"I drink Diet Coke," he said. "I'm sure Diet Coke shortens my life a little. But I don't give a damn… It's only the good part of life I want anyway. And Diet Coke may be helping me skip it.

"I brought home a stray cat I had rescued while visiting my family. I wanted more legroom ... If you just don't give a damn. If it's a short flight, if you don't mind sitting in the middle ...

A mom bun, according to my lexicon ... and don’t-give-a-damn. But six years deep in parenting, sometimes I want to look like I do give a damn. And that’s where the Day Rate Beauty Petite ...

Think Rhett Butler's, "Frankly my dear I don't give a damn" from Gone with the Wind or Star Wars' "May the force be with you" or Arnold Schwarzenegger's legendary "I'll be back" from The Terminator.

Dear Annie: Have you ever felt exhausted from constantly striving to please those who seem impossible to satisfy -- pouring your heart into giving, doing and sacrificing for the people you love ...