One thing leads to another? Not always. Sometimes one thing leads to the same thing. Ask an addict.

I don't own a camera, so I travel with a police sketch artist.

I don't get all choked up about yellow ribbons and American flags. I see them as symbols, and I leave them to the symbol-minded.

The worst thing about e-mail is that you can’t interrupt the other person. You have to read the whole thing and then e-mail them back, pointing out all their mistakes and faulty assumptions. It’s frustrating and it’s time-consuming. God bless phone calls.

And off we go, out onto the highway looking for a little fun. Perhaps a flatbed truck loaded with human cadavers will explode in front of a Star Trek reunion. One can only dream and hope.

In the United States, anybody can be President. That's the problem.

Life is a zero sum game.