Back after last week’s unexcused absence.
Item 1
OK, let’s blame the cookie but not the gun…
Item 2
Don’t know if it is true, but supposedly written on WC Field’s tombstone is the phrase “I’d rather be here than in Philadelphia.” Well, after turning up this story, I’d say he might have been on to something. But not to worry, most of the victims were lawyers.
What do you call 100 lawyers sickened at a banquet? A start.
(With apologies to those among us who toil in the law.)

Little surprises in each morsel.
Open thread.