I've been checking with people back in South Florida to see if Hurricane Dennis is going to whack my house, and the consensus of the experts seems to be: No, it will not, unless it does, in which case, yes. So I'm feeling really calm over here in London.

Reading... a vacation for the mind.

The voice belonged to Mr. Pzyrbovich, an algebra teacher who was always called Mr. P, for obvious reasons. He has a heavy accent, which a lot of kids said made him hard to understand, although to be fair some of these kids would have never understood algebra anyway.

Your federal government needs your money so that it can perform vital services for you that you would not think up yourself in a million years.

Snowboarding is an activity that is very popular with people who do not feel that regular skiing is lethal enough.

As sensitive and broad-minded humans, we must never allow ourselves to be in any way judgmental of the religious practices of other people, even when these people clearly are raving space loons.

France: As a professional journalist, I like the idea of a society where it is considered an acceptable occupation to basically sit around and drink.