“It was once suggested to me that, as an antidote to crying, I put my head in a paper bag. As it happens, there is a sound physiological reason, something to do with oxygen, for doing exactly that, but the psychological effect alone is incalculable: it is difficult in the extreme to continue fancying oneself Cathy in "Wuthering Heights" with one's head in...

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If you know me, you know I don't like the snow. It's beautiful after it settles and I love sitting on my couch and watching the flakes fall through the giant living room windows, but I don't care to be outside in the gusty snowstorms that have come to define what "snow" has meant to me in New York. I remember the first...

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There's an incredible moment at the start of the second season of Friends. Ross has just walked off the plane after spending time in China for work, and Rachel is waiting for him with flowers because she's realized she might have feelings for him. She sees him, smiles hopefully, then immediately freezes because Ross walks off the plane with another woman and kisses...

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Happy 2015! December flew by in a blur. Every year, the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas seems to go by quickly, and then before I know it...it's the new year. I barely remember the finer details of the month, except that it was better than December of 2013, but I do remember feeling overwhelmed and busy for most of it. But not too...

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