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

Being a nerd really pays off sometimes.

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

The thing you like/are good at is a sacred thing.

Twitter makes you a comedian in the same way that digital cameras make you a photographer

I have condemned my kids to a lifetime of geographic illiteracy.

You watch an old 'Jeopardy!' and the categories alone are very plain. 'Poetry,' or 'Movies,' or 'Physics.' If you watch it now, though, there'll be a theme board where the categories are all Hitchcock movies. Lots more jokes, lots more high-concept categories and questions.