Sic Transit Gloria Mundi, By Gum!

So this evening, I sang the first four lines of Why Don't You Do Right to my daughter; I then cross-examined her to make sure that she'd heard about the recent contretemps anent Vice President Cheney; and then I sang to her my one-liner. She didn't get it.

And why didn't she get it, you ask (or, at least, I ask)? Because, God help us, she's never heard of Mr. Magoo!!!

Recently, the New York Post predicted that a person in my circs would be dead before age 60. I certainly hope so. I don't think I can put up with this world much longer.