We're expecting more people this year. We have some good weather coming up.

Women are much more independent today. We are marrying later, that is, if we choose to marry at all. We are much less reliant on the man to be the provider because we have our own money, more money than ever because we are college educated. We are in the work force.

They're already up a little bit over 10 percent so far, and could be up another 5, 6 percent come summertime.

Every time you make a return they swipe your license and if you make too many returns that return is denied. They are very secretive about how many returns you can make before they say no, no, no.

My friends in the media want to know when the housewarming party is going to be, and they want to know if Walter is going to come. He's already told me he'll be there.

Consumers have a lot on their mind ? rising interest rates, a cooling housing market. They're riddled with debt and the holiday season thus far is shaping out to be just okay, not exceptional, not terrible but okay.

The second time, we decided to have it at Bass Pro, and it was awesome.

They're not really out there. The best advice I can say is to book early. It's not a procrastinator's market like it used to be. It used to be that planes were going out half-full and people could bank on a last-minute deal. That's not the case today. (Those $99 cross-country flights) are disappearing as we speak.

He was such a nice guy, everything you'd expect him to be.