Every time I get something under control in my own life, the world provides more material.

Because the majority of my readers are women, I feel that one public service I can provide to them is to spread the message of regular mammograms and early detection within the strip.

I've found it's better to talk to the machine and hang up if I get the person.

Where's my tax form? Where's the file that's supposed to hold my W-2 form and interest statement? Where's the mileage log I specifically asked be kept last year?? Where's the monthly check summary? And who's been stuffing Visa receipts in the aluminum foil drawer??!! How embarrassing. I'm surrounded by idiots and I'm the only one in the office.

One day, in 1982, for 15 minutes, my hair was perfect.

Food ... love ... mother ... career ... Live every day to the fullest. Partake of the four basic guilt groups.

Imagine my surprise when, after a lifetime of teaching me to keep personal things to myself, Mom insisted my drawings were the start of a comic strip for millions of people to enjoy.