The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all.

That seemed to be the case with most of the teams based in the smaller towns - the fans were more rabid, and they wanted to literally kill the opposition.

I was the original socially depraved shy ghetto kid.

We hung out on the streets, played stickball, and did all of the things that other kids did.

When I did stand-up at U.C.B., and I had a blog for a couple of years that started my writing career, 'Totally Confident and Completely Insecure,' it was the same kind of self-deprecating humor and stories about being out in L.A. and being treated like a loser at a hair salon because you are not famous.

I believe that I have been basically anarchistic, anti-religion and anti-industry and business. In other words, anti-bureaucracy. I would like to see people behave well without having to have priests stand by, politicians stand by, or people collecting bills.

I've wanted to be a mother since I was 16, but I also just knew I wanted to have a career as well.

I chose to pursue a career in physics because there the truth isn't so easily bent.