Mainstream culture is like your mom: It's always a little late to catch on and gets easily confused by technology, but it means well.

My father was one of the greatest professional bowlers of all time. Seriously. Billy Hardwick: PBA Hall of Fame, Player of the Year in '63 and '69, and the first winner of the triple crown of bowling, among other things.

Bowling really was a big American sport in the '50s, '60s, and '70s, and then it kind of died off in the '80s.

If you have the opportunity to try different things, you should try different things and step outside your comfort zone and see what works and what doesn't work.

Mainstream culture is like your mom: It's always a little late to catch on and gets easily confused by technology, but it means well.

Trying to make strangers laugh is crazy and more than a little narcissistic.

The idea of the archetypal nerd is totally blurred these days. So many people of this current generation have grown up with technology and video games. It's just a part of the world now, a part of our shared culture.