We journalists... are also extremely impressed with scientists, and we will, frankly, print just about any wacky thing they tell us, especially if it involves outer space.

Software: These programs give instruction to the CPU, which processes billions of tiny facts called bytes, and within a fraction of a second it sends you an error message that requires you to call the customer-support hot line and be placed on hold for approximately the life-span of a caribou.

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

One day soon the Gillette company will announce the development of a razor that, thanks to a computer microchip, can actually travel ahead in time and shave beard hairs that don't even exist yet

Another important rule of affair-having: Never be discreet at the office.

What was life like in the colonies? Probably the best word to describe it would be "colonial".

Dogsled-riding is a sport that is relaxing as well as fragrant.