Dr. Fauci announced that he'll step down as President Biden's Chief Medical Advisor in December.

- He hasn't said what he'll do next... but maybe he could be Marvel’s next Superhero!!! He’s already got the Mask!!!

- But don’t look for him to be leaping over any tall buildings… he’s pretty short.

*****

A Professor at Azabu University in Japan has determined that dogs actually get tears in their eyes after being reunited with their owners - IF they’ve been separated for 7 hours or more.

- Did they consider that if Rover's owner hasn't been home in 7 hours... maybe he has tears in his eyes because he has to go to the bathroom so bad??

*****

A video has gone viral of a fan at a Yankee’s game enjoying his “Stadium Snacks” in a rather unusual way… He takes his hot dog out of the bun… then sticks it in his beer and uses it as a straw.

- How much you wanna bet that wasn't the FIRST beer he'd had during the game??

*****

There’s a new job on Hollywood movie sets… “Intimacy Coordinators”. They’re described as “similar to stunt coordinators” but are there to “help set movements” so "things go smoothly" during nude and/or sex scenes.

- In my day, the “Intimacy Coordinator” was your Mother or Father - depending if you were a boy or a girl. For example, in the movie “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” there was a line I’ll never forget. It was the mother of the bride giving advice to her daughter as she prepared for the wedding and the “Wedding Night”. She gestured from her head to her toes and said simply, “Shave everything!”

*****

New research warns that modern pesticides are leaving bees’ brains “buzzed.”

- In fact - just one spray of weed killer has the same effect as a bee drinking two Vodka Stingers.

*****

Two pilots are believed to have put their Ethiopian Airlines plane on autopilot and fallen asleep when they missed their landing during a flight from Sudan to Ethiopia last week.

- By the time they woke up, they were literally between Iraq and a Hard Place.

*****

Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Wednesday!

-Dick