I have been writing commercially for nearly 40 years. I made good money (the “none of your business” kind of money) and managed to raise a big family quite comfortably.

“I turn the jar upside-down, and beat the bottom of it like a rented mule. Spank it two, three times, turn it right-side up, and the lid twists right off.”

Sounds silly, but it works: hold the lid steady while you turn the jar, instead of the other way around.

Go up to the nice lady wearing the Tim Horton’s cap and say “double-double please”. Don’t forget the “please”.

“...this deep bench of talent coming out of the UK. The actors, and the crew, the chippies...”

Nobody EVER promised that autonomobiles (I just made that up, pass it on) would eliminate 100% of all traffic fatalities. All that was promised was several-orders-of-magnitude greater safety. And that’s what we’ve got.

Or, duh, we could have just taken into account the fact that the exact same games are played in Canada, the UK, Australia and many other countries with no corresponding high rate of gun violence.

I too cheer you on!

That looks like you used deli sliced corned beef rather than potted corned beef. An interesting choice that suggests you’re not from the old country, let alone Boston. Maybe NYC?

Say it with me: “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was...”

It don’t mean nothing ‘cause the Dems and Libs put the kids up to it.

Just remember this: No matter how awful and intolerable your life might be, there is someone in the world who would gladly murder you right now if it meant they could take your place.

Covered already:

Today’s headlines, published scant hours apart:

“Everyone’s kid is that kid. “

Now that he’s dead, it safe for anyone to declare Hawking’s support for their favorite cause without fear of contradiction.

While the poutine is still warm.

So we’re told by the narrator that walls work, but then the video goes on to prove that increased manpower (supplemented by a few strategic fences) are what really works, and what saved American border towns.

I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a store where the organic alternative was the cheaper one.

“NamNasty”.