The only solution seems to be for government to toughen the vaccination laws and close the loopholes that allow people to opt out for philosophical and so-called religious reasons. The laws need to make clear: no shot, no school.

If you didn't want to be written about, you shouldn't have been born to a writer!

Never loan money to friends or family that you are not able to write off entirely.

Unless you work at the Republican National Committee or some other conservatively affiliated organization, people's personal political preferences should not be a criterion for employment or comfort in the workplace.

Sometimes people have a wild past because they have an essentially wild nature, and that's how they plan to go through life. Sometimes such people settle into happy monogamy, and can be content there because they never have to wonder, "What did I miss?"

Not many people could juggle graduate school and two jobs.

When you have a life milestone happen, it's good to step back and reassess the things you thought you knew about yourself.