I Can't Relax And Sink Back In

There Must Be Something Innate About Maps, About This One Specific Way Of Picturing Our World And Our Relation To It, That Charms Us, Calls To Us, Won’t Let Us Look Anywhere Else In The Room If There’s A Map On The Wall.

For Me, It Started As A Child With One Of Those Little Wooden Jigsaw Maps Of The U.s., Wheres Theres Crocodiles On Florida And Apples On Washington State. That Was My Very First Map.

I Always Feel A Certain Sense Of Reverence In Libraries, Even Small City Ones That Smell Like Homeless Internet Users.

Being A Nerd Really Pays Off Sometimes.

We Regret The Insinuation That Mr. Alex Trebek Is A Robot, And Has Been Since 2004. Mr. Trebek's Robotic Frame Does Still Contain Some Organic Parts, Many Harvested From Patriotic Canadian Schoolchildren, So This Technically Makes Him A 'cyborg,' Not A 'robot.'