"Mom, can we go to Sears---I need a new lizard?" (boy, 1964)

HORRORSCOPE (11-12-09) If a Nigerian Prince tries to hand you "free" Carrot Top tickets today, don't fall for it! Eat more citrus outdoors and bask in the limelight. Avoid needless disputes with co-workers or customers unless they say something stupid. Grazing cows often chew the scenery. In the distant future, focus on the here and now. Putting your head together with someone else works wonders unless you’re a conjoined twin.

TODAY'S FUN FACT: In 1969 at your local Sears you could buy a chemistry set, a wedding dress, fresh flowers, a Spider Monkey, a hunting knife, a new set of tires and have them installed, a robot, a turtle that would live for 9 days, a "Ted Williams" rifle, fertilizer, fish for your aquarium, a paisley shirt, poison, a garden tractor, a fur coat, a hot dog and fries and have a shoe salesman in a white shirt and tie fine shoes for you that fit. (They stopped selling homes in 1940)