Musings from Brian J. Noggle

The Post Office’s budget is falling short, so it responds appropriately: It threatens to close a pile of local offices.

Browsing the list, it looks like they would close pretty much all of the nearby ones. That should save a pile of money. Maybe not.

About 1,750 people work for the Postal Service in the St. Louis area. Hughes said the closings would not entail layoffs.

Probably not.

I get it, though. I’m supposed to get into high dudgeon that they’re going to close my local post offices and contact my Congressman to provide additional subsidy.

You know what? They’re not closing the local FedEx Kinko’s. So I will pass, and I’ll insist that my vendors and friends and family will ship that way so I don’t have to drive downtown to pick up packages.

‘Lost’ painting by Titian reclaims place in history

Disabled kids put ‘do’ in tae kwon do

Is this editor ignorant of martial arts, or is he or she saying the disabled children put the D’oh! in Tae kwon do? Because that isn’t pronounced like the verb do.

I’m going to start working “Is that oak?” into normal conversations with normal people.

BECAUSE I AM NOT NORMAL!