We had a great first and third periods. We just got soft in the second. We didn't really battle the read more

We had a great first and third periods. We just got soft in the second. We didn't really battle the way we have to.

Parenthood is one long exercise in relinquishing control -- or the illusion that we ever had it. Postparenthood is about read more

Parenthood is one long exercise in relinquishing control -- or the illusion that we ever had it. Postparenthood is about acceptance.

I think other benefits are being utilized today more often than sabbaticals as retention tools. Instead of giving us six read more

I think other benefits are being utilized today more often than sabbaticals as retention tools. Instead of giving us six weeks off a year, employees are demanding more day to day flexibility, like the ability to telecommute, flex-time and child care or elder-care benefits. Those are the other areas where we are seeing real growth, while sabbaticals are sort of going up and down.

We actually started having meetings yesterday morning.

We actually started having meetings yesterday morning.

The Mill Valley game was big. She's solid in so many areas. She's just become more polished and become a read more

The Mill Valley game was big. She's solid in so many areas. She's just become more polished and become a better shooter and ball handler.

I'm in the camp that's staying with the stock. We'll watch [stock prices] go down for a while. We expect read more

I'm in the camp that's staying with the stock. We'll watch [stock prices] go down for a while. We expect it to recover.

Sean is a now guy whose technical part and mental part is so good. He gives us a chance to read more

Sean is a now guy whose technical part and mental part is so good. He gives us a chance to win every day. That's why he has been so good for the last four of five years. Sean brought a lot of experience with him here and he doesn't need too much information. But it doesn't take him too long for him to take that little bit of information I give him and do it right away on the ice.

[Larry Adams, 33, has been confined to a room in University Medical Center since April, when he received an artificial read more

[Larry Adams, 33, has been confined to a room in University Medical Center since April, when he received an artificial heart. The heart is connected to a 350-pound machine, which is about the size of a dishwasher, and six feet of hose hooks the machine to pumps in Adams' chest.] I've just got to sit and wait, ... Everywhere I go, engineers have to push the box around with me.

My mother worked hard for a long time and now I work hard to make sure that she doesn't have read more

My mother worked hard for a long time and now I work hard to make sure that she doesn't have to work, ... It gives me something to push for and it keeps me humble.