I didn't have a clue where I was going on my first lap of practice.

There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one.

One or two of the trips were a bit scary. Soldiers had me at gun point on one trip, locked me in my van all night and escorted me in and out of buildings when I wanted to wash.

Sometimes the fastest way down is to jump off a cliff.

No challenge is bigger than us!

Cursed be the verse, how well so e'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe.

We're just like you. Were not these older idols, you know, were just kids like you guys.

I am deeply devoted to the 27,000 songs I can take anywhere on my iPod Classic as well as the exquisitely engineered MacBook Air on which I typed this column.

Social science virtually abhors the event. Not without reason; the short-term is the most capricious and deceptive form of time.

Unless something happens that we can't predict, I don't think a lot will happen

I don't listen to music when I'm writing, but I often do when I'm reworking, editing or when I need to relax.

The information superhighway is a dirt road that won't be paved over until 2025.

There is meaning in all things. But are you paying attention?