Rule #1,086 (Beginning of Spoilers Theme Week)

This week's rules are (SPOILER ALERT) based on spoilers in famous stories.  Tune out for a while if you haven't experience culture that's a decade or more old.

Spoiler Rule #1:

If your wife's been ignoring you for quite some time, you might be a ghost.

Rule #1,085

Filler content is technically still content.

Rule #1,084

Christmas is the worst day to have a birthday.

Rule #1,083

When looking for a picture about September 11th birthdays, it's hard to find one that isn't a cake decorated with flaming skyscrapers (No, I won't show you them.  Here's a terrible baby cake instead).

Rule #1,082

The anniversary of a tragedy is the second-worst day to have a birthday.

Rule #1,081

You'll probably never have enough time to do everything you want to do.

Rule #1,080

Grass never stops growing.

Rule #1,079

Car shopping is exhausting.

Rule #1,078

Ridiculous nerd fights only get better with pseudoscience.

Rule #1,077

When responsibilities pile up, it can be hard to know where to start.

Rule #1,076

One of the advantages to a major that involves a lot of reading is books big enough to be used as weapons.

Rule #1,075

A few weeks' worth of diet and exercise can be undone with one weekend of eating out constantly.

Rule #1,074

Four less rules to write every week doesn't make me any less lazy.

Rule #1,073 (End of What Makes Books Great Theme Week)

What Makes Books Great Rule #7:

Great books teach lessons without spelling them out.