Barbie has gotten a bad rap. Oh, sure, she has a figure, and her boobs don’t sag, and she has so much hair her tiny little neck looks like it should hurt, but let’s not hate her. She looks perfect in the box and for about thirteen minutes after your daughter opens her – the … [Read more...]

Boxes. I see them everywhere--in my sleep, in dumpsters, in previously locked cars. I’m like that kid in The Sixth Sense, only instead of seeing dead people, I see boxes. We’re moving, and so my life, which was once a quest for truth, beauty, and comfortable shoes, is now a … [Read more...]

In case you’ve noticed your man (or someone else’s) behaving strangely these past few weeks, let me explain what’s happening. It’s again outdoor grilling time. My advice to any woman witnessing this phenomenon is to simply relax and let the guy have his way. Otherwise you’ll end … [Read more...]

I often worry about the end of humor. What will the last joke look like? Will there be difficulty in recognizing it? Will people find themselves responding, “Heard that one,” “Nope—been done,” until months later, they realize that there’s nothing left? Or will the last joke be so … [Read more...]

This obsessive studying of rat behavior has gone too far. We’ve been subjected to the results of studies that analyzed rat eating habits, rat stress management, rat social behavior and rat spending trends. Rat mothers and rat babies have been subjected to all sorts of unusual … [Read more...]