Impressions from a Vacuum

"Inflammable and flammable have the same meaning. This distresses me."

The Big Picture

"Logic finds no respite in rage."

On Dealing with Loss

"Learn to change the way you move through the world."

Look to the Starfish

"Flatworms reproduce by tearing themselves in half... I am ambivalent about this ability but ultimately impressed."

So Finely-Tuned a Universe

"I want to meet the women whose wiser choices result in my non-existence."

A Touch of Desperation

"You ask me what you are worth—which I do not take to mean your value in terms of currency—"

Top Five Cities: A Lover's Guide

"I didn't want to fall in love with Chicago, but... it seduced me."

Math of god

"I think my teacher was saying that it is human to be angry at God and, as such, is inescapable."