Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

- Oscar Wilde

Yesterday he was a boy, and today he thinks he can ignore us?

I don't want my relatives thinking this. It's not something they've expressed, but I wonder if it's the case. I wonder if they interpret the long gaps of silence that way. I live far away.

I've flown over 200,000 miles just with United (and it's partners). That's 8 times completely around the world.

What's more interesting is that's only since I turned 18. Before 18 my mileage wasn't counted. On average, I more than circle the world each year!

Despite the concerns over the contribution of car exhaust to global warming, most carbon dioxide comes from smokestacks, not tailpipes.

The book, Coffee, Tea, or Me?: The Uninhibited Memoirs of Two Airline Stewardesses led to the portrayal of flight attendants as sex objects in advertisements for airlines.

In 1971 JWT ran a "Fly Me" campaign for National Airlines. I saw one of the posters. In it there are just the words, "I'm Cheryl", her face and "Fly me" at the bottom.

A huge number of hot dogs are consumed in NYC each year. Securing a spot for a hot dog stand outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art costs about $300,000 a year. How many must those stands sell each day just to break even?

Caffeine is present in over 60 plant species worldwide.

An ounce of dark chocolate can have more caffeine than an 8 ounce cup of green tea.

I have a bad habit of not answering questions directly. Maybe that's why I ended up picking psych & philosophy as my majors. I prefer questions that don't call for direct answers.

My world seems lighter now that I am not in possession of a 40lb weighted vest. There's a good feeling that comes when passing on objects that aren't personally important any more.

Someone thought I was a college junior and asked me if I was. When I looked at them funny, they then asked if I was a freshman. It's good and bad that I can pass for being 8 years younger than my age. Overall I am happy about it. Thank you genes! And martial arts.

Hard times and rough circumstances are not excuses for degrading others or allowing oneself to be degraded. In fact, they’re not excuses for anything, except to try harder.

- Bob Herbert, NY Times

At the height of the British Empire, India contributed 20% of the world's trade. Now it contributes 2%.

Tea is the 6th most popular drink in the US, but the 2nd most popular in the rest of the world.

80% of the tea consumed in the US is iced.

Tea seeds were brought to Japan by a Chinese monk. It's really only indigenous to China, India and Thailand.

All tea comes from the same plant species. What people do to tea leaves after plucking makes it either green, black or oolong.

A cup of black tea contains about half the caffeine as a cup of coffee.

I should make a list of where in the world people are inviting me to go. I was just invited to Copenhagen, Stockholm and Oslo. Will I go? Probably if there were two of me.

Submitting a big expense form (over $2000) feels similar to coughing up and spitting out a lot of phlegm. In both cases, my system feels a lot better afterwards. I've rid myself of a burden I don't need to carry around. Of something which, if it stays in my system, doesn't do me any good.

Be thankful you don't have everything. If you did, what would you look forward to?

In law, if you lie and don't gain advantage from it, it's not counted against you. If it's ok to lie if we don't get a clear advantage, that would change a lot in society. I think that would be terrible.

Jet lag + beer = nausea

Koreans are 20 times more likely than other people to develop liver cancer.

New York is an ugly town, a dirty city. Its climate is a scandal, its politics are used to frighten children, its traffic is madness, its competition is murderous. But there is one thing about it - once you have lived in New York and it has become your home, no place else is good enough.

- John Steinbeck