A few favorite quotes that might reveal something about me...

"In a randomly infinite Universe, any event occurring here and now with finite probability must be occurring simultaneously at an infinite number of other sites in the Universe. It is hard to evaluate this idea any further, but one thing is certain: if it is true then it is certainly not original!"

"Don't let anybody tell you it's not fun to get up on stage and play dumb music real loud."

"You don't have conversations with microprocessors. You tell them what to do, then helplessly watch the disaster when they take you literally."

"Take your best pony and ride into your worst fear"

"There are two kinds of people, those who believe they can, and those who believe they can't. Both of them are right."

[regarding software development]: "Good, fast, cheap.......pick two"

"I think life should be more like TV. I think all of life's problems ought to be solved in 30 minutes with simple homilies, don't you? I think weight and oral hygiene ought to be our biggest concerns. I think we should all have powerful, high-paying jobs, and everyone should drive fancy sports cars. All our desires should be instantly gratified. Women should always wear tight clothes, and men should carry powerful handguns. Life overall should be more glamorous, thrill-packed, and filled with applause, don't you think?"

"Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together."

"Luck is the residue of design."

"Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goal."

"People can't understand why a man runs. They don't see any sport in it, argue that it lacks the sight-thrill of body contact, the color of rough conflict. Yet the conflict is there, more raw and challenging than any man versus man competition. In Triathlon it is man against himself, the cruelest of all opponents. The other racers are not the real enemies. His adversary lies deep within him, in his ability, with brain and heart, to control and master himself and his emotions."

"He who hasn't hacked assembly language as a youth has no heart. He who voluntarily continues to do so as an adult has little sense."

"Work to eat...eat to live...live to bike...bike to work!"

"Cyclists have a right to the road too, you noisy, polluting inconsiderate maniacs! I hope gas goes up to eight bucks a gallon!"

"Much of what we call aging is simply the cumulative effect of years of inadequate exercise and poor nutrition."

"Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light."

"One of the comforting things about racing is that the clock doesn't lie. You either rule or you suck - end of story."

"being injured takes a lot more time than a 10 minute stretch"

I have stood here before in the pouring rain
With the world turning circles running 'round my brain.
I guess I always thought that you could end this reign,
But it's my destiny to be the king of pain...

"It is amazing how much 'mature wisdom' resembles being too tired."

"The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt."

"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start."

"Athletes must have memories like sieves or they wouldn't keep returning to the start line."

"Desire is a paramount in a 100 mile run because let's face it: for the large majority of the race, you are probably not going to be feeling very good."

"...I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other. I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen anything to make me believe there's one all-powerful force controlling everything. There's no mystical energy field that controls my destiny."