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America is obsessed with “National __ Day” celebrations. When I first heard of one, National Ice Cream Day, I thought, “This [...]

The conversation begins this way, more or less predictably: “And how does that make you feel?” “Well, obviously not good.” “Expand [...]

To: Eat the Cake First and Save the Frosting, the Best, for Last, to the attention of the party chairperson Good [...]

It hit me recently that while travelers and bloggers who fall for Italy  can’t get enough of conveying their rapture, the [...]

I wish I could tell you just which Los Angeles freeway I was on when, gridlocked, I took to pondering whether [...]

When, regardless of the setting, people hear that I’m an actress, they usually have four comments that follow each other in [...]

Dear Grown-Up Nora: Lots of time has passed since my last assessment of you, which was when you (we) were eight. [...]

I once envied the lucky critics able to reflect at length on the works of Proust or Dickens with near-casual ease. [...]

Today I’m here to address a life-long fear I’ve carried with me from year to year, from country to country, from [...]

From: Satan, Post Office Box 666, New Jersey Turnpike (please leave pitchfork shipments with red-uniformed concierge) To: Pet Peeves Department (PPD) [...]

I was listening to a podcast with Robert Downey Jr. the other day. He gained worldwide notoriety for playing Iron Man [...]

God's HR & Assorted Species department has received billions of reviews of COVID-19. Here are two recent comments. Warning: Contains lots [...]