Just be respectful of your roommates. If they're studying or sleeping, don't crank your amp up to 11 and rock out. It's just going to create unneeded tension between you and your roommate.

As I thought
about that, I had
to wonder: What will we
know better about tomorrow?
Who cares? Hindsight is useless.

There are aspects of Asian culture in my work, but it's really rooted in an American experience - transcendentalism, '60s counterculture, punk rock.

The other guys have to crank it up a notch.

Everybody should espouse three or four harmless crank theories for the pure pleasure of having something harmless to be cranky about. And when a theory of this sort proves correct, it is a true moment for celebration.

Positively, ... Is my budget in jeopardy? Yes. I predicted a $1.80 cost per gallon without predicting gas going up more than 20 cents because of a hurricane.