AdakWillie

None of these people have anything more important to do?

Now that you mention "giving birth," my wife had begun her 9th month of pregnancy when we went to see the movie. When that startling scene beneath the wrecked boat occurred, I'm sure the folks sitting around us were beside themselves.

Step right up to the Podium of Truth!

A Salem'slot of Clowns?

House finch displaying stink-eye.

Handsome little birds. Fewer at the feeders than last year (but an abundance of goldfinches).

Is there a reason they never do any negotiation on price? (Rhetorical question).

I've wuthered that for a long time.

Po-jama People--Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention.

Major panic attack reading this. I must touch my "wallet pocket" a million times a day--just to be sure.

Vincent -- Don McLean

Bluebirds at feeders in snow.

We can't have nice things.

My older brother still thinks of his blankee, left in a motel room as we moved yet again. He was 5. He's now 77.

Can he not afford to buy his own damned firearm?

Rick Atkinson, American author/ historian. Also Hoda Kotbe and one of Jayne Mansfield's daughters.

"Know"--Nick Drake.

You're being too kind.

Now try it with British car models, e.g , Anal Spitfire.

Thank you, Senator!

Pushbutton transmission.

Well, he did pull together that caravan of security vehicles that tied up traffic in Milan yesterday. So there's that.

Announcer afterwards: "I didn't say 'boos, I said 'kudos,' but thought it was pronounced 'ka-DOOZE.' Now help me get out of these knots I've tied myself into."

Magic Bus--too much!

Steve Goodman's "A Dying Cubs Fan's Last Request":

Do they still play the blues in Chicago/When baseball season rolls around?
When the snow melts away, do the Cubbies still play/
In their ivy-covered burial ground?

Damn that Curley Joe!

Gimme Shelter--The Rolling Stones.

Once again: Show your work. Should be easily proven, yes?

On their leashes, singing Wet Legs' "Catch These Fists."

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead--Warren Zevon

Maury was the best. His coverage of the perennial woeful Senators was breathtaking--and he got to cover Ted Williams as manager.