By David Himmel

• Great advice from my wife when dealing with a child when they’re being the worst goddamn thing on the planet: They’re not giving you a hard time, they’re having a hard time. It’s great perspective. And, yes, sometimes I listen to my wife.

• Is a police horse still considered a pig?

• Poor Joe Biden. Gerald Ford falling down was funny because he was in his sixties, still, reasonably young and able bodied. Biden is eighty. And increasingly seems older and ever closer to infirm. Kamala Harris is one crack in the sidewalk way from the presidency.

• If all else fails, I want Hall and I to become tattoo artists. We’ll offer tattoos in exchange for showing us your boobs. Maybe letting us touch them. We call our shop Tit for Tat.

• Despite the health risks at my advanced age, drinking several beers in the sun is still one of the greatest ways to spend downtime.

• I much prefer gunshots to the sound of city squirrels screaming for a mate.