From a very young age, I liked to take apart things. All of my Christmas gifts would wind up in a million pieces. I actually recall taking apart my dad's lawnmower three times to understand how combustible engines work.

If you look at, you know, the limitations of creating new products, you're only limited by the technology that you have to work with.

If you could eat portions of pine trees, you could eliminate corn in many ways.

I was bored at school and bored in a lot of the kitchens. It seemed like all I was doing was putting things into saute pans.

Nobody likes it when someone calls in sick.

The cherry blossom tree is truly a sight to behold, especially when it is in full riotous bloom. There are several varieties of the cherry blossom tree, and while most of them produce flowering branches full of small pinkish-hued flowers, some of them produce actual cherries.

The significance of the cherry blossom tree in Japanese culture goes back hundreds of years. In their country, the cherry blossom represents the fragility and the beauty of life. It's a reminder that life is almost overwhelmingly beautiful but that it is also tragically short.