We have to start someplace. To sit here next year, seven months from now, five months from now and talk about the same issue . . . would be sad.

Academic research is supposed to be peer-reviewed, with the idea being that the best science wins out. But with earmarks, quality has nothing to do with it. Schools get research funds simply because they are in a powerful member's district or have the money to hire a lobbyist.

Firemen have the coolest toys ever!

I usually like to throw on some flip flops and go to a really nice lunch in Venice, or Santa Monica, or stay in and cook dinner.

I am now standing in a mixture of cooling fluid, gasoline, and cola.

I always think everything is going to last forever, but nothing ever does. In fact nothing exists longer than an instant except the thing that we hold in memory