Have hot, wild sex with a friend. Then go out and do something stupid, like bowl, afterwards.

The most amazing thing about young men is how invisible they were to you when you were young. It is also the most poignant.

Start a conversation with someone with whom you have "nothing in common" and no possibility of scoring with, networking with, or even seeing again. In other words, a conversation just for the civilized hell of it.

There may be a point in your life in which you are drowning so fast and fighting it so furiously that you don't have the strength left to call out for help. At that point don't expect one of your friends to jump into the water, if you've spent most of your life instructing them to mind their own business.

Still water does not only run deep. It runs dangerously.

Have hot, wild sex with a friend. Then go out and do something stupid, like bowl, afterwards.

There are certain restaurants where you should photograph the food rather than eat it. These are great places to bring a narcissistic boyfriend before you break up.