My sister and I never engaged in sibling rivalry. Our parents weren't that crazy about either one of us.

Authorities say brain cells may shrink, but they don't necessarily die. Frankly, I am cheered by the fact that something is shrinking. I'd be even more thrilled if what was shrinking affected my dress size, but you can't have everything.

Let us hope manufacturers can come up with a diaper that is environmentally sound. To go back to cloth would send us back to the day when breathing and raising a baby at the same time were incompatible.

No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed.

With boys you always know where you stand. Right in the path of a hurricane. It's all there. The fruit flies hovering over their waste can, the hamster trying to escape to cleaner air, the bedrooms decorated in Early Bus Station Restroom.

Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the 'Titanic' who waved off the dessert cart.

Never be in a hurry to terminate a marriage. Remember, you may need this man/woman to finish a sentence.