There are events that happen in my friends lives that make me question my own. It goes like this. My friend's life falls apart,I wonder why my own has not and when it will. My friend's life comes together, I wonder why my own has not and when it will.

I am commenting on 8 short stories and studying for the GRE. Please stand by.

In the absence of elevator music, the writer's equivalent:

:: That name is stupid. It needs to be changed. Who named it that in the first place?
: I don't know. But it was approved that way.