Harder than Ever to Get

 

Oh joy, oh wonderful joy. This sticker was hard-earned. Like so many residents of Massachusetts, inspection time has become a difficult one, with many of my friends failing due to mysterious dashboard engine lights that they are unable to extinguish in time for the unfair inspection station probe.

I haven’t had this car running in six months, but now, after $700 at Richard’s Honda, I sport a new sticker and that is wonderful.

I just spoke on the radio with Peter Noone, of Herman’s Hermits, and Arthur Von Wiesenberger. Peter is part of our team at Around the World, a traveler and musician. My topic was the New Jersey Shore, and they opened my segment with, alas, The Sopranos Theme. But we all agreed, Jersey and its magnificent shore deserve much better publicity.