Making coffee has become the great compromise of the decade. It's the only thing "real" men do that doesn't seem to threaten their masculinity. To women, it's on the same domestic entry level as putting the spring back into the toilet-tissue holder or taking a chicken out of the freezer to thaw.

All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.

One meal a day is enough for a lion and would be for all of us if all we did all day was swat flies.

Success is outliving your failures

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

I have a friend who lives by a three-word philosophy: Seize the Moment. Just possibly, she may be the wisest woman on this planet.

For some unexplained reason, it's always the other end of the table that's wild and raucous, with screaming laughter and a fella who plays 'Holiday for Strings' on water glasses.