It's like getting dressed to go out for the evening and the gown is only 60 percent ready.

He wanted to be here tonight but he told me he didn't want to take away from my evening. He's a good friend.

I think Jeffers was just overwhelmed by the emotion of the evening. I've been on the other end of that and it isn't much fun. Jeffers is a pretty good team, much better than the score would indicate. If we played like that every night, we'd be pretty tough to beat.

We drafted a request for proposals (RFP), which will be discussed Tuesday evening by the selectmen.

They didn't win, and I got that from the white press. At four o'clock [on Election Day 2004], that evening, the white press said from the exit polls that [Democratic presidential nominee John] Kerry had won by a landslide and then three hours later something funny happened.

We will never forget this evening, Thanks to you, I have the nicest van that I have ever had.