Random thoughts for a September day

Someone should introduce a brand of cigarettes called Moderate. That way, people could call themselves Moderate smokers.

People without shelter are called homeless, so people with shelter should be called home-full.

Because the term “food allergy” has a negative connotation, I imagine our nation’s word sanitizers are busy dreaming up a bland new phrase for this condition. Here are a couple of ideas to get us started: “Food incompatibility syndrome” or “the nutravergent.”

A proposal for a new anti-drinking campaign: Chug responsibly.

It’s not edgy or original anymore to set a TV series or a mov...