The title is spelled variously — sometimes Czar, sometimes Tsar, and sometimes Tzar. But generally pronounced ‘Zar.’ And Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske is in line to become one.
Something seems to be happening to me a lot lately — forgetting where I’m going. People of a certain age know the phenomenon. It can happen like this:
See the picture of the goofy-looking guy that accompanies this column? Well, that’s nothing. You should have seen his first Costco card. Now that photo was a masterpiece of doltishness. Unfortunately, I lost that card a couple of days ago — and that really bums me out. I will never be able to duplicate that spectacularly grizzled look again without the help of a Hollywood makeup artist – and a bottle of Scotch.
