Tailpiece,

Please excuse this somewhat shorter NewssLetter than usual—various factors, not least of which is my on-going chemotherapy, the last of which is due in the middle of October, have contributed to its brevity. However, I think it contains all the essential news, and it also has a number of items to leaven the mixture. I hope you enjoy it!

For example...

After last month’s snake rib-tickler, try this one for size:

Two snakes were slithering along the ground. One says to the other: “Are we poisonous?”
The other says: “I don’t know. Why?”
The first snake says: “Well, I just bit my lip.”