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We started slow at the plate, but kept putting pressure on them with bunting and running until we could get some timely hitting. We made some mistakes, but again played great defense when we it was needed. The pitchers did a good job.

We FaceTime and Skype. My two older kids got iPods for their birthdays, so they can FaceTime their dad whenever they need him. They always get a six o'clock call right after dinner, and I make sure I talk to each child. Even my 1-year-old gets on the phone and says 'Daddy.' They know my schedule by now and count the days back until I get home.

We expect, with our snow, you'd be able to ski top to bottom until the end of June, but people just get tired of it. We'll stay open on weekends as long as our customers show they want it, but don't count on anything past (Sunday). Any day past that will be a gift.

We're expecting Nottingham to be every bit as tough as Bedford, but we played like we know we can on Sunday and hopefully we can carry that on until the end of the season.

We're expecting good conditions up until about 11 o'clock. Then there's that midday period we have to watch out for. After 2, we'll maybe have some thunderstorms and hopefully some moisture.

We're expecting erosion. Our first concern will be the streets. We may not worry about the beaches until Monday or Tuesday.

We're finding with our clergy all along the Gulf Coast affected by this storm that they have a need to be a pastor as usual. We'll let him speak, but not until he's reminded that he allow this has happened to him as well as to you.

I started with the guitar around 12 years old but didn't learn the banjo until I was about 18 or 19.

I've been working on 'The New York Times' crossword puzzle on the subway. I can make it until about Wednesday.

When I was in college at Carnegie Mellon, I wanted to be a chemist. So I became one. I worked in a laboratory and went to graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh. Then I taught science at a private girls' school. I had three children and waited until all three were in school before I started writing.