"You mean, sleep, don’t you,” I responded. “Hey, you do what you like; I’ll do what I like.”  … There was news item that another large sinkhole had opened up in Florida. I thought Florida was a large sinkhole. … … In this newsletter, I called Guy Berruyer, the Frenchman who heads Sage, the company's lame duck CEO. Lame duck? That sounds like a French road kill dish. "I'll have a glass of the Merlot, some frog's leg's for an appetizer, and how is the lame duck, Francois?" "Excellent, sir. Hardly moved since Tuesday." "Very good, the lamer the better." … I once ordered duck at a restaurant and was treated to semi-boneless duck. That reminded me that there was a brief attempt to breed semi-boneless ducks on Long Island. But the experiment ended tragically because they kept flopping over and drowning. … This month, an episode of Public TV's "This Old House" takes a dark turn. Fed up with Norm, Tommy, Rich and Kevin tell the carpenter they are going to re-enact Edgar Allen Poe's classic story "A Cask of Amontillado" and wall Norm up in the basement of a Boston Victorian home. In the project wrap up, Kevin, the host, tells the audience that Norm has decided to pursue quilting. Rich, the plumber, explains the muffled cries on the other side of the wall as plumbing problems that will be resolved in the next episode.. .. Going to Las Vegas next week and I’ve decided the reason what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas is because it’s so hot everything sticks to the sidewalk.