Getting down to the level of the kids and pets is excellent advice.  Do you have any advice on how to get back up?

I don’t have any grandchildren.  I have researched the subject thoroughly.  As far as I can determine, the way one becomes a grandparent is none of the potential grandparent’s business.  So, I don’t bring it up.

When Wheel of Fortune denied a contestant a new Audi for reasons I question, Audi stepped in, said she was a winner in their book, and gave her the car Wheel of Fortune didn’t.

I was thinking the same thing, but there haven’t been any Hess stations anywhere near where I live in years.

Unique means only. It doesn’t mean rare. This car is rare, but it is neither unique nor wonderful. It is also, dangerous.

I don’t know if 5G or any cell phone can crash a plane.

You said “subordinate husband to wife.” Isn’t that exactly the opposite of what actually happens in this brand of extreme Christian fundamentalism? Isn’t the wife subordinate to the husband?

I bought a Chrysler T&C about 20 years ago from a Chrysler dealer (is there such a thing as a legit dealer?). Title delayed. They said Chrysler’s finance arm was swamped. I finally showed up in person, demanded satisfaction. Said they were violating NJ law by not producing a timely title, and I was violating NY law by…

Why do we censor nipples, when every human has them?

Little-known fact:  Less than a year after the original version was made, the Grinch passed away because of that enlarged heart.

But bagels are addictive! I mean seriously.

If you had stopped after saying nobody should remake “The Christmas Song” because Nat King Cole has already done it, I’d be with you. Mel Torme wrote the song, and he should have pulled his recording because Cole did it.

We got along for thousands of years without the internet, and without blogs for that matter.  If we only had things we needed, it would be a very different world.  It’s things we want that drive the economy.  If very few people want this monster, it won’t sell well, and it will go away.

You had to remind me about “The Day After Tomorrow.” I know professional reviewers didn’t hate it quite the way I do, but I’ve always said it’s a movie that must be served with giblet gravy and cranberry sauce!

The FBI’s not confirming or denying reminds me of an encounter with a local DA many years ago when I was a reporter.  I went on the air and said the DA would neither confirm nor deny that the meeting took place.  But he did ask me how I found out about it.

Well, it is uglier than a fox body or a MGB-GT.  And, it is somebody else’s project.  Those are its strong points.  So ND.

5 grand seems like a lot to me. I mean, first you buy the car, then you have to buy a car (or more than that) to make it a car.

_{Let’s not dismiss his excuse out of hand.  Blow-up dolls can make very good company for a lonely guy.  At least, that’s what I’m told.}

Will the new Miata come in a larger, or at least slightly longer size?  Maybe they can make them like commercial airliners and allow prospective purchasers to pay a little extra for more legroom.

A Catherine Deneuve?  Sure.  A 4-speed Monarch?  Trust me, no.