My Addled Brain

I love the dollar coin. They’re convenient, fantastic for toll roads, and I get to feel like every day is a trip to the arcade when I have a pocket full of them. I used to request them when I got change from toll booth operators, back when I lived in Houston.

So I’d be lying if I said this didn’t make me happy. New dollar coins for at least nine years! Ten, if one more of our currently living presidents kicks the bucket between now and then. I don’t want them for collecting, nor do I honestly find the subject matter for the “heads” particularly interesting. But a matching, 24-karat gold set of presidential spouses? Now we’re talking, my friends. Maybe if they got Gil Elvgren to do the art. Mmm…Eleanor Roosevelt pin-up…

So what if he’s dead? If rappers can come out with albums for years after they bite it, why can’t artists have new works of art?