... It’s a mark of the transition in music that in my lifetime we’ve gone from the Beatle’s “I Want to Hold Your Hand” to Jason Deruloo’s “Wiggle” with “You know what to do with that big fat butt.” … The Lay’s potato chip people have a marketing contest—“Do Us a Flavor”—in which purchasers vote for favorite flavors. The four finalists are bacon, mac and cheese; wasabi and ginger; mango salsa; and cappuccino (The latter usually described locally as being on the order of the earwax variety of Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans from the “Harry Potter” movies ). I was at a local fast food store and a lovely young woman was blocking the display. She looked at me and said, “Sorry, do you want to get Lay’s?” I replied, “Yes, but usually when people ask that question, they use the past participle.” … I was advised to take the cab from the Denver airport to the Omni Interlocken hotel where the Acumatica reseller conference was being held as the shuttle was reported to be unreliable on Sunday evenings. But that’s a very expensive ride. When I got in the cab, I saw a stack of papers. “What are those? Big receipts?” “No, a credit application.” With tribute to the airport, fare and tip, it was $93. … An Aol feature described second careers of pro athletes. Not surprisingly, a number of them are involved in the manufacture of automobile license plates.--