We decide to start with the best-known sight of all, the one that, more than any other, exemplifies what the Big Apple is all about: the Islip Garbage Barge.

Flying from the United States to Tokyo takes approximately as long as law school.

Too many rocks in the mountains.

I had arrived at the airport one hour early so that, in accordance with airline procedures, I could stand around.

The method (of learning Japanese) recommended by experts is to be born as a Japanese baby and raised by a Japanese family, in Japan. And even then it's not easy.

A sense of humor is a measurement of the extent to which we realize that we are trapped in a world almost totally devoid of reason. Laughter is how we express the anxiety we feel at this knowledge.

Generally the pythons are better than anything else at killing.