The Trouble I've Seen -- Popcorn by the Colonel

1/ If nobody knows the trouble I've seen, then neither do I, because I'm a part of nobody.

2/ The Hollies did a whole album of covers of Dylan songs in 1969. It made #3 on the UK charts but went nowhere in the US. If you like Dylan songs but can't stand his voice, it's for you. YouTube.

3/  This is not a proposal, just a "what would happen if." Kamala Harris said she won't be Biden's running mate next year and the Dems should use the primary season to pick a new ticket mate for Biden at the 2024 convention. I'm thinking, "Whee!"

4/ Speaking of Dylan, he did a gospel song called "Quit Your Low-Down Ways" with the refrain/hook "If you can't stop your sinnin', please ... quit your low-down ways." If virtue is beyond you, at least don't be tacky?

5/ Another "what would happen if": balanced federal budgets were mandated immediately. How would $2 trillion deficits be eliminated? What tax hikes and spending cuts would emerge? Not what you want, what you think would actually happen.

6/  Google is great, but has gaps. What is the calendar date of the first of the twelve days of Christmas? December 25 or December 26?

7/ A "social construct," according to Merriam-Webster, is "an idea that has been created and accepted by the people in a society," as in "class distinctions are a social construct." I have come to believe that M-W has feet of clay. E.g., "the people": some? a majority? all?

8/  Chico Marx's name is pronounced "chicko," not "cheeko." He had an eye for the chicks, and they for him. Less-famous brothers were Gummo (in no movies) and Zeppo (non-comedic roles in first five movies). Mother "Minnie" was born "Miene" (Schönberg).

9/ Jesus's birth is celebrated when the days start to lengthen, St. John the Baptist's when the days start to shorten, because the baptizer said of Jesus, "He must increase; I must decrease."

10/ Best colonelic wishes to all for everything good in 2024. "Mind how you go."