Hostesses will usually divide their guest list between those who shoot the birds and those who shoot the breeze.

The hostesses in the '50s were hip to that.

These things are usually just a laundry list. Whether it was Clinton or Bush, it's mostly just what's on his mind. But this was a more modest list, even than some of his own past State of the Union addresses.

If someone is making one or two purchases, the die-cast is usually one of them. The die-cast, the hat and T-shirt are something you can't necessarily purchase at Wal-Mart, and it's something they can put in their bag and carry around.

We usually have assigned seating or a list to go by. If there were extra guests, I think I'd know it.

I usually do better farther away than close up, my brother tells me. He told me to shoot farther away today, so that's what I did.