Wow," came a familiar voice, "Hypochondriac killed the cat." -Dess

A rousing tale of techno-geek rebellion, as necessary and dangerous as file sharing, free speech, and bottled water on a plane.

Making ourselves feel ugly is not fun." "We are ugly.

The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit.

At least one thing was consistent about her life: It just kept on getting more complicated.

You can't blame a match for a house made of straw, Alek.

It's not the way Zane looks, David," she said, her voice trembling with anger. "It's because he makes me bubbly, and because we took a lot of risks together. It could just as easily be me lying there, and he would stay with me if it was." "It's just programming!" "No. It's because I love him.