There's nothing worse than being in the room and up at 6 a.m. when [your companion] wanted to sleep until noon.

People tend to feel like they have to stick together when they are together on a trip. And anybody with someone breathing their air, so to speak, 24 hours a day needs a break from the other person.

Agree to disagree. Do you really want to expend your energy harboring anger or ill feelings on what is supposed to be your vacation when what you should be doing is relaxing and enjoying it?

It's not so bad if you've kind of predicted that that's how they're going to behave in certain situations, than if it hits you by surprise.

Never before has there been such a flurry of legislative activity on the issue.

Today I think the White House is really just trying to improve their P.R. (public relations) on Katrina.