I can tell a sauropod from a theropod and I know the difference between dark matter and dark energy, but I’m no paleon­tol­ogist or physicist. Not by a long stretch. But I do so love listening to such specialists talk about what they do. Because I’m not one of them.

No matter how deeply we feel connected to a group that shares any given identity, the fact remains that on an individual level, we will always be more unalike than alike.

On the first day, Bit created the one and the zero. And Bit said, “Go forth and copy and paste thyself ad infinitum.”

From breakfast on Cloud Nine, we travel at point five past light speed to the Nostalgia System. “The Last Jedi,” here I come!

Convenience makes our lives easier, and it lets us enjoy some of the finer things in life. But is that the whole story—can conve­nience go too far?

The chills of the forest chase, the endearment of Elliott teaching E.T., the thrill of the bicycle flight, mourning the death of E.T., the excitement of the final bike chase, the sorrow at the final goodbyes—it’s all there and it works like a charm.