It’s the friends you can call up at four a.m. that matter.

(Marlene Dietrich, German actress)

Sit down with paper and pen and really give your former employer a piece of your mind. Write down everything, no matter how petty or nasty. Feel free to swear, yell, blame, accuse -- whatever you feel you need to say. Let it out. Don't hold back. Then read this letter, out loud, to your best friend/husband/boyfriend/dog. When you're done, provided you said what you really wanted to say, rip the letter into tiny pieces and throw it into the garbage. Do not save a copy for your files, no matter how brilliant you think the letter is. Toss it.
–from Ask Jane Dough, WWS Daily,

As some of you know, I started a writing class on Monday. The best thing the teacher said was if you are mad at someone, don’t use writing as your vehicle. Do something else. She told us about a story she had published and when she read it, she realized she could never let her sister read it b/c the premise of the story was based on a grudge she still harbored. So let me be the first to say that I definitely live in a glass house, here at Pink Sneakers N’at.

One item that I would really like to clear up (for the 6 or so people that read it before I deleted it from cyberspace) is this: Emily and I chatted last night, and for the record, we’ve decided that our one criterion for a “man’s man” is one who is not afraid that we’ll reject him. Men and women are clearly wired differently, but one thing remains: men need to buck up and do the pursuing. We’ll do our best to let you down lightly, if the occasion necessitates such action.