But if you want to see a very funny show about middle-aged women trying to act like teenagers, rent "Absolutely Fabulous." Those women don't have a shred of self-consciousness.

There, I said it. That's what it comes down to, doesn't it? We're not entitled to think for ourselves, make our own decisions, make our own mistakes, and we shouldn't be able to control our own bodies. So tell me again why feminism is treated like such a joke?

if Democrats acted like Republicans. Why this type of bickering and name-calling is acceptable in an important election shows that the repugs have no idea how to engage in any meaningful dialogue. Thanks Keith.

Krackysm, thanks for mentioning "JT." I was thinking of that story and couldn't remember the name. It affected me deeply when I saw it as a kid.

We loved the Shirley Temple movies as kids and watched them over and over. Even as young kids we knew they were sappy, but we liked them anyway.

And thanks for listing "The Point." I hope it gets re-discovered.

I went back to school at 40, entering a difficult business program and also facing some serious health problems. But you know, it changed my life in many ways. I did get a new career, and started doing things I never imagined I was capable of. I started at community college and transferred. If you need general education and beginning courses, this is the way to go. The cost is cheap and the education I had was amazingly good. There were also career counselors who did aptitude and other testing for free. I also got scholarships for the "older" person, grants, and loans. Since you're not doing anything right now anyway, it's a great time to find a school, apply, and enroll. When I was contemplating doing this, I had a lot of fear. A friend of mine said to me, "well, just go pick up the catalog." Taking the first step was what I needed. From there, the rest was easy. I started with one class and, succeeding with that was all I needed to keep going. Good luck to you.

A couple of years ago I was at a fancy Chinese/Korean wedding where the Korean men started breakdancing. I just went, "huh?" Now I understand!

Thank you for this article. I moved from a noisy, downtown apartment to a house in an old neighborhood about 5 miles out. Most of the time it's quiet. However, the neighbors (many in the area) seem to leave no thought to setting up loudspeakers in their yards and blasting music at full volume until all hours of the night. When one calls the police to complain, they say that they will send someone out, but after numerous calls (an hour apart each time) they finally admit that they can't get to it since it's not a "priority". And I'm ready to go commit murder, I'm so angry. And since the police don't address it, more and more people think it's acceptable and the problem has been escalating over the past 3 years.

Any suggestions on what to do about this are welcome. And talking to them? There are multiple households and many don't speak English.

The insurance companies are the ones taking all the cash out of the medical care system. They provide no services other than gatekeeping; they have never healed anyone. The hospitals are not making money; they are barely staying afloat. Doctors are seeing a cut in income. The costs of labor, equipment, and other resources keeps going up. But the insurance companies are making record profit. When will people see that there should not be profit in providing care to the sick or keeping communities healthy? I know profit is all-mighty here in this country. When will we go back to some values? Why is this acceptable?

When I got married, I refused to do the wedding thing, although I did want to share the day with friends and family. We made calls for invitations, married in a park, and did not expect gifts. I did not have a shower. I was 30, and thought I already had enough stuff. Many people said it was the nicest wedding they'd been to. I'm going to a wedding reception this month where the groom makes uber-bucks, I've already gotten them a large baby gift, they own a house, and merged two households. But she had a wedding shower and I'll be bringing a gift to the wedding reception, too. I'm not invited to the wedding, however. I just find it tacky.

Wanna bet? I hope Svutlana comes to the big screen.

I confess, I didn't read the letter. But the response drew me in and I thought it to be poetic and spot-on. I find myself in the midst of the same battle and it's been going on most of my adult life. Sometimes I'm OK with the daily "real world" and other days I find it excrutiating. I don't know if you did the LW any good, but you expressed quite well what goes on in my head (and heart). Thanks, Cary.

I had a cat (now deceased) who started behavior that drove me crazy. (I took her in at an older age.) She was being loudly vocal during the night and keeping me from sleeping. She was also anxious. She was other-wise well behaved and loving. I thought she was just being neurotic, but I found out that she was having health problems, in this case hyperthyroid and probably also some form of cancer. If your cat starts exhibiting strange behavior, a check-up is in order. It could be due to health issues.

As a woman who's passed the half-century mark, what keeps me young is the 35-year-old cutie who comes over whenever I like. But I'm willing to give him up for Nexus6.