“It must have gone up,” she said. … I don’t know if there has been an update but pre-Christmas. Cannabis sales were expected to hit $400 million. That probably explains why it was essential to leave lots of cookies for Santa during the holiday visit. This year, the delivery of gifts was delayed since so many homes were requiring Santa and the reindeer to have temperature checks.…… I have always wanted to put “Do not Exit signs” on all of the exits on a traffic circle and see how long people will go around before ignoring them. … A friend asked me if I h ad ever read El Cid?  I told him, no, but I had read material by El Max and El Bernie. … President Trump’s neighbors in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, got together and bought him a book for Christmas. It was Tom Wolfe’s “You Can’t Go Home Again”. … Someone asked what I thought about the meteor shower over the holidays. I said, “Personally, I prefer soap and water.”