This is embarrassing to read, let alone take ownership on saying in the first place.

"...ownership on saying..."

Cruelty is the point.

"...The report says the "tête-à-tête was over a grudge Conway has held for many years against McCain, for describing her and her then-husband George Conway as 'gross' during TV appearances..."

Imagine where this dust-up would be had the offending analysis been the equally milquetoast "weird."

**Progressive**

"...My mother-in-law, who lives not far from her parents’ house in the same town where she grew up, insists that she is the same as she’s always been, and recalls with fresh indignation her sixth birthday, when she was promised a pony but didn’t get one..."

Alas, not a progressive commercial.

Duct Tape Banana was the short lived name of my Richard Simmons Tribute college thrash metal band. Early 1980s. We tried to gig at conventional halls and festivals, but ended up bouncing around early mornings on local cable TV networks. It was agreed: We'd rather study.

Well, 40 years ago, he fell for a banana in a tailpipe, so maybe he just wanted to come full circle and keep the damn thing in his sights.