Men, as a general rule, shy away from therapy because there is no obvious way to keep score.

A wacky, trendy outfit on a guy over 40 indicates he's got big issues.

No one would argue against the fact that L.A. leads the country in opportunities for being hip and pretentious.

Beware the man who doesn't ask you any questions about yourself on your first date.

My dogs, the only creatures on the planet marked by my singular nurturing imprint, have all turned out to be rude and self-absorbed. In all likelihood, if they were children instead of dogs, I would have foisted more Charlie Sheens or Kardashians onto our crumbling culture.

Men who have a lot of charm have it in place of something real that you are eventually going to want from them and find that they do not have.

In a way, watching an attractive, potentially dangerous guy play guitar is a little like watching a tiger agree to do tricks for his trainer. You know that they could just turn and kill you. But you're so flattered and pleased that instead they agreed to stand on a decorative box and wave and count for the crowd that for a while you forget how big the scary part of them really is.