“The nuclear weapons on board just one of our Trident submarines contain eight times the firepower expended in all of World War II.”

“I sometimes think it would be beneficial if people thought of each other as “historical factorials.” Thus, (Myrtle!) would be understood not just as present-day Myrtle but as the product of all her past experiences.”

“Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security.”

“Certainty a strange Ferris wheel of a statement!”

“How we see the world changes all the time. It all depends on our mood.”

“UFOs are back in the news, and it is high time we took a serious look at the phenomenon. (Actually the time is ten past eight, so not only are we a few minutes late but I'm hungry).”

“Anyway, I learned an important lesson from all of this: While gun ownership ismorally reprehensible in the civilized world, firepower is more or lessde rigeur in a zombie apocalypse.”