NYT : August 30, 1998

'How to Offset The End-Of-Summer-Blues' (my OLD submission):

Recognize that summer is a verb, not a noun

Know that summer isn't a season, but a way of life

Appreciate that the fun doesn't stop on Sunday nights
The tourists are on the parkway, the locals are in the restaurants

11 years later...still true!

Life Lesson #145

Dilbert, 9/22/2009

When you find a kettle of crazy it's best not to stir it

Better options : Ignore, walk away, (or, FB advice) RUN?

My Six Word Memoir

Have a little faith in me

Where Have You Gone, Cynthia Heimel?

From the MIA author of 'Sex Tips For Girls', 'If You Can't Live
Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead Yet?' and 'A Girls Guide To
Chaos':

"Let people push you around. The person who says, believes, and
acts on the phrase "I ain't taking any shit from anybody" is a very
busy person indeed. This person must be ever vigilant against
news vendors who shortchange him, cabdrivers who take him the
wrong way around, waiters who serve the other guy first, florists
who are charging ten cents more per tulip than the one down the
block, pharmacists who make you wait too long, and cars that cut
you off at the light: they are a veritable miasma of righteous
indignation and never have a minute to relax and have a good time."

Gotta' love Wikipedia, where I can always dig up an old quote.
My heroine: a wise, fun girl who sure can write. So why won't she?