"Some kids my age experiment with drugs, I experiment with music." [Renee Olstead]

Sample listening from her new album is here. Bluesy jazz.

Another quote:

``I'm sorry to disappoint science fiction fans,'' Hawking, speaking via a specially-constructed computer, told a conference of 600 scientists from 48 countries, ``but . . . there is no possibility of using black holes to travel to other universes.

``If you jump into a black hole, your mass energy will be returned to our universe, but in a mangled form,'' he said, drawing laughter from the crowd. [â??Hawking upends own theory on black holesâ? by Jim Dee, Boston Herald, July 22, 2004]

So much for ego preservation.

And, ooooooh,... possible fodder for future quotes:

â??Washington Wivesâ? on A&E tonight at 10, Eastern and Pacific times; 9, Central time.