An author describes folks trying to dream up a creative solution to a tough problem as "wracking their brains." Yes, thinking too much can lead to wrack and ruin. Better to stretch the old brain on the rack.

Submitted by our Florida correspondent who provided the inspiration for this blog with his self-deprecating comment on the tennis court. "I feel like the village albatross"-- a pretty CNN reporter observed that a certain company may have avoided legal trouble by "slipping under the loophole." Nice radar, Professor Silver!

In a Cape Cod Times editorial: "After less than a year in office, Senator Elizabeth Warren is now considered presidential timbre." Does that mean she shouts loudly from the podium?