When you make a decision you need facts. If those facts are in your brain, they're at your fingertips. If they're all in Google somewhere you may not make the right decision on the spur of the moment.

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

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

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

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"?"

Being a nerd really pays off sometimes.

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.