I'm a personality - like a George Plimpton who effectively plays himself in a bunch of different roles, or a Paul Lynde-type character.

Only the nerds will save the earth.

So I am a product of the Internet, and to some degree a product of this sensibility of constant cultural reference.

A stopped clock is correct twice a day, but a sundial can be used to stab someone, even at nighttime.

I am someone who values truth - actual truth as opposed to 'truthiness.'

It seems that every generation needs its public, tweedy, literary personality to sell its consumer electronics. To whatever degree I can live up to the Plimptonian legacy, I am humble and proud.

I realized that even in a world of proliferating media venues, online and in print, and on TV and on countless cable channels, the idea that I could be considered an expert on chronic knee pain was I think troubling for society, but very exciting for me.