I live on a “goose route”. Every winter, there are Canada geese that spend the cold months here. We get to see them every day because they fly back and forth between a pond southeast of town and one northwest of town. Some days, they’ll do it several times in a day, flying in formation, with their honking so loud you can hear it while inside (with the music going).

I don’t know why, but I find these geese fascinating. Sometimes, as I hear them through the window of my office, I’ll step outside just to watch them go over.

My radio in my office conked out this week. So I went looking for another, of course. Do you know how hard it is just to buy a radio these days? In addition to a radio, you not only get a clock, speakers the size of a politician’s ego, and a CD player, you also get a docking station for your MP3 player or iPod.

The obvious question is: why is there a radio there? I think it’s because radios require almost no parts and they’re easy to build* so why not stick one on this thing we’ve come up with?

Did you know you can go on-line and buy a Rolex watch for just $120,000? Oh, they have less expensive models, but they do have a 120k model. You know what it does? It tells time.

After so much time cooped up, I was determined to go for a walk this morning. The thermometer said it was 29 degrees out there (which was warmer than earlier!) so I figured I had better dress appropriately: thick socks, sweat pants, then ski bib, a sweater, a scarf, then a jacket*. On top of that, a stocking cap, Thinsulate® gloves, sunglasses and an MP3 player playing Christmas music.

I set off down the street and quickly came to a conclusion: I was over-dressed.

Did you receive a Kindle or Nook for Christmas—or just thinking about buying one for yourself? Now you’re looking to stock up on some excellent reading, right? Some words to carry you through these cold days of winter and into the new year.

After one of his big show-downs, the prophet Elijah retreated (or ran!) to safety, with God guiding him to Mount Horeb. There, huddling in a cave, Elijah was feeling pretty sorry for himself. When God came to him and asked him what he was so upset about, Elijah began to list all the things that were going wrong.

(“I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.” 1 Kings 19:10)

I’m sure you’ve seen them on the news: those lazy, hippie-wannabies who are gumming up the commerce works of the United States by living like vagabonds and whining in the hopes that someone else will provide them with money they never worked for.

But enough about Congress.

The song says (and if you can’t trust a pop song, who can you trust?), “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!”

I see that the mailbag is almost full and, therefore, it is time to have another of our sessions wherein I answer those questions which you, the loyal reader, would have sent in if you could have found your pencil.

Q. Dear Mister Man-Who-Knows, my brother has started dating a girl I just can’t stand! I mean it: she’s crazy. I think she will be a very bad influence on my brother. So my question is: do you think these shoes go with this skirt?

A. Absolutely not.

For most of the state, the only professional baseball talk has been of the Texas Rangers lately. I commend them on their second great season, but for a portion of the state, the thing that has been on our baseball minds has been the recent sale of the Houston Astros to Jim Crane and the league’s announcement that the Astros will be moving to the American League in 2013.

This, some people are saying, is a travesty. Ex-Astros are coming out to decry the move and people claiming to be loyal fans are saying they will never watch and Astros game again.