It is impossible to be taken seriously in shorts. No one has ever cared about anything said by a man in shorts.
Bald isn't like being ethnic or disabled. Everyone can and will make jokes about it and expect you to laugh good-naturedly, which you will.
Nature gave you your look and there's only a limited amount you can do about that, but what you wear is the skin you choose for yourself.
Cowboy boots you can't wear unless you actually are a cowboy or in a Status Quo tribute band, or over 60; there's something about a retiring gent in cowboy boots that looks sort of presidential.
So much of life is not about whether you're good or bad, or right or wrong, or can afford or not afford - it's just about timing.
Men and women understand different things about personal boundaries. What men call privacy, women know as secrecy.
It's not in the nature of stoic Cincinnatians to boast, which is fortunate, really, for they have meager pickings to boast about.
No British TV company could ever make a series like 'The West Wing' about British politics. It would beggar credibility. No one could write it with a straight face, or perform it without giggling.
You see, the problem with Dave Cameron is that people know who he is. The less people know about him, the more he's likely to get re-elected.
I'm terribly prone to anxiety. I get very depressed and I get very anxious and my anxiety is almost always about my children.
