Working for a federal agency was like trying to dislodge a prune skin from the roof of the mouth. More enterprise went into the job than could be justified by the results.

The trouble with being a hypochondriac these days is that antibiotics have cured all the good diseases.

We have an amazing job. We get to travel around the world and experience different cultures and just learn so many things.

There was a movie called 'Hawk the Slayer' when I was a kid. I think only three people saw it, but me and my brother saw it. I remember when I was a kid thinking that's kind of cool. It was just this sort of action adventure-y sort of thing.

I travel without barely any luggage. Just a second set of underwear and binoculars and a map and a toothbrush.

The need for this clinic is clear to me, to the veterans who are currently forced to travel hours to receive care, and even to the Veterans Administration that itself identified creation of a clinic in this part of our state as a priority to be completed by 2006.