Two years ago, the word went forth to friend and foe alike that gender applied to grammar while sex applied to people. I issued the ukase: “If you have a friend of the female sex, you are a red-blooded American boy; if you have a friend of the feminine gender, you have an unnatural attachment to a word.”

I know one very well alied, to whom, at the instance of a brother of his[…], I spake to that purpose[…].

Good hip speed leads to good bat speed.

So off I went to find a piece of scenery to rest on while they got on with preparing for another angle shoot of the sacrifice setup.