Laraine Newman, actually, but she communicates with Paul Newman's ghost.

There is no dignity quite so impressive and no independence quite so important as living within your means. - Calvin Coolidge (July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933)

Newman's Own makes Ginger Newman-o's, I'm covered. Plus, they give to charity, and Paul Newman's ghost runs the company.

During the filming of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, in New Orleans, Caesar The Ape walked into Snake and Jake's Christmas Club Lounge and said "Caesar is in a bar. Caesar wants whiskey, please."

Whatever became of the moment when one first knew about death? There must have been one, a moment, in childhood, when it first occurred to you that you don't go on forever. It must have been shattering, stamped into one's memory. And yet I can't remember it. It never occurred to me at all. We must be born with an…

Whatever became of the moment when one first knew about death? There must have been one, a moment, in childhood, when it first occurred to you that you don't go on forever. It must have been shattering, stamped into one's memory. And yet I can't remember it. It never occurred to me at all. We must be born with an…

You are an inspiration!

That is fun to imagine. Shall we ro-sham-bo for the lapel pin?

I see what you did there, Jean-Luc.

Yes. If Will Shortz calls you, though he'd best call me, give me a shout-out.

Next week's challenge: Think of a common girl's name. Write it in all capital letters. Rotate one of these letters 90 degrees and another of the letters 180 degrees. The result will name a make of a car. What is it?

We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps. ― Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877 – August 9, 1962), Siddhartha

Puzzlemaster Will Shortz did not call me. The answer to his little puzzle is KIDMAN and SHAKIRA.
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We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps. ― Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877 – August 9, 1962), "Siddhartha"

Neil Cicierega walks into a bar. He orders Jameson.

Before I gave the elephant to my brother, Ray, she was in the middle of a tennis court; her name is Annette. Now that she's my brother's elephant, she's Ray's Annette.

During the filming of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes in New Orleans, Caesar the Ape walked into Snake and Jake's Christmas Club Lounge and said "Caesar is in a bar. Caesar wants whiskey, please."

Had I been a man I might have explored the Poles or climbed Mount Everest, but as it was my spirit found outlet in the air. - Amy Johnson (1 July 1903 – 5 January 1941)

The one in Where Were You by the Lounge Lizards

Young MC was pretty cute back then. I wonder if he still is. Googles.