When dealing with complex transportation issues, the best thing to do is pull up with a cold beer and let somebody else figure it out.

[George] Orwell's essays. It's got it all. Great writing, a worldview that I find interesting and useful, and most of it timelessly true.

I won't eat in a restaurant with filthy bathrooms. This isn't a hard call. They let you see the bathrooms. If the restaurant can't be bothered to replace the puck in the urinal or keep the toilets and floors clean, then just imagine what their refrigeration and work spaces look like.

If somebody crafts an interesting tweet that’ll lead me to their blog, I’m going to their blog.

Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don't have.

There is no Final Resting Place of the Mind.

I don't have much patience for people who are self-conscious about the act of eating, and it irritates me when someone denies themselves the pleasure of a bloody hunk of steak or a pungent French cheese because of some outdated nonsense about what's appropriate or attractive.