Weddings are crazy. When you get right down to it, a wedding is a party, and not an important party, really. But for young people, it becomes the biggest thing in their lives. After it's over, they realize it wasn't that big a deal.

I have a friend named Doris who argues, on good authority, that the single biggest cause of global warming is menopause.

As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.

[There is] a breed of fashion models

Is there a medical rule that requires doctors-office personnel to treat you as though you have the IQ of a Cheeto?

Why do we shave? It doesn't seem like a natural activity. There are no examples of shaving in nature. The only creature that comes close is the male South Pacific Groping Beetle, which sometimes, just before mating, will slap on a little Aqua Velva. But we think this resulted from atomic testing.

The word aerobics comes from two Greek words: aero, meaning “ability to,” and bics, meaning “withstand tremendous boredom.