South Sudan is one of the most hard-put places in the world.

I have been an XL fan of Devo since I was in high school in the 1970s. Their records only sound better with time.

Pride is a thing that I have tried to abandon completely. Try as I might, pride still creeps into many of the things I do.

I was never told to "Get up, get out there, get a job." It was never a thing either parent ever said I had to do. It was what I wanted to do. I think I was very interested in being away from them as much as possible. Employment was great for that.

You can't right the wrongs because you'll never understand the cause and you'll be too busy dodging the effect.

To get a human through a life, lives of broken bones, knock-me-over-with-a-feather susceptibility to myriad viruses, and whatever else might befall someone will cost money.

Smart people make good choices. They dig science and say 'no' to the invasion of sovereign nations for the pleasure of corporations.