The BP Oil company hopes they have finally stopped their oil well from spilling. I have a little advice for BP, that comes from my father. In about 1953, at work, his boss, Leo, was telling a long, convoluted joke. After awhile, Leo said, “So, to make a long story short –” To which my father replied,
“Too late.”


{By the way, the Shelby Lyman chess column has another error today. I'll report on it soon. I hope I don't need a whole 'nother blog just to critique one puzzle column.}