Self-help books are making life downright unsafe. Women desperate to catch a man practice all the ploys recommended by these authors. Bump into him, trip over him, knock him down, spill something on him, scald him, but meet him.

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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as...

Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as...

Any discussion of the problems of being funny in America will not make sense unless...

Any discussion of the problems of being funny in America will not make sense unless...

In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the...

In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the...

People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or...

People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or...

Now the only thing I miss about sex is the cigarette afterward. Next to the...

Now the only thing I miss about sex is the cigarette afterward. Next to the...

American couples have gone to such lengths to avoid the interference of in-laws that they...

American couples have gone to such lengths to avoid the interference of in-laws that they...

Golf is an exercise in Scottish pointlessness for people who are no longer able to...

Golf is an exercise in Scottish pointlessness for people who are no longer able to...

Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's...

Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's...

Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty - as a way of enjoying...

Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty - as a way of enjoying...

The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism...

The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism...

Golf is tiddlywinks played while standing up and and wearing a hat

Golf is tiddlywinks played while standing up and and wearing a hat

True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories.

True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories.

People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or...

People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or...

The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism...

The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism...

He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she. Real feminism is...

He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she. Real feminism is...

Writers who have nothing to say always strain for metaphors to say it in.

Writers who have nothing to say always strain for metaphors to say it in.

I'd rather rot on my own floor than be found by a bunch of bingo...

I'd rather rot on my own floor than be found by a bunch of bingo...