I got my undergrad in Creative Writing, and then I didn't get my Masters in obsession, because I figured I already had that covered.

So the end may be a long time coming, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have a way of sneaking up on you.

You can never have too much, butter.

But hard bitten cynicism leaves one feeling peevish, and too much of it can do lasting damage to your heart.

There are times with your friends when you just have to put their whole mess out of your mind for a while.

Metz's Perfection chronicles with lapidary precision one woman's climb back to happiness after not just a spouse's death, but also the shocking recognition that her life before that death was not what she had thought it was. The journey is a painful one, but Ms. Metz is much the stronger for having survived to recount it.

Two years ago, I was a twenty-nine year old secretary. Now I am a thirty-one year old writer. I get paid very well to sit around in my pajamas and type on my ridiculously fancy iMac, unless I'd rather take a nap. Feel free to hate me -- I certainly would.