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I like to create what I call 'tablescapes.' It's so much more fun when you organize your table around a theme, don't you think?

A common mistake people make regarding dining rooms is to buy a matching set of table and chairs, which can be monotonous. I like to mix guest chairs in one style and head chairs in another for a more interesting, dynamic look.

We have two tables on our airplane that are set up with the games.

Even on a personal note, my dressing table downstairs is crowded with things, like a mini landscape. It's a city with buildings and towers and roads. There's a pool and a little park. When I move something around it becomes a different tableau.

I'm sure Putnam is right that there's been a decline in certain kinds of organizations like bowling leagues. But people participate in communities in other ways.

I wish anytime I went into a nice restaurant and asked for a table, they said, 'Well I'm sure you don't want one in the corner.'

I don't like sitting at a table that's too large, where everyone is too far apart. That's a party killer.

The key to online play really is multi-table tournaments.

The dinner table is a lively debate, and everybody weighs in in a different way. I like that, though.