There should be a name for the syndrome that occurs when you're in Paris and you already miss it.

And all Halloween candy pales next to candy corn, if only because candy corn used to appear, like the Great Pumpkin, solely on Halloween.

The best thing about candy is that it can't be spoiled by the adult world. Candy is innocent.

For me, the experience of being in other culture really set up a longing. When I'm traveling, things seem really sharp. You learn things ten times faster.

Americans continue to visit Paris not just for Paris, but for ‘Paris.’ As if out of some collective nostalgia for what Paris should be, more than what it is. For someone else’s memories.

In Europe, it's common to hear about young professionals living with their parents. With the continent's high rents and taxes and its population density, it makes sense.

That's when I began drinking coffee. I was hung up on every little thing. I loved Paris, and felt straightaway at home. Not to be grandiose, but it seemed like all the city had been waiting for me.

Thanksgiving, our eminent moral holiday, doesnt have much for children. At its heart are conversation, food, drink, and fellowship - all perks of adulthood.

The idea being that if I was so incredibly small, then I could do almost anything, because what impact would I have, really? What damage could be done, being so puny in the big scheme?

As a child, I was bonkers for Christmas. The entire month of December, I couldn't sleep at night from anticipation.

Thanksgiving, our eminent moral holiday, doesn't have much for children. At its heart are conversation, food, drink, and fellowship - all perks of adulthood.

...what is romance, but a mutual pact of delusion? When the pact ends, there's nothing left.

I didn't (and still don't) have comments [in my blog]. It's about simply writing for an audience of One.

Elvis Presley wore a Star of David and a cross around his neck and, when someone asked him about it, he said, "It makes me think." I love that quote. It's simple. It's beautiful. It's true.

Back home in South Carolina, you have a lot of little soul food restaurants you can run to and get some quick, decent food.

I try to fit in workouts whenever I can.

As a leader, you have no right to have any employee wonder how they fit in and where they are going.

The PS3 will instill discipline in our children and adults alike. Everyone will know discipline.

A good rule of thumb is to assume that everything matters.

The world meets nobody halfway. When you want something, you gotta take it.

The examining physician often hesitates to make the necessary examination because it involves soiling the finger.