Wonder Winterland

     I resent global warming.  I want the seasons back the way I remember them.  It isn’t a matter of “When I was a kid”.  It’s a matter of “fourteen or fifteen years ago, I could rely on one really good, solid blizzard every winter.”  But noooo, all you people who drive to work andContinue reading “Wonder Winterland”

Shop Around

     As you no doubt recall, we spent our last thrilling episode discussing how postcard cartoonists addressed the age-old question of how husbands and wives handled their mutual finances.  Here is another expression of a perennial joke, as mentioned in that essay.  (And, again, if you decide to hunt through the world for other examplesContinue reading “Shop Around”