Once you have a PhD, every meeting you go to becomes a doctor's appointment.

You know, it's hard to beat bacon at anytime of day. But I also am a big fan of corned beef hash.

If you like comedy, go home and curl up with Leviticus. The writers of The Onion are handed Leviticus on their first day.

Jack London is a very generous description of my small hiking, bicycling, and canoeing habit. I myself feel like a weak urbanite a lot of the time, because lots of my friends are incredible outdoorsmen and women.

Your dreams are always going to seem much more profound to you then they are to your friend.

I never went too long without a job. The problem was a lot of the early jobs are almost more demoralizing than unemployment.

Turn off your computer and go out of doors. Dig a large enough hole to transplant a mature apple tree. Nurture the tree, feed it, coddle it so that its fruit will be ample, bright and firm. Practice open-hand strikes against the rough bark of the trunk until it's time to harvest. Choose the champion of your apple crop, pluck it from the tree, and beat yourself about the face and tits with it until your mettle will suffice.