On their return from a trip, it is wise to see friends promptly, before they've had time to get their pictures developed.

It isn't surprising that many children consider their parents to be a little dim, and that they sometimes try to update them. The fact that they don't usually try too hard is just as well; a thoroughly updated parent is an unappetizing sight.

Drinking: something to do while getting drunk.

When there's a lot of it around, you never want it very much.

What most of us are after, when we have a picture taken, is a good natural-looking picture that doesn't resemble us.

The fact is, the cocktail party has much in its favor. Going to one is a good way of indicating that you're still alive and about, if such is the case, and that you're glad other people are, without having to spend an entire evening proving it.

One of the loveliest things about being grown up is the knowledge that never again will I have to go through the miserable business of performing in Mrs. Smedley's Annual Piano Recital at McKinleyville's First Presbyterian Church.