Though I was careful never to mention it, I began to see a new dimension in everything that happened.

Which is not really a hell of a lot to ask, Lord, because the final incredible truth is that I am not guilty. All I did was take your gibberish seriously... and you see where it got me? My primitive Christian instincts have made me a criminal.

I have always loved blizzards, if only because of the driving experience - which is definitely an acquired taste.

Familiarity seems to breed contempt

It was one of those fine little love stories that can make you smile in your sleep at night.

Old elephants limp off to the hills to die; old Americans go out to the highway and drive themselves to death with huge cars.

I have warned many times about the guaranteed dangers of betting with your heart instead of your head - big darkness, soon come - but every once in a while you get a fair chance to have it both ways, and the annual NCAA basketball Tournament is one of them.