The whole Obama phenomenon brings up memories from my distant past: the good-looking guy who talks real good, whose line you don't buy immediately but whose charm is so dazzling that he gradually convinces you that this time it will be different.

It's cool to be different and just be who you are and shock people in a good way.

Don't try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough.

James Blake is a real good friend of mine. He's real different than what you thinks. He's super turned up.

What we are left with then is the present, the only time where miracles happen. We place the past and the future as well into the hands of God. The biblical statement that "time shall be no more" means that we will one day live fully in the present, without obsessing about past or future.

I expected it to be overwhelming and all-encompassing, but having a kid brings you into the world in a whole different way.