YEARS AGO, IN A BAD PLACE, I FOUND A BOOK OF DA VINCI WORKS FED SOMETHING I NEEDED FED. I HAVEN’T FOUND THE SAME IN MODERN WORKS.  APPARENTLY I’M NOT ALONE: Room for Rubens and Rembrandt.

THEY’D BE HARD PUT TO DO WORSE: States need to do better by their most talented students.

WHEN THEY SAY LOVE TRUMPS HATE, THIS IS WHAT THEY MEAN BY LOVE: Supposedly tolerant NYC is making the Trump kids’ lives ‘horrible’.

EVER NOTICE THAT WHEN LIBERALS DROP THE MASKS THAT SUPPOSEDLY HIDE THEIR FACES, WHAT WE SEE ARE BACKSIDES? Animal rights activists sued for ‘terrorizing’ carriage horses.

FALSE NEWS: MSNBC Anchor Falsely Claims Fox News Had Christmas Party at Trump’s D.C. Hotel.

NOT ONLY NO, BUT H*LL NO: Bill Would Allow Government to Locate People With Tracking Devices.

WHAT IF SMART PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO HAVE SEX WITH THESE BIMBOS? They’ll only have sex with smart people.

IT’S SUCH A GOOD WORD, TOO: Social Justice Warriors of the Sea.

I DON’T WANT TO BELIEVE!  Zombie Apocalypse – It’s Real.

MAD DUCK PRESIDENT TRYING TO PUNISH US ON THE WAY OUT: Obama blocks new oil, gas drilling in Arctic Ocean. [Fixed, sorry, it was late.]

APPARENTLY WE FRUSTRATE OBAMA: (High five.) No better praise for a job well done.

INCONCEIVABLE! Obama Apparently Wasn’t on “The Right Side of History” After All.

SUCKERS BORN EVERY MINUTE: Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ Sequel to Kick Off Sundance Festival.

THEY CAN’T. THEY’RE TOO BUSY DENYING THEM: Progressives Must Confront Their Racist Roots.

BUT ONLY BECAUSE HE COULDN’T TAKE THE ENTIRE COUNTRY FOR A RIDE ON THE BACK OF HIS CAR: Ted Kennedy Secretly Asked The Soviets To Intervene In The 1984 Elections

THE ADMINISTRATION WHO NEVER SUBMITS PROPER BUDGETS FINDS A SCAPEGOAT: White House Blames Republicans for Pending Government Shutdown.

SNIFFLE.  THERE IS NOTHING STRANGE! Humans’ Strange Love Affair with Cats.

A BRIEF PERSONAL NOTE: Sorry for scaring people a week ago, with a medical emergency.  No, we’re still not absolutely sure what caused it, but we’re accumulating an impressive list of ways in which I am perfectly healthy.  Not all test results are back, but at this point there’s no reason to be worried.  After taking it easy for a week, I hope to be more regular here in the evenings. Thank you to everyone who sent good wishes.

IF YOU’RE A WRITER THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD BUY: The 2016 NaNoWriMo Writing Tools Bundle.

IT’S NOT ABANDONED. SOME OF US INTEND TO PUSH US BACK THERE. IT’S TEMPORARILY NEGLECTED: The Abandoned Frontier.

PITCH IN TO HELP A MARINE AND WIN COOL STUFF: www.gofundme.com/amydillon

THEIR IDEAS ARE OLD, TIRED AND DISPROVED: After Its Ascendency Was Proclaimed, the Political Left Is Collapsing.

AND THE FIRST WAS ONLY AN ACHIEVEMENT IF WHAT HE WANTED TO ACHIEVE WAS DESTROYING THE COUNTRY: Obama’s Second Term Was a Complete Failure.

IT’S NOT SAFE TO VISIT SOME PATRIMONY OF MANKIND: Egyptian pyramids bombing – six dead in attack near major tourist attraction.

THE LITTLE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE THINKS HE CAN AVOID JUST GOING AWAY: Obama is rushing to Trump-proof the White House.