I've always disliked the acronym POTUS, which seems like the name of a brainless, blubbery animal. But it's growing on me.
The person who occupies the White House spoke to Poles yesterday on what would have been Wojciech Jaruzelski’s 94th birthday. I was surprised he didn’t give a shout-out to the general, a strong leader who also tolerated meddling from the Russians.
Hania loves dogs so much that she gets excited when, like last night, she stands in a checkout line at Publix behind a man in a K-9 T-shirt. Before he departed we learned that the Broward Sheriff's office has 60 dogs of various types, including bloodhound and Vizsla. This man's dog was a German Shepherd.
"How old is he?" Hania asked.
"Seven and a half. He's in his prime. Like me."
At the reception following the evensong Sunday, I talked to a long-time Miamian. Toby told me about his days in England, in the late '60s, serving with the United States Army. One evening a British officer brought up the race riots that were taking place in the States, and noted that they didn't have such problems in Britain, suggesting that their armed forces kept their minorities under control.
Toby looked at the man and said: "Sir, our Marine Corps is larger than your entire military." Then, like an American Waugh, he added: "Don't get me wrong - you have a nice little army. And it has very good bands."
Cutting-edge comedians who end up making mainstream movies.