The first day I arrived, they told me to go home and get rid of that cold.

The first day I arrived, they told me to go home and get rid of that cold.

Branford is a team that is trying to build. But we had some highlights. We had Alyssa back, and she read more

Branford is a team that is trying to build. But we had some highlights. We had Alyssa back, and she had her highest (all around) of the season. And this was just coming back from pneumonia. Heather had a flyaway half and her first 9.0 of the season (on bars). And Emily's vault, it was the second time she's stood it up this season. We decided to rest Kim and go without her.

This deal may get people to start dusting off their files about newspaper values.

This deal may get people to start dusting off their files about newspaper values.

The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.

The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.

Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

I know I had to have myself checked regularly because I want to be healthy -- the older you get read more

I know I had to have myself checked regularly because I want to be healthy -- the older you get the less you know what is inside your body. You have to be checked to make sure nothing is going wrong ... There is nothing to be afraid of. It's something that, if you catch it early enough, you can avoid more complicated problems in the future.

It's mainly concerns about economic weakness all over the globe and what it will do to the U.S.. The common read more

It's mainly concerns about economic weakness all over the globe and what it will do to the U.S.. The common refrain has been that the Asian crisis shouldn't have a big impact on the U.S. economy. Now with Russia's problems, people are reassessing that belief.

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.

I think it will work out to our advantage more so than worrying about who's going to play. Now we read more

I think it will work out to our advantage more so than worrying about who's going to play. Now we can go four minutes all out, 100 percent, whereas in years past we had to give a little bit here, a little bit there because we didn't have as many guys.