Some idioms never die for good reason. This is one of those. * * * We sit here, four of us, jawboning about nothing much; no wives, no wireless and no worries. We’re just waiting until it’s time for the real thing. We have abandoned the tyranny of urgent, the tedium of tweets and the …

Homeopathic panaceas can go sideways on you. Be careful. *** Garlic, a harmless vegetable, right? Wrong.  A vegetable, yes. Harmless? No. It’s lethal, a wrecker of marriages and a thorn in the side of friendships. Avoid it. We frequently walk our dogs together on the beach, at least we did until that day. That was …