Terrorism Is About Magnifying One Mediagenic Act

The Right To Freedom Of Association Is Fine, But Why Shouldn't The Cops Be Allowed To Mine Your Social Network To Figure Out If You're Hanging Out With Gangbangers And Terrorists?

It May Be Hard To Monetize Fame, But It Is Impossible To Monetize Obscurity.

The Opposite Of Esprit D'escalier Is The Way That Life's Embarrassments Come Back To Haunt Us Even After They're Long Past. I Could Remember Every Stupid Thing I'd Ever Said Or Done, Recall Them With Picture-perfect Clarity. Any Time I Was Feeling Low, I'd Naturally Start To Remember Other Times I Felt That Way, A Hit Parade Of Humiliations Coming One After Another To My Mind.

There Are People Already Sharing Ebooks Out There, .. And They Do It Simply Because They Love Books. You Don't Buy A Second Copy Of A Book, Cut The Spine Off, Lay Each Page On A Scanner, Run That .tif Through An Ocr (optical Character Reader), Hand Edit The Resulting Output For Errors And Then Post It Online If You Don't Love The Book. It Can Up To 80 Hours To Turn A Printed Novel Into An Ebook. I Figure If Someone Out There Is Willing To Put In 80 Hours Of Work Promoting My Book, Then I'd Prefer They Do It In A Way That Gives A Better Return To Me.

I'd Never Been A Tall Guy, And The Girls I'd Dated Had All Been My Height--teenaged Girls Grow Faster Than Guys, Which Is A Cruel Trick Of Nature.