If people come into the moped world with the idea that they'll just buy it and ride it around, it's not like that. Mopeds force you to be part of a community because you have to rely on each other. A lot of people can't stand anything two-stroke because they're lots of upkeep.

Mopeds are means to liberation. Liberation from public transportation, from consuming gas, from spending truckloads of money to go places.

Everyone has the number and address of Creatures across the city, so that if you break down, you can find some help, or maybe leave your bike there overnight, or something. Personally, I feel like I'm some sort of 24-hour tech support.

She was very nice. Usually people come up and say they like our band, so it's a great place to make new friends. It's like going to summer camp.

The world has changed dramatically, with globalization and free trade, moving from an industrial economy to an information economy, ... But while that's been happening, K-12 education hasn't changed at all. Meanwhile, China's graduating five times as many engineers as we are, and you look at India and you get alarmed.

There are some people coming out of AAPT, but we haven't employed any.