It's definitely been different. It's made me concentrate more, and I've learned more about my sport and technique. It's been good for me.

Many of my friends drink, because drinking age in Germany is 16. I know people who smoke, too, and it's just annoying.

I'm learning a lot, and it's exciting to find something new. Things are going well; it's a good fit here for me with track and school.

I think it's like that for people who don't remember 1969 first-hand. It's that sense of 'old hat.' Of 'been there, done that.' Space shuttles, space stations, communications satellites, GPS - they're all part of our everyday, taken-for-granted world in 2009, not part of an incredible odyssey.

A culture cannot lie down with dogs and not become utterly infested with fleas. The dogs, in this case, are the mongrel media and the corporate overlords who have grown fat on manufactured controversy and fear mongering.

Mine is a straight, nothing-fancy, down-and-in delivery with a small hook at the end.