Each year, millions of skiers come to Colorado to experience its superb emergency medical facilities.

I don't even care what Bill Bryson writes about because he will make it interesting. I love "A Walk in the Woods," about the Appalachian Trail, but his most amazing book is "A Short History of Nearly Everything."

The central point of this final chapter is that - follow my logic carefully here - unless you die, you will continue to get older. (It's insights like this that separate the professional book author from the person with a real job.)

Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your knees bent?

And now, the Superstore - unequaled in size, unmatched in variety, unrivaled inconvenience.

What may seem depressing or even tragic to one person may seem like an absolute scream to another person, especially if he has had between four and seven beers.

I become faint and nauseous during even very minor medical procedures, such as making an appointment by phone.