Well, there you go. One of life’s simple pleasures stolen from us by the man. I am at once distraught and crestfallen. Today, it’s crapping in the subway. Tomorrow, they’ll be coming for our guns. Defund the MTA! google.com/amp/s/www.nyda…

Thank you, James! That was a LONG time ago!

The mask mandate has been lifted but evidently there’s still a gag order in Philadelphia. The 76ers are in full compliance.

Interesting piece by our senator…. Opinion | Kyrsten Sinema: We have more to lose than gain by ending the filibuster - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…

Suns are in NBA Finals for first time since I covered them in 1993. Great turnaround after not even making playoffs past 10 years. Didn’t get it done in Finals in 1976 or 1993. Third time’s the charm. I feel it this time!

Mongo only pawn in game of life? No, sir! Mongo in Pro Football Hall of Fame! Congrats  to the late, great Alex Karras! #mongo #blazingsaddles #profootballhalloffame #alexkarras

COMING SATURDAY NIGHT! Lakeshore Music presents Cuban jazz pianist Harold Lopez-Nissan at Ravenscroft Hall in Scottsdale! Tickets: lakeshoremusic.org fb.watch/8WahCfla2a/

There will be omelets aplenty across the Valley tomorrow morning from the humongous egg the Suns laid today. No words. Beyond disgraceful. No fire. No adjustments. Pass the Cholula sauce. Guess I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue. #phoenixsuns

Send a wire to the main office and tell them I said . . . Wow!!! WW II vet. Won Oscar, Emmy, Tony, Grammy. Greatest accomplishment: Getting Anne Bancroft to marry him. Among funniest ever! Lampoons the pompous and the ignorant. One of my heroes! Happy 96th birthday to Mel Brooks!

. . . and joins the Big Ten.

Congrats, Zachary! #asugrad

Hey, all: I got hacked two weeks ago and couldn’t even get into my account. All better now, but if you got something weird purporting to be from me — I mean, weirder than usual — it wasn’t me!

I am so excited! I got to see the Northern lights!

Vince Tobin was a nice guy who gave the Cardinals a flicker of hope with a playoff win at Dallas amid a long stretch of ineptitude. He always treated me well during the years I covered the team for the paper. My condolences to his family. cbssports.com/nfl/news/vince…

Vallow gets three life sentences with no possibility of parole. The maximum. Good. It’s a shame she wasn’t facing execution.

BULLETIN: After months of merger talks, Albertsons and Kroger just announced that they are joining the Big 12 Conference. Bashas now apparently headed for Mountain West.

Happy New Year to all of my X friends! I hope 2026 brings you great mental/physical health, peace and happiness! And I pray it is a year that this country rediscovers itself and moves forward with character, integrity and respect for our laws and 250-year history!

This is cool: SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Calif., whistling through the western Arizona sky. In the eastern Arizona sky: Huge Wolf Moon, also a Super Moon, appearing larger and brighter than most because it's closest to Earth. OK, that’s all I’ve got.

Hey, where’s the effin’ terminal? On this date in 2009: US Airways initiates nnonstop service to Ellis Island. At the throttle on the maiden voyage: Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, who stuck the landing.

As Thomas Paine wrote In “The American Crisis” in 1776: “These are the times that try men’s jocularity.” That is not to be confused with “irregularity.” Trying there, too….