Many women out there saw the trailer for the upcoming "Sex and the City" movie and smiled at the return of their fab four. Meanwhile, sitting right next to them was a very petrified boyfriend or husband who watched it and simply thought, "Oh, fuck."

Well, don't worry, dudes....

The first season of MTV's The Real World hit the air when I was 15 years old, and was truly unlike anything else on my network of choice. The initial "seven strangers" featured an interesting cast of wannabe musicians, an artist, a writer, a male model, and a southern girl-next-door...

In order to not crack a smile when first hearing "Nine in the Afternoon," the kitschy, "Penny Lane"-inspired single from (Now! Exclamation Point Free) Panic at the Disco, one would either have to be inherently joyless, or a writer for Pitchfork Media. This giddy anthem about a magical room where...

As far as wives go, I definitely landed a good one. She's smart, pretty, loves the Red Sox, tolerates my Beavis-grade humor, and only gets mad at me when I really deserve it. But for the first time in our decade-plus relationship, I recently told her that something she was...