On the radio I heard a commercial about preventing forest fires, then at the end someone said, “This message brought to you by Smokey the Bear.”  But he wasn’t in it.  So I wondered — is he retired?  Is he just sitting around collecting a check while people use his name to teach people about preventing forest fires?  Must be nice…  I’d like to sit at home while someone does my work, then after it’s done, says, “This work brought to you by Beppo.”  I wonder how I can make this happen…  hmm…