SO AFTER LAST WEEK’S RECOMMENDATION OF THE BRIEFCASE THAT OPENS INTO A BULLETPROOF SHIELD, now Amazon is recommending this unbreakable “self-defense” umbrella.” I’d like to see these combined, for proper James Bond utility, into one: An umbrella with bulletproof Kevlar so that when you open it it becomes a bulletproof shield. Ideally, there should be a small loophole built in to make it easy to shoot out of. I wonder if such a product is even possible? Then again, I was surprised by the bulletproof-shield briefcase, so clearly my imagination is lagging behind the real world.

I just hope the Amazon ‘bots aren’t trying to tell me something.