Time ZIPs when you are having fun

51 years ago today came the announcement that the postal genome had been mapped. They called it the ZIP Code and immediately created what some thought was a monster, and others an Adonis, which quickly matured to be my long time companion Mr. ZIP. I actually was his press agent. What a delightful chip to carry on my shoulder all these years.

Read your text

poor georgie's almanack:
The Standard Common Core of Amazon's new whiz-bang smart phone is in the text.  Its promos ignore the fact that it also takes calls from your mother.  (Today's convoluted pun.)

Infer whatever you want.

poor georgie’s almanack:
Armed planes from carrier USS Bush flying over Iraq today can’t use smart bombs because they don’t have enough intelligence.

Killer idea.

poor georgie’s almanack:
A killer idea. 
Travel Weekly reports that last month Syria launched a new campaign promoting tourism

The combo please

poor georgie’s almanack:
I suppose we’d be better at keeping the world safe for democracy if we knew the combination.