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

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.

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.

You just never know when it might be cookie time. And, that is what the dogs have taught me.

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

It's just like magic. When you live by yourself, all your annoying habits are gone!.

We are pretty sure that we and our pets share the same reality, until one day we come home to find that our wistful, intelligent friend who reminds us of our better self has decided a good way to spend the day is to open a box of Brillo pads, unravel a few, distribute some throughout the house, and eat or wear all the rest. And we shake our heads in an inability to comprehend what went wrong here.