Early in my life I had made a pact with myself. I would never eat anything that moved when I cooked it, excited the dog, or inflated upon impact with my teeth.

One certainty when you travel is the moment you arrive in a foreign country, the American dollar will fall like a stone.

. . . but mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute - look at it and really see it - live it - and never give it back.

not all bears have their own television series. Some of them are unemployed wild animals.

Never go to your high school reunion pregnant or they will think that is all you have done since you graduated.

If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it.

Spend at least one Mother's Day with your respective mothers before you decide on marriage. If a man gives his mother a gift certificate for a flu shot, dump him.