That's American English for you: more roots than a mangrove swamp.

The legendary yet factual Curtis Wilkie has been the right man in the right place at an uncanny number of extraordinary times.

I heard on public radio recently, there's a thing called Weed Dating. Singles get together in a garden and weed and then they take turns, they keep matching up with other people. Two people will weed down one row and switch over with two other people. It's in Vermont. I don't think I'd be very good at Weed Dating.

I've never thought it was necessary to make fun of people - you can find fun in people without necessarily mocking them.

I think what's really hard is making sense and making what you write clear and smooth-flowing.

Twitter. It's not a good sound, is it? If it were worth doing, there would be a better word for it.

Obama's got a great sense of humor, but mainly he has a great thinking presence, which is uncommon. It's hard to imagine being able to do, think over answers and deliver them on television. If I were president I would constantly be spluttering.