Fashions of the Times

Confidence is being able to to riffle through The New York Times Style Magazine (in today's paper), look at the ads with the pin-thin people propped up on high heels, and say to yourself, "I don't look like that, I'm never going to look like that, and I don't want to look like that, either."

Tonight is Oscar night. I never miss the Oscars, mostly because I like to see what people are wearing.

Have your cake and eat it, too.