by Dr. Susan Block The 25th wedding anniversary is a big one, awarding the couple a silver “loving cup” in honor of fulfilling their marriage vows for a distinguished number of spins around the sun. Celebrating the 25th feels like gaining admittance into an elite club of veteran couples of all kinds, from reactionaries to revolutionaries, from Mike and Karen Pence (together since 1985) to Keith Richards and Patti Hansen (since 1983) to us (since 1992!); this imaginary couples club is made up of people who really don’t have anything in common at all, except being married more than 25 years.

by Dr. Susan Block Breaking News: Donald J. Trump quits the presidency, calling it “sad,” “disgraceful” and “unfair,” to start a new TV channel that will “make television great again!” April Fool’s (of course)! That might well happen, but not soon enough—and obviously, not on April Fool’s Day when we broadcast this show live. Unfortunately, the Big Fool-in-Chief is still in the White House, sucking all the fun out of April Fools’ jokes, because there are few jokes bigger than him. Who could parody his April Fool’s Day tweets? They’re already a presidential parody, one ranting against “the failing NY Times” as “fake news” for which we should “change libel laws” (Capt’n Max has a very personal bone to pick with that one), another praising the news reporting of John Layfield whose Twitter profile credits him primarily as the “longest reigning WWE Champ in Smackdown TV history.” It’s all just Don-foolery, until you remember… the joke’s on us.

by Dr. Susan Block The holidays can feel like riding an emotional roller coaster, bringing us to the heights of joy and the depths of sadness, anger and desire, profound vulnerability and the ultimate ecstatic fulfillment. And that just about sums up my Thanksgiving/Spanksgiving weekend, rolling through ups and downs that almost make me lose my egg nog, but thankfully, climaxing on a high note of romantic ecstasy.