The sterile, arid environment created by truly jarring and discordant signage and gargantuan billboards is a turnoff.

There is no such thing as a sterile operating room environment. We make things as clean as possible, but most hospital surfaces still contain bacteria.

The mouth is not a sterile environment. It's teeming with bacteria, hundreds and hundreds of different kinds of bacteria.

What she doesn't say is just as important as what she does say -- but there's so much more of it. I think from now on I'm going to stick to what she actually does say because I don't have that kind of time.

When I'm driving here I see a sign that says, CAUTION: SMALL CHILDREN PLAYING. I slow down, and then it occurs to me: I'm not afraid of small children.

One of the reasons I disclosed my condition is because it is much easier to live with MS than to pretend you don't have it. If I could convince everyone of that, my job here is done.