Some weeks are not funny. Back with more next week.

I am starting to worry about the Russians hacking electric utilities. My most recent bill asked me to pay in rubles. ... Watched the Rose parade. The Marijuana Grower's Float was very attractive but was stripped of all its plant matter before it got half way through the five-mile route. Then there was the "Life in California" trophy winner.

I had a difficult night sleeping. The memory foam in my mattress had an attack of amnesia. Actually, there was a recent case in which a husband accused his wife of cheating after the mattress apparently remember the shape of another man. ... As always around Christmastime, some TV stations load up on syrupy movies such as "A Golden Christmas" and its sequels.