Tom and Scott embrace their age, and call themselves Veteran Time Travelers. They believe that an “obscure” reference is just something you haven’t learned yet.

On Scott’s birthday, Tom presents the “un gift”, and creates a new quotation from speculative French literature, “As time goes by, the gifts you don’t receive are the best gifts of all.”

Hypnosis. The most amazing technique that never gets the attention it deserves. Except from us. Scott marvels at the mystery and power, of the rarely examined miracle that Tom has participated in for 46 years.

If climate change was an issue in the 1930’s, the WPA poster would say “Don’t Be Bigfoot”. Tom and Scott want to reduce their carbon footprint, which leads to a discussion about carbon paper, and why our footprint is measured in tons, not feet.

Tom has a hard time replacing the bulbs on the Italian lamps at his house. Scott points out that even the most comfortable homes are missing something. A super.

Tom gets his second jab at Dodger Stadium, the only place in LA without a VIP section. Covid vaccination is the great equalizer. The jury duty of medicine.

Baseball spring training games start Monday with fans in attendance, so what will happen to the cardboard cutouts? We salute the unsung hero, the catcher, who must squat for three hours, wear a mask and heavy padding, while trying to catch a 100 mile fastball with the umpire hovering over his shoulder.

Tom and Scott discover they both did play by play sports announcing from home when they were 12. They imagine a world where Scott and his sister are welcomed into the Motown family after recording their New Year’s Eve song in 1966 on Scott’s Panasonic cassette recorder.

Tom gets his second vaccine on Saturday, and plans to celebrate by returning to Trader Joe’s for the first time in a year and buying desiccated sponges. Scott becomes fully immunized tomorrow, two weeks after his second jab, but he won’t walk to Times Square and kiss a woman, as in the iconic V-E day photo,

After listening to jazz and watching a Motown documentary last night, Scott becomes “The Man Who Remembered There Was Music”. Plus, why we should be sleeping much better than they did in the early 1900’s, even though they wore sleep hats.