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1. about 7 hours ago on Arlo and Janis

   I use the librarian’s secret weapon – book tape.

2. about 7 hours ago on JumpStart

   Possibly the birthday present my wife got me that she considers her greatest sacrifice was tickets to Nice Work If You Can Get It. She doesn’t like Gershwin.

3. about 8 hours ago on Zack Hill

   The CIA has been referred to as “The Company.”

4. about 8 hours ago on Brevity

   In the other direction, I’ve composed (but too lazy to write down) a Ragtime version of “Sigh no more, ladies” and a British Invasion “Who is Sylvia?”

5. about 8 hours ago on Brevity

   Definitely his death day – that’s on record. Birthday only by tradition but plausible because his baptism on April 26 was recorded, typically at the time within a week of birth.

6. about 11 hours ago on Rose is Rose

   Was going to say, “Ask Leiningen about that.” (1938 short story in Esquire, translated from 1937 German original, adapted on both Suspense and Escape and as the movie The Naked Jungle.)

7. about 11 hours ago on That is Priceless

   “An unemployed jester is nobody’s fool.” – The Court Jester

8. about 12 hours ago on Heart of the City

   Guessing Steenz is on vacation.

9. about 14 hours ago on Peanuts

   Heard birds from my kitchen this morning and gave thanks.

10. about 14 hours ago on Peanuts

    It’s a word, but I’d give the title to the 1960 Warner Brothers cartoon “High Note.”