umm, I’d like to tell you that it does, but only with considerable discipline.

The Onion often has headlines about “Area Man” does this or that. Possibly a play on that

Too soon for humor. Wait till the smoke clears. (See what I did there?)

All the charming, quirky bits that have come before have been amusing. Only these stories genuinely capture the true tone of my years dealing with sad & sorry folks wandering in off the street.

Thank you, the was an unforgivable oversight on my part.

"Replicator: a socket wrench. And a cup of Earl Grey tea."