It was a quality tournament. It was a good competitive tournament with excellent teams. The tournament is getting better year read more

It was a quality tournament. It was a good competitive tournament with excellent teams. The tournament is getting better year after year.

However, during those months the airmen and ship crews of the U.S. Navy learned the lessons we needed to win read more

However, during those months the airmen and ship crews of the U.S. Navy learned the lessons we needed to win the Battle of Midway.

The first two months I imagined Godzilla, ... Then I got bored of that and I imagined different things. What read more

The first two months I imagined Godzilla, ... Then I got bored of that and I imagined different things. What if my agent was that big? What if my dog was that big?

Officially, we say we were rained out.

Officially, we say we were rained out.

For some reason, I looked at her and realized how much I loved her.

For some reason, I looked at her and realized how much I loved her.

Now they'll say that the public chamber is the expression of civil society -- and all the rest of us read more

Now they'll say that the public chamber is the expression of civil society -- and all the rest of us are marginal. Gradually people will forget that we exist. And to make that happen more quickly, that completely senseless bill has been passed.

They just have different customs, and we want to be knowledgeable and accept those customs. One of the worst things read more

They just have different customs, and we want to be knowledgeable and accept those customs. One of the worst things you can do is be in Japan and demand a fork.

I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will read more

I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will be like.

Smell brings to mind... a family dinner of pot roast and sweet potatoes during a myrtle-mad August in a Midwestern read more

Smell brings to mind... a family dinner of pot roast and sweet potatoes during a myrtle-mad August in a Midwestern town. Smells detonate softly in our memory like poignant land mines hidden under the weedy mass of years.