They knew many things but had no idea why. And strangely this made them more, rather than less, certain that they were right.

There's only four things we do better than anyone else: music movies microcode (software) high-speed pizza delivery

So, you're worried that a pink dragon will fly over the concent and fart nerve gas on us?

One of the problems, hanging out with me, is that I can turn any topic into a toxic horror story. I've lost two girlfriends and a job by reading an ingredients label out loud, with annotations, at the wrong time.

This is exactly how the World Wide Web works: the HTML files are the pithy description on the paper tape, and your Web browser is Ronald Reagan.

Once a person has all the things they need to live, everything else is entertainment.

The story is everything, so it always begins with a story.And research is a kind of scaffolding built underneath the story as I go along. My enjoyment level varies, but in general, I'm writing about topics I find interesting, so I can't gripe too much.