We Do A Lot Of Bird-watching Up

When You're Researching You're Learning. When You're Writing, You're Teaching.

Knowledge Is A Beautiful Thing, But There Are A Few Things I Wish I Didn't Know.

'brave' Is One Of Those Words That Has Been Bleached Of Most Of Its Meaning These Days, Thanks To Far Too Many Appearances In The Glaring Light Of Ad Slogans And Corporate Public Relations. I Never Thought About Anything As Brave Anymore; It Just Seemed Like A Flabby, Glib Cliche.

Borders Had Lousy Management And Made Bad Corporate Decisions, So Its Fate Is Less Like A Terrible Accident Than A Slow-motion Slide Into A Ditch, But It's Hard To Be Happy About A Bookseller's Demise.

You Could Go Crazy Thinking Of How Unprivate Our Lives Really Are - The Omnipresent Security Cameras, The Tracking Data On Our Very Smart Phones, The Porous State Of Our Internet Selves, The Trail Of Electronic Crumbs We Leave Every Day.