You: Hey hon! Just wondering when you’re getting home, I was thinking we’d do tacos or— Him: Wendy, let me explain something to you. Whenever you call me here and interrupt me, you’re breaking my concentration. You’re distracting me. And it will then take me time to get back to where I was. You understand?

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I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving, everyone! And now, in the days that follow, I hope you enjoy your leftovers.

Question: Why do I feel so tired all the time?

Unwanted Answer: You drink no liquids other than Pepsi, and you smoke 80 cigarettes a day.

Have you ever watched someone trying to unload unfinished cake on the rest of the world? There’s a sort of desperation that kicks in once they realize they’ve bought an entire cake but no one’s going to finish it. It’s one of life’s many little tragedies.

The black, I think. The sleeveless Little Black Dress with the scoop neck and cut-in armholes. You’ll never be wrong in a simple LBD. This one has ruching, rows of shallow gathers across the front and back that camouflage a waistline gone to pot. Also, the hemline is a demure inch above the knee. Flirty, but age-appropriate.