I really hate research. I mean, really, and I hope they don't kick me off of the Joys of Research list when they find out. I admire people who do, who say non-chalantly that they read a hundred books on Chinese agriculture and water rights before...

Where does this hatred come from? War ravaged victims leave their numbers A chart in whose broken glass we reflect large Lose weight! They implore us, as though the vain struggles of millions were that much insincerity In Persephone's America, a...

Today after pilates class was over, a woman in the class stopped us all and asked if she could tell us about something that happened in the parking lot on Monday. (It's a MWF class.) Then she said that she'd been standing behind her car door, putting...

Got in my car this morning and smelled something awful. To me, it smelled like the berry fruity fairy princess had bad gas in there. Did the kids put some candy in my car? What could cause that reek? I had to follow my husband to drop of his car, and...

If you give a gift unexpectedly, it's always appreciated. It's fun for the giver, and fun for the recepient. But if the recepient says, "It's my birthday, and you have to get me something that's just as good or better than last year, and it better not...