My dad was good with actions.

Writing an acceptance speech gives you the expectation of winning, and you are therefore devastated or hurt if you didn't win.

My dad died of a stroke.

It's easy to say no, I'm not going to do that. I'm not leaving the house.

I also derive a great deal of pleasure from horses and dogs... the ocean... and love.

Divorce is simply modern society's version of medieval torture. Except it lasts longer and leaves deeper scars. A divorce releases the most primitive emotions; the ugliest, raw feelings. Emotionally wounded people do their best to inflict pain upon the other party, but rather than using claws they use divorce lawyers.

The ability to breathe the air and drink the water will be what the wars will be about from here on in. And it's coming with alarming rapidity.