We get an apartment together, and after a whirlwind courtship you marry my sister and honeymoon in Vegas.

He took a deep, shuddering breath. "Okay. I said it, it's out there. And I am fine now. So let's move on, shall we? What's the plan?

If Elmore Leonard met Jim Thompson down a dark alley at midnight they might emerge a week later with thick beards, bloodshot eyes and the manuscript for THE BIG O.

The next minute or so was spent howling on the ceiling . Imp No.1 joined in, but he wasn't really feeling it. It shouldn't be "Who do we hate?", he thought, it really should be "whom", but this probably wasn't a good time to bring that up.

Sometimes plans don't translate smoothly from paper to real life.

In spite of what youngsters think, parents do not get a sneaky thrill out of punishing their children.

Why can't we for once have a meeting in Starbucks?