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”.

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.

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. “

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

“NamNasty”.

Meh. It deserves a star as much as anything else I’ve read here.

Unfortunately, “organic” doesn’t mean any of the things you think it does.

If you never read Ulysses, your opinions of it will still be as valid as those of any Joycean scholar.

The suit is almost certainly referring to cervical vertebrae, found in the neck beginning at the lower edge of the skull. Nothing to do with the cervix.

K, bye.