Umm... that picture is of Harry Houdini, who could escape from those restraints in a trice. There’s a political metaphor in there somewhere.

When I was a teenager growing up in the ‘60s we all used mechanical pencils. It was the Space Age™ and the astronauts all used them, so that was that; it was a mechanical pencil for us. I also had a crew cut, one of a long series of bad fashion choices, but that’s another story.

A related site to check out is teleworkfinders.com. They find tailored leads for real work-at-home jobs.

“...Cinnabon...”

Just for the record, this and many other similar watches are knockoffs homages to the Rolex Submariner, the most imitated watch in the world.

Just for the record, this and many other similar watches are knockoffs homages to the Rolex Submariner, the most…

Back in my day we had a thing called a Dopp Kit, named for its designer Charles Doppelt. It held shaving tackle and other toiletries in a pop-open leather zipper case.

Back in my day we had a thing called a Dopp Kit, named for its designer Charles Doppelt. It held shaving tackle and…

In her youth Her Majesty was an accomplished horsewoman, and in fact still rides today. I’m sure she’s seen plenty of horse poop in her life.

Reader’s guide for young people: the little girl in the photo is Shirley Temple (1928-2014), a famous and very popular child movie star of the 1930s. She is often remembered for her song On The Good Ship Lollypop, which she performed on an airplane, not a ship. In her 1935 film The Little Colonel she famously danced…

Saw The Spy Who Dumped Me. On Moviepass! It’s not dead yet.

Call.

“...as likely to bite as to purr...”

I dunna’ know. It didn’t work out too well for Charlie Harper.

My ‘77 Honda Civic was the best car I ever owned. Yes it’s small, underpowered and slow, but it was reliable to a fault. I bought it new during the Big Gas Crisis™ when everyone wanted a fuel-efficient car, and paid a premium over sticker. It had a manual choke; I swear I would have paid extra to get one, having had…

Agree; fall is by far my favorite time of year. Here in Northern Virginia near DC winters are cold and wet, and summers are intolerably hot and humid. Spring is nice but it only lasts three days; we always go right from winter to summer. Ahh, but fall... from the middle of September through the end of October, and…

Well sure. What else ya’ gonna’ do while the car is driving itself?

The story goes that Sean Lennon, son of John Lennon, didn’t know his father was a Beatle. He saw Yellow Submarine at a friend’s house, then came home and asked his dad why he was in a cartoon.

xXx, just got around to it. Vin Diesel, and then everything blows up.

“...kids are hardwired to be oppositional toward their parents...”

My own personal upside-down:

I recently got a new car that came with SiriusXM satellite radio, and I listen to the all-Beatles channel a lot. It was a little while before I noticed that the tag line on the display said “The Beatles 24/8". I did a bit of a double take, then got I it. Very clever.