* $o much is monetized these days. Any surprise that a spelling-bee coach can charge $180 an hour?
* Remember when $port$ was an escape from the news?
* Aging update: Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.
* Random bumper sticker: “Kick More Ass Than You Sit On.”
* “Democracy not theocracy”: Protest sign at the recent Christian rally on the National Mall.
* For the pun of it:
>Manic-depressive: “Easy glum. Easy glow.”
>Writer’s cramp: Authoritis.