You can't just grab a sandwich or a sub or a piece of pizza.

I felt better within 10 days. My diarrhea started to disappear; the bloating started to disappear. My stomach wasn't hurting as much. I felt great.

It wasn't just my stomach that was bloated, my whole entire body. I was like the Pillsbury Dough Boy -- I mean, I was puffed up.

I started having a ton of stomach pains to the point where I just wouldn't eat anymore. My mom thought I was anorexic. I wasn't. It just hurt so much to eat I couldn't stand it.

I think most fiction writers naturally start by writing short stories, but some of us don't. When I first started writing, I just started writing a novel. It's a hard way to learn to write. I don't recommend it to my students, but it just happens that way for some of us.

As mayor of Milwaukee, I've had many developers come and many businesses come and have asked for financial assistance from the city, and my questions have always been: how many jobs are we talking about and are these family-supporting jobs.