The whole notion of telecommuting, which we heard a lot about beginning in the '90s, turned out to be a bunch of nonsense. People like to be around other people.

It's just the beginning.

It was nice at the beginning because it was our little secret. Now we've got a bull's-eye on our back. It will be interesting to see how the girls respond to it.

We are beginning to understand how important (foul shooting) is in a game. We had chances to cut into the lead and we missed foul shots. They started to bring the ball inside to get to the line.

It's not as strong as we had hoped for at the beginning of the session, of course.

I would say that all the themes of the book are there from the beginning, including the individual, the social, magic, religion, and also science,