I was reading the wrapper on a roll of toilet paper the other day (‘cuz I didn’t have my Kindle handy), and on the back was a personal note from the “Wegmans Family.” It started out with, “We couldn’t help but notice that some of you prefer single-ply toilet tissue.” First, what are they trying to imply there? That we’re weird or something because we use single-ply? Hey, we’re on a septic system, man. Makes you think about what goes into the crapper. ‘Cuz let me tell you, what goes down definitely has the potential to come back up again. And it aint pretty.

Second, I’m really not comfortable with these people “noticing” what kind of toilet paper I prefer. It’s bad enough they track my purchases with their “Shoppers Club” card. Some things ought to remain private.

It looks like our snow drought is about to end. They’re predicting dropping temperatures this morning, and then snow later today and overnight. Not a blizzard, by any means, but somewhere from 4 to 8 inches. Anxious as I am to test my new plow blade, I hate to see it start.

No doubt you’ve heard that Sears is closing up to 150 Sears and K-Mart stores. They’ve let many of their stores go to hell, and it appears nobody wants to shop there anymore. Pretty shameful. K-Mart was never exactly “posh” (some worse than others; the one I used to go to in Maryland when I spent my summer in DC was one of the worst), but Sears…. Well, Sears used to have some good shit. A shame all the way around.

Sad news this morning, as it appears that Cheetah has passed away on Christmas Eve at the age of (roughly) 80. He was just a kid when he starred with Johnny Weismuller and Maureen O’Hara (mostly because when chimps get to be teens, they get very strong and potentially very dangerous, as the lady who had her face ripped off can attest to). Johnny and Maureen are long gone, but Cheetah will be missed by his best friend and checkers partner Tonga, who played Lancelot Link.

Guess I better get myself in gear. I have to leave a little early to go to the dentist today. Whoopee. Been looking forward to this for the past six months.