Mary Shelley’s creation Frankenstein is 200. He doesn’t look more than 175. Actually, most of us know Frankenstein is the doctor who created what the monster. The monster, however, has always taken his own lack of name recognition in stride.

Things you don’t want to hear as you have just launched from the cliff: “Are you sure we fixed this guy’s bungee cord?”…  Watching the World Series and thinking how nice it is to see the boys of summer playing their game in appropriate weather. 

The coffee container at the 7-11 had a decal for the “Rainforest Alliance”, an environmental organization. I looked at the amphibian that was part of the logo. I asked the guy at the counter, “Just how many frogs do they put in the coffee?”

Facebook is starting a dating service. It also announced this week 50 million accounts have been breached. I’m beginning to think that using the service will be like writing your phone number on a bathroom wall.