Verse Visionary Gifts

"The days of great lyrics are over. Let's aim for greeting card lyrics."

'Poet Laureate' door 'Gone to lunch-back twixt 2 &3'

Seamus Heaney.

"Do me next."

"Oh hey look, it's the world, asking me to write more poetry."

Louise Glück

"What kind of ambition is that - to be a war poet?"

John Betjeman

Rupert Brooke.

Stanescu.

"Umm ... not sure what notes you'll detect on your palate, but it'll get you ripped."

Leadership in the Covid-19 Era

How we imagined A.I. in 1977. . . How it's looking today. . .

'We've financed three more startups for no fathomable reason.'

'I don't like to take chances.'

'What's amazing is that I only threw one stick.'

"I've had these glasses since I was a kid, when my doctor told me I'd grow into them..."

Thatched roof car.

Cartoon about having many investors for crowd funding.

Minister to marrying couple: 'Remember, you're under oath.'

"Attention, everyone! I'd like to introduce the newest member of our family."

Non Thought For The Day.

'Wait a minute -- you haven't said anything about a retirement age.'

'These new video games are getting out of hand...'

'I'm sorry, but I don't know anything about external combustion engines.'

'I've written six books on wine; owned my own winery and taught a wine class for two years. My next goal is to taste some.'

'These virtual-reality goggles are great! Right now, I'm sun-bathing in Tahiti...'

If at first you don't succeed call it version 1.0

'Either you say 'I do' or you don't -- You can't plead nolo contendere.'

'He wasn't doing a bit good, until I changed his glasses.'

You thought YOU hated YOUR job?

'In the interests of full disclosure, federal law now requires me to inform you that I own shares in the winery whose product I am serving this evening.'

'I, Dom Perignon, will now uncork the very first bottle of Champagne. Of course, I'm just guessing this is the right way to do it.'

Nouveau wine

"I'm going on Dragons Den with this, the one-brush-toothbrush."