We want some good showers to come through without a lot of lightning, but we just don't see that happening.

He's our leader out there. We do depend on him to make a big save. He's pretty sound position-wise and he sees the puck and sees the game and anticipates well.

I can't see that happening. However spurious Bush's mandate was in 2004 - let alone 2000 - Harper is sitting in a House of Commons where he doesn't have a majority. And if he wants to keep power, he's got to keep in mind the views of Canadians, two-thirds of whom say they don't want to see the same-sex marriage bill reopened. And many of whom oppose any sort of involvement in Iraq and are very suspicious of too much concession to the United States.

It depends on where you were. Where they caught some scattered showers, they had a good crop.

Brooklyn's good. Brooklyn's funky. Brooklyn's happening.

Some good things are happening even in abysmal states.