The Writer's Life 11/20 - Kid You Not

According to the NY Post's Weird But True Column, the American witch population is booming. It has risen from 8000 in 1990 to 1.5 million today, according to a study by Trinity College. All together now: "Are you a good witch or a bad witch?"

As if there haven't been enough Robin Hood movies, another has just been released. In trying to make it different from the others, the creators have "modernized" it. In his one-star review in today's NY Post, Johnny Oleksinski writes that "Steal from the rich, give to the poor" has been replaced by - I kid you not - "Redistribution of Wealth!" Include me out. Here's my favorite:

Quiz: What is the object in the picture below?

Umbilical chord jewelry, a new fad. Some women are keeping the stump that falls from the child after a few weeks - and putting it in a locket!

My thanks to the sweet elderly woman who bought a novel in Russian, and to Ira, who purchased a bunch of magazines on woodworking; and to Ludmila, who chose Things To Do, a crafts pictorial geared toward children; and to the Latino gentleman who parked his bike and found seven DVD's to his liking and, as usual, overcompensated me for them. Gracias, amigo.

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