I have opinions about the differences between Memphis barbecue and Texas barbecue. Put me in the kitchen and you'll see how Southern I can be.

I probably get one or two days off every five or six weeks.

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.

I'm not fun to bowl with. I take it way too seriously. I have high expectations for myself.

I've seen nerdists make tributes to their obsessions out of Legos that are like works of art. It just goes to show you how pervasive this stuff has become in our culture. It really is an ideology that you can subscribe to now.

Fleetwood Mac is just one of my all-time favorite bands.

I almost think of nerd brains as rattlesnake venom; like, you can milk it. You can milk the pulpy venom out of the nerd brain and use it for good if you want to.