We're not only coming to the end of the year, but the end of a millennium, so for anything tied to a model year, like cars, bikes and electronics, you should be able to get a pretty good deal on now.

It is important that we are coming up on the millennium because what I am experiencing, just being one person out of billions, is the feeling of acceleration. I experience this through my contact with other people. Everyone seems to be in a kind of accelerated time mode that is beyond their own control.

Last year I was coming in as a sixth or seventh guy. I did not have much confidence and I did not know if I was cracking the lineup consistently.

Millennium.

It's a big draw both for local folks and visitors coming into town. So it's just hugely disappointing not to have them.

It's coming in at high tide. We are going to have some historically high tide surges.