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

I'm lucky that my real-life Mom has both a great sense of humor about herself and an amazing ability to slip into complete denial if the subject matter gets a little too close to home.

Otherwise, my whole career has just been flinging myself at whatever is most overdue first and letting everything else stack up.

Food, love, career, and mothers, the four major guilt groups.

Breaking up: It's so easy to return their possessions, but so hard to get our brain cells back.

This is a business meal. The calories do not count. I am mentally labeling these as 'business calories' so my body will know they were eaten in the line of duty and will process them differently.

Everyday is a new beginning and a chance to blow it.