A line from one of my 1997 columns - 'Do one thing every day that scares you' - is now widely attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, though I have yet to see any evidence that she ever said it and I don't believe she did. She said some things about fear, but not that thing.

The Hunger Games' isn't for everybody. But neither is 'Anna Karenina.

You can map your life through your favorite movies, and no two people's maps will be the same.

Alcohol, contrary to instinct, is not the secret to happiness.

On an average day, we allow ourselves the fiction that we own a piece of our workplace. That's part of what it takes to get the job done. Deeper down, we know it's all on loan.

When you're thinking, "Why do I have to eat Aunt Sue's casserole with potato chips crumbled on top again?" change that thought to "A couple of bites won't kill me."

The first gay person I ever met was surely not the first gay person I ever met.