I've owned a lot of crap in my days -- rental houses and strip malls -- but we finally got read more

I've owned a lot of crap in my days -- rental houses and strip malls -- but we finally got this place, and it's worth all the crap.

It's great to know you can beat a team you've never beaten before. It's very nice because you work on read more

It's great to know you can beat a team you've never beaten before. It's very nice because you work on playing conventional volleyball and they play crazy volleyball. It frustrates the fool out of you. But we worked hard, persevering, passing and not giving up even though they dug us.

Small-business salaries are rising from the dead. That's good news for small business employees, but it may not be great read more

Small-business salaries are rising from the dead. That's good news for small business employees, but it may not be great news for the overall economy. Inflation is rearing its ugly head and may soon stifle economic growth.

This is not going to be politically acceptable to most people.

This is not going to be politically acceptable to most people.

When you think of the Caribbean today, you think of clear blue warm water, ... Probably about 12 million years read more

When you think of the Caribbean today, you think of clear blue warm water, ... Probably about 12 million years ago, it was more like the eastern Pacific; it was a bit cooler. There was greater seasonal change in temperatures, and there were more nutrients around.

There's a lot of confusion in the marketplace. People are pretty fearful.

There's a lot of confusion in the marketplace. People are pretty fearful.

Parking, traffic, those are issues tied to urban life. It's not necessarily a bad thing, ... I don't know how read more

Parking, traffic, those are issues tied to urban life. It's not necessarily a bad thing, ... I don't know how a merchant can think there's too much traffic.

We're pleased to know that at the congressional level they're realizing this is important.

We're pleased to know that at the congressional level they're realizing this is important.

I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement read more

I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement isn't all that important to me.