Dont get me wrong though, he seemed like a decent guy too, and he's probably good with door locks and stuff like that.
Yes, I recall having a dream like that about one of my teachers when I was about 14. She really didn't like me at all, but I couldn't help smiling at her all the time after that and sometimes saying thanks under my breath.
Its always a good idea not to build up childrens expectations too much. So instead of "they all lived happily ever after", simply inform the child of road fatality statistics and suggest the driver was high on drugs when they all died in a car crash. Or in the case of bears, abducted by gypsies and forced to perform tricks like dancing on an electric frypan.
RE: United States to be broken up - Official.
I'm thinking, if it happens then simply divide one of the remaining states into three. Cost less than replacing all the flags.