If I start outsourcing all my navigation to a little talking box in my car, I'm sort of screwed. I'm going to lose my car in the parking lot every single time.

Being a nerd really pays off sometimes.

I always feel a certain sense of reverence in libraries, even small city ones that smell like homeless internet users.

For me, it started as a child with one of those little wooden jigsaw maps of the U.S., wheres theres crocodiles on Florida and apples on Washington state. That was my very first map.

I threw the opening pitch at a Blue Jays game, and after the pitch, the mascot asked me if I wanted him to sign the game ball, which I thought was funny. What would he write? "Best Wishes, Some Guy in a Bird Suit"?"

I always bring my kids vacation souvenirs printed in Comic Sans, so they know I love them but not unconditionally.

Eratosthenes, the mapmaker who was the first man to accurately measure the size of the Earth, was a librarian.