I do have a really good memory. I mean, like, I can remember all the phone numbers of everybody on the street I grew up on.

Both my parents were agnostic. My mother was kind of a Buddhist. She had some spiritual tendencies, but they were kind of flaky - New Agey, you know? Which is partly why I'm suspicious of that sort of thing. I'm skeptical of any spiritual practice that doesn't involve other people and doesn't involve some sort of consistent tradition.

I don't think I look like the pope's favorite Catholic - at least not under close scrutiny.

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