At middle age, a guy might feel his life is stagnant, with too much predictability, stability and certainty. At 25, however, a common feeling is that there's too much unpredictability, instability and uncertainty,

If someone doesn't spell 'you' out in an e-mail, ... I assume the writer is in middle school. E-mail is today's form of a postal letter.

Just as people used to fret about the rules on when to call someone back, ... now they agonize for hours over a four line e-mail. Should I punctuate with a winky face? Will he think it's a cute winky face? A sexy winky face?

Just as people used to fret about the rules on when to call someone back, ... now they agonize for hours over a four-line e-mail. Should I punctuate with a winky face? Will he think it's a cute winky face? A sexy winky face?

If someone doesn't spell 'you' out in an e-mail,

...make sure you are still living in the present, rather than for an uncertain future.