Limon — For the trips out (and sometimes back) we each take one truck, so for most of the trip I’m all alone in my own little space, which is when I would use the recorder. For the times when we have to drive one truck back (meaning both of us are in the same truck), I’d just put the recorder away and forget about it. Unless he’s driving, then I could note the idea myself.

But let’s say you come up with a theory that Mary Matlin died back in 1997 and had been resurrected from the grave by Dick Cheney to act as a mouthpiece for the GOP because she’s creepy-looking and smells like hobo vomit, and people will agree with anything she says because they just want her off the set. The last thing you’d want to do is turn to Cindy’s dad and say, “Here, write this down…”

(Won’t Cindy’s dad think we are sort of weird talking into a recording device while he sits right next to you? Couldn’t he write down your ideas?)