I recently stayed in a hotel in southern China where the sign at the front desk read 'Please don't spit everywhere'.

Slip-streaming the big guy was a smart move indeed, Charles. Out here in Tibet on my own my only option is to tuck in behind a yak - which works OK, once you get used to each other's smell.

We stayed at the same hotel and ate at the same restaurants. You could say I'm a little superstitious.

One of the things that we probably do different than most motels is that our front desk does the laundry.

I'd be so happy to be sitting at my desk, eating a Pop-Tart and keying away, ... Nothing would please me more.

Gosh, all a kid has to do these days is spit straight and he gets forty-thousand dollars to sign.