Me:  Table for one, please. Them:  Would you like the counter instead? Me:  No I'd like a table for one. Them:  No waiting for the counter.  Twenty minute wait for a table. Me:  But there's three open tables by the bathroom. Them:  Well they're for more than one...

Do they?  They're mostly pests that feed on older people's vulnerability. Their flash cards include words like copay, tier one or two drugs, supplemental plans, advantage plans and medigap.   I got something in the mail the other day that showed promise in things like...

Who the hell is he?  His name only comes up around this time of year. Every Spring somebody ascends and sitteth next to Pontius Pilate.   And why is he a Pilate and not just a Pilot?   Is Jesus sitting on a Pilates ball? Pontius does have a decent sense of fashion....