The beautiful thing about driving was that it stole just enough of his attention - car parked on the side, maybe a cop, slow to speed limit, time to pass this sixteen-wheeler, turn signal, check rearview, crane neck to check blind spot and yes, okay, left lane.

I don't see a future where we're all taught by robots. The real life, physical experience of being in a classroom and having conversations with knowledgeable people is immeasurably valuable and irreplaceable.

And imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.

Reading it the night before, I'd wondered if it would be like that for me-if in one moment, I would finally understand her, know her, and understand the role I'd played in her dying. But I wasn't convinced enlightenment struck like lightining.

Waffles are just awesome bread.

I like this world. I like drinking champagne. I like not smoking. I like Dutch people speaking Dutch.

Just move to the Internet, its great here. We get to live inside where the weather is always awesome.