Cheers! .......……………………………………………………..……….…….……. 1 - 14

An elephant walks into a bar

Contents

Bon Appétit! ………………………………………………………….….………… 15 - 43

Dinner is served. Try the pig’s pettitoes with Twinkies for dessert.

Conspicuous Consumption …………………………………………….…….… 44 - 61 Go ahead, treat yourself, you deserve it.

Shop Till You Drop ………………………………………………………….……. 62 - 84

Mercare donec succumbas on your Roman holiday.

The Customer is Always Right …………………………………….…………… 85 - 92

Tales of the the cockamamie consumer.

David v. Goliath et al. …...……………………………………………….….……. 96 - 101 You’ll get vicarious little-guy satisfaction in how I sock it to the man.

It’s Google Time ……………………………………………….………….….….... 93 - 95  Googling by dummies.

It’s the Economy, Stupid …………………………………………….….………133 - 167

Economics is handily explained in one page so you can throw out that dense Econ 101 textbook you never understood.

The Great Recession ………………………………………………………….…168 - 176 It’s the stupid economy.

There’s No Business Like Show Business ……………………………..….. 102 - 132

Included are the rock and roll contest newsletter and the movie newsletter.

Answers are right side up unless you cheat.

Politics! …………………………………………………………….……….……... 177 - 219 Join my new party, the Militant Moderates — be reasonable or else!

Trump You! ……………………………………………………….……………...... 220 - 229

If you’re a Trumper, close your eyes while you read these 10 pages

Bijoux and Beyond ……………………………………………………….…....… 230  - 282 From the Lone Ranger Atomic Bomb Ring to The Only Law Never Broken.

On the Road Again ………………………………………………………..….….... 283 - 300 Ride a Stearns and be content (but don’t wear your bloomers).

Famous People You’ve Never Heard of …………………..………………….….301- 365

From the Ugliest Angel to the Ugliest Irishman

In Passing ……………………….……………………………………..….…..……. 366 - 448 Decline of the fudgesicle, hats, Fat Men’s Ball, Smurfs, Ninaology and much more.

Forget-Me-Not …………………………………….……………………………………...... 449 We remember them, for they are part of us.

The Sayings of Chairman Joe …………………………………….……………..... 450 - 452 Wisdom in a nutshell – a summary of all the Deep Thoughts.

Notes …………………………………………………………………………………..

Name Index ………………………………………………………………..….……….. 466 - 475

Subject Index ……………………………………………………………….…….… 476 - 489

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