Leonardo's Mona Lisa is just a thousand thousand smears of paint. Michelangelo's David is just a million hits with a hammer. We're all of us a million bits put together the right way.

Nevertheless, if you ask me, most people have children just as their own enthusiasm about life begins to wane. A child allows us to revisit the excitement we once felt about, well... everything. A generation later, our grandkids bump up our enthusiasm yet again. Reproducing is a kind of booster shot to keep us loving life.

Recycling and speed limits are bullshit. They're like someone who quits smoking on his deathbed.

Help me give up my addiction to Hope.

So here I am. This is as good as it gets. Take it or leave it.

Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions.

You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake... This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time.