Being A Man Of The

Give A Man A Fish And You Feed Him For A Day. Don't Teach A Man To Fish And You Feed Yourself. He's A Grown Man, Fishing's Not That Hard.

I Think That Laziness In Many Ways Is The Human Condition, And That's What Has Led Us To This Place Where, As We've Developed Technology.

I Don't Know What It Is On An Elemental Level, But A Beard In General Evokes Hedonism. It's A More Lush Personal Grooming Style. It's More Comfortable And Cozy; It's Less Sharp And Angular And Businesslike. I Feel Like A Beard Is More Hobbit-like, Even Though Hobbits Themselves Are Clean-shaven.

When I Was A Kid, I Lived In This Small Town Way Out In The Country. We Had Three Tv Channels And One Radio Station. I Couldn't Even Get My Hands On Good Comic Books. My Aunt, Who Is A Librarian, Gave Me Tolkien's "the Lord Of The Rings," Laura Ingalls Wilder's "little House On The Prairie," And Lewis's "the Chronicles Of Narnia." They Were Such Incredible Treasures To Have In My Somewhat Mundane Country Life.

One Of The Most Poignant Pieces Of Recent Science Fiction For Me Was The Portrayal Of The Adults In The Pixar Film Wall-e. I Feel Like We're On The Cusp Of Becoming Fat Babies In Floating Chairs Being Fed Everything In Shake Form, And I Feel Like I Am As Prone To Laziness As Anybody.