Old habits are hard to forget, and old fears are habits.

You can only have one first born child. You may love all your children deeply and with passion, but there is something unique about the first born.

Jigsaw Lady is the working title of a science fiction novel I've had in my head for darn near 15 years. I think I'll start work on it next year (in all my spare time) but I'd like to get it finished some day.

A hero is someone who simply got too frightened to use his good sense and run away, then somehow lived through it all.

Altruism accrues little benefit to those lying cold in the gutter.

The world is much larger than I once dreamed, or perhaps my place in it is smaller than I once realized.

If I leave my computer, I'm probably not going to get back for hours. If I take a few minutes to answer questions and go web surfing, then guilt kicks in and I get back to work.