I'm Not What You'd Call A Fearless

I Wasn't In Any Way A Kind Of Soothsayer Or Not Surprised When Sept. 11 Happened. I Was Absolutely Shocked.

A Strange Thing Happens When You Interview A Robot. You Feel An Urge To Be Profound: To Ask Profound Questions. I Suppose It’s An Inter-species Thing. Although If It Is I Wonder Why I Never Try And Be Profound Around My Dog. ‘what Does Electricity Taste Like?’ I Ask. ‘like A Planet Around A Star,’ Bina48 Replies. Which Is Either Extraordinary Or Meaningless - I’m Not Sure Which

Friends Are The Fruitcake Of Life - Some Nutty, Some Soaked In Alcohol, Some Sweet.

There Is No Evidence That We've Been Placed On This Planet To Be Especially Happy Or Especially Normal. And In Fact Our Unhappiness And Our Strangeness, Our Anxieties And Compulsions, Those Least Fashionable Aspects Of Our Personalities, Are Quite Often What Lead Us To Do Rather Interesting Things.

No, People Back Home Don't Realize Why There Is This Kind Of Need For Heroes In America At The Moment. People In Britain Don't Really Understand What's Going On Here. They Don't Understand Why Camp X-ray Exists.