I lost three of my four stone crab socials.

I'd have to score five average sized weddings just to compensate for the loss of the Speaker's Ball. Right now, there are a lot of questions, a lot of people on hold, a wait-and-see attitude to see what will fly and what won't.

The saddest part of what is going on is the effect on our community. It doesn't affect the home districts of the legislators from around the state.

The French Revolution ends slavery unilaterally. And it does so at this moment when the British, the Spanish, the Portuguese and the Americans - all of the other major powers - keep slavery. And the fact is that it's almost bankrupting the French Colonial Empire.

But with lots of good ideas, implementation is the key, and so we need to keep our eye on the ball as we go forward and make sure that people honor their pledges in terms of financial commitments, and that we actually use this money so that it makes a real difference.

The demons you have are what motivate you to make your art. This is what drives the detective, this is what drives the painter, this is what drives the writer: a conflicting urge to forget pain and at the same time remember it and fight for some kind of justice. I know these powerful things are inside of me and everyone in some way or another.