It’s too bad Robert Altman is no longer with us. There’s so much material here waiting to be adapted into a black comedy film

Laker fans retired the trophy years ago.

And because his first name is Ray-Ray, whatever fine the judge imposes will be automatically doubled.

Gallows humor and strong drink are what we need to get through this election.

He was a member of the Project for a New American Century, which means he was exposed to a great amount of neocon fiction.

The GOP candidates are talking as though the voting age got lowered to 12 for this election.

Some Catholic dioceses, such as Cincinnati, make parochial school teachers sign a contract that spells out a number of prohibited acts, including having sex outside of marriage and even publicly advocating positions (e.g., support of same-sex marriage) that are opposed to Church doctrine.

Which reminds me of a very old and very stale joke from 1965:

Not the first time this has happened in the Tampa Bay area.

Who do the Russians think they are, the NFL?

For around 20 years, Pittsburgh was officially spelled without the final “h”. That, however, was so long ago that football players wore leather helmets.

If you’re ever on Jeopardy, remember that Thin Mints are the number-one-selling variety of Girl Scout cookies. It came up last season.

It’s too bad American pro sports use the franchise system. Under the European system, the Lions would have been relegated multiple times and opened this year’s season against Jack’s Bar and Grill.

If you’re at 2 percent in the polls and the margin of error is 4 percent, is it possible that you have negative support? And if you do have negative support, do you actually owe votes to other candidates?

There are at least a dozen wingnut physicians in Congress, even if you don’t include self-certified optamologist Rand Paul.

“P” is for Peter Principle. Ben Carson, who accomplished great things as a neurosurgeon, has reached his level of incompetence as a candidate for national office.

Lewand, Mayhew, and Caldwell hold weekly Bible study sessions. I’m pretty sure the most recent session focused on the Book of Lamentations.

I hate this election.

Second your suggestion of playing at least part of the schedule downtown. I live in western Wayne County. A trip to the Palace in the dead of winter is something even Ernest Shackleton would hesitate to make.

Still is 16, but is 18 for a teacher or school employee having sex with a student. One case, involving a 35-year-old female tutor at a Catholic school who had sex with a 15-year-old male student, was on NBC’s “Dateline” this summer.