If I’ve learned anything from the movies they play on cable after 2 a.m.—and I think I have—it’s that, if you’re a guy from the wrong side of the tracks, what you need to do is find a compassionate, talented, educated, middle- to upper-middle-class girl from the other si… Read full post »

At my job as an advertising proofreader I had this daily ritual: Turn on my computer, turn on my lights, put my purse in my file drawer, and then check all my fingers for hangnails. After clipping them all smooth, I’d check my nails, and file down any that had become… Read full post »