The latest round of Star Wars movie is reported to include “The Adventures of Jar Jar Binks.” As soon as word leaked out, there were threats of mass suicide if it’s ever released. However, there is a proposal to make the character more culturally appealing by changing his name to Yo Yo Binks. … I’ve been hanging around accountants too long. Someone asked me what the letters meant in the name of C.P.E. Bach, composer and son of better-known composer Johann Sebastian Bach.I said it stood for Continuing Professional Education. (OK, it’s Carl Phillip Emmanuel). … Just remember, at the end of every journey is the gift shop. …Someone asked what I thought about work on genomes and I replied, “Oh, I love those little people and their work in the mines in the Tolkien writings.” … I sent my saliva in the mail to 23andMe for DNA testing but it’s been delayed. Apparently, the holidays produced a record amount of spit. … In one of the scenes deleted from the recent movie “The Hobbit”, Bilbo Baggins returns to the Shire and sets up a shop “Rings R’ Us.” … Saw a house in my home town in Indiana decked out in red lights, apparently for Valentine’s Day. Throughout the ages, nothing has said “love” more than putting red lights on your dwelling. … Companies insuring the NFL are apparently behind the decision to have Beyonce perform during the SuperBowl halftime show instead of having another year of old rock bands. The insurers concluded the risk of having the bands die during the performance had become too great.
