From Hear To Eternity

My roommate has this need to tell me all about his day when he gets home. Making matters worse, his main form of communication is complaining. I need quiet time when I come home, not a second job as an unlicensed therapist. I've hinted at this, but he isn't catching on.

--Weary

Your hopes and dreams change as you go through life -- like when you get a roommate who won't shut up and you regularly fantasize that masked violent orthodontists are holding him down in an alley while they wire his...