Dreaming in public is an important part of our job description, as science writers, but there are bad dreams as well as good dreams. We're dreamers, you see, but we're also realists, of a sort.
I went through some real challenges growing up. I joined the Army two weeks out of high school when I was 17, and never looked back.
For my stand-up, I always have my notebook with me and if something strikes me, I'll write it down.