The strongest common bond between the genders is the universally acknowledged truth that both men and women are unhappy with their hair.

A careful blending of sarcasm, irony, and teasing, bickering has its own distinctive cadence and rhythm and is as difficult to master as French, Spanish, or any elective second language. Like Chinese, the fine points of bickering can be discerned in the subtle rise and fall of the voice. If not practiced properly, bickering can be mistaken for its less sophisticated counterpart: whining.

It's surely one of the strange phenomena of this decade that the most thoughtful gift you can bring a date is not flowers, chocolates, or ankle-length pearls, but a note from your doctor.

A basic rule of baking is that, in general, it's almost impossible to make an inedible batch of brownies.

I will not go out with a man who wears more jewelry than me, and I'll never, ever go to bed with a guy who calls me Babe. Other than that, however, I'm real flexible.

Changing schools and friends is hard on children and can often make them desperate and lonely enough to form closer ties with a sibling.

Tip the world over and everything loose falls into L.A.