My first-ever job at just under 16 years old was at a hot dog place named for the owner in suburban Chicago that over the ensuing decades become part of a huge company with restaurants of various kinds across the country.

As written earlier, this is a notebook, not a pocket book as the latter is a purse and the former is a way to carry paper for making notes upon in one’s pockets or bag or ... purse.

Unless, of course, Bluetooth is ever any part of the equation. Random re-pairing of paired devices seems to occur just at the moment the connection is most needed.

RE: No. 1. There was a woman I met who bought herself an RX-7 for her 60th birthday (not exotic, true, bear with me). Her husband bought her a one-week Bob Bondurant driving course, “so she wouldn’t wreck her car in the first month.” It’s about learning to drive the car before you drive it. ‘67 Mercury Comet? Don’t…

Watched Trekkies one night, loved it. Next morning, caught a matinee of Galaxy Quest. Best pairing ever.

You can also do this with a black light:

You can also do this with a black light:

Then, there are these guys:

Cats. Clever creatures who figure out how to get lids off butter dishes so they can start licking that room temperature lump of golden goodness.

Service guarantees citizenship.

Click Here.

“Got a bug problem, Ma’m?”

Texas. Texans.

Carmel Valley Road. Where I learned the fine art of leaning my 1978 KZ650 into turn after turn after turn. Came a little close sometimes and am frankly surprised I survived. Glad I did, though.

‘Cuz.

Number 8. Trees. We could start planting many, many more trees. Cheaper than unproven technologies. Trees. Say it with me, people. Trees.

If honesty was enough, my car would have sold weeks ago. Fair price, numerous photos, accurate description and what happens? High bidders turn out not to have, “told my wife,” they were bidding on a car and the checkbook is in her purse. Or, “if you really want to sell it, you’ll take over $2000 less than its worth.…

Of course, in desert areas like Phoenix, Tucson, etc., they don’t work since drawing 110 degree air from ground level and exhausting it through the roof means it’s still 110.

Science is never settled. That’s the point of science. Always question, always observe, always test, always learn what’s new. So, when practically every test and study and data point makes a correlation between human-produced emissions and global, not regional, climate change, then most reasonable people can say this…

You know there's a difference between the word real and reel, right?

Heard it. Changed that twice. arrrgh!