Once You Get To Naming Your Laptop,

Any Time Someone Puts A Lock On Something You Own Against Your Wishes, And Doesn't Give You The Key, They're Not Doing It For Your Benefit.

When You Teach Your Students That It's "economically Rational" To Commit Crimes Where The Fines For Misconduct Are Lower Than The Expected Return On The Crime, You Instill A Professional Ethic That Has No Room For Morals.

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.

The Idea That Bigger Haystacks Have More Needles In Them Is Dumb On Its Face

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.