Calgary wins for my coldest New Year's Eve gig. That's when I learned Fahrenheit and Celsius cross at 40 below. I could see callers' breath coming out of my phone.

I run everywhere and eavesdrop. It's the best way to see a city.

Sometimes, if you really don't know how you feel about a topic, reading how both sides argue it can help.

I can't get married. I can't fake sleep for 30 years.

I think about death. I don't want to die with clothes in the cleaners.

Incredibly, almost every hotel I ever played in Vegas was blown up shortly afterward: The Dunes, The Sands, The Landmark, The Aladdin, The Frontier, The Hacienda, The Stardust - all were imploded.

Men in power always seem to get involved in sex scandals, but women don't even have a word for 'male bimbo.' Except maybe 'senator.