Blathr Wayne Lorentz

On this day in 1974, Wayne Newton was more popular than a dead British scientist, but less popular than a cookie.

Thatʼs strange. I didnʼt even know Bumoto was running this year. Heʼs not on my ballot.

Hmmm… $1.50 each, or two for $5.00?

This is why the nuns pounded fractions into our heads in elementary school. So we wouldnʼt get ripped off by Kroger.

Iʼm at a Starbucks on the Las Vegas Strip. A couple of tourists at the next table figure it will take them about two hours to drive to San Francisco from here.

San Francisco is 528 miles away.

Maybe they drive a rocket sled.

This is what happens when the Space Needle and the Stratosphere get it on.

This is why I donʼt watch Discovery Channel anymore.

I think Iʼll put this in the back window of my car.

If you spend 20 solid minutes trying to figure out the proper sequence for _']}');";, you might develop in a LAMP stack.

Sometimes in the desert, the road just ends.

Actually, more than sometimes. Quite often. And often quite abruptly, as the Desert Truckster's skidplate will testify.