Call me an alarmist, but there are certain words I don't like to hear together: cheap fireplace, discount brakes, cut-rate surgery.

Show dogs and their handlers remind me of Brooke Shields and her mother: an incredibly disheveled person tethered to an impeccably groomed animal.

With a car there is always a problem.

I have never enjoyed an experience that begins at five A.M.

We are living in the era of the busybody. In ancient Greece, if a person wanted guidance, it involved a long, arduous expensive journey to consult the oracle at Delphi. Today, if you want guidance, all you have to do is unplug your ears.

The pug is living proof that God has a sense of humor.

... blueprints are like pets and children -- difficult to appreciate or understand unless they're yours.