I like the idea of celebrating the little useful skills of life - things that go beyond us being consumers, beyond people who pull out our cell phones and call for help at the smallest inconvenience. We need to be capable people. — here

Charles’ mind is as loud as a train tunnel, voices boiling out of memory. He’s that guy you see reading quietly in a corner. You have no idea. — there

…and we no longer can trumpet those cathartic paeans of trendy national shame, for we have been beaten to the creation of … Cheeseburger in a Can. — here