As A Kid, You Await

While I Do Not Believe The Earth Loaned To Us By Our Ancestors Should Be Plagued By Chemical Horrors And Thereby Corrupted For Future Generations, Neither Do I Believe I Should Have To Face Anything That Has More Eyes Than I Have During Dinner. It Was My Rule When I Was Dating And, Heck, It's Still My Rule Now.

Having A Lean And Hungry Look Was Frowned Upon In My Italian Neighborhood Where A Girl Was Considered Too Skinny If She Could Make Her Knees Touch.

Truth Is Like Nuclear Waste: It Needs To Be Dealt With Carefully. Sometimes It Needs To Be Buried Way, Way Out Of Town. And Sometimes It Should Never Be Uncovered At All.

We Should Remind Ourselves That Laughing Together Is As Close As You Can Get To Another Person Without Touching, And Sometimes It Represents A Closer Tie Than Touching Ever Could.

Confessions Are Like Tattoos In That 1) You Convince Yourself That The Immediate Pain Of Going Through The Process Means It Won't Bother You Later On; 2) They Are Permanent.