Truth is like nuclear waste: it needs to be dealt with carefully. Sometimes it needs to be buried way, way out of town. And sometimes it should never be uncovered at all.

How about "diamonds are a girl's best friends"? Nope. It should be switched around and pointed out, instead, that your best friends are diamonds.

Once we hit forty, women only have about four taste buds left: one for vodka, one for wine, one for cheese, and one for chocolate.

Birthdays are a reward for having shown up 365 days in a row. It's like getting a badge for attendance.

My longing to improve my looks via The Body Shop is being replaced by my longing to improve my looks via Photoshop.

Most cooks would not, for example, prepare an important, elaborate, and difficult dish on the back-burner. Neither should we relegate the cultivation and preparation of happiness for a position where it is both hard to reach and difficult to infuse with new ingredients.

I have an intimate relationship with books. After all, I take them with me into the bathtub-not an invitation I offer lightly.