It's the last holiday and I think people will be out here regardless of what the price of gas is.

[Jeff Rogers, manager of a Holiday Inn Express near busy I-55 in Jackson, said his hotel was booked up Saturday and Sunday.] Most of our calls came in late yesterday afternoon, ... Most of the people that we have are coming from Florida, the Alabama Gulf Coast, Mississippi Gulf Coast and southern Louisiana.

I'm happy Boca High is getting some needed things, but I don't think it will help in the long run. Boca High has 30 acres of land, which is the smallest site in the county for a comprehensive high school.

I still think they'll be out pulling the kids tubing and skiing, but I don't think you will see the perusing up and down Coralville Lake like you normally would on a Saturday or Sunday.

That announcement reminded people how big e-commerce will be during the holiday season.

Listen, we're entrepreneurs. And entrepreneurs are used to long odds. We're used to people telling us we can't do it.