In Impromptus today, after all the terror, injustice, and other such fare, I have some light items, including one regarding a mortuary in Appomattox: Bruce & Stiff. Of course, this opened the floodgates, with readers pouring in the names of businesses and professionals. A delightful mailbag, this is. I’m going to relate just two names — only two, because we could go on and on, and we’ve got wars, Massachusetts miracles, and other serious subjects to concentrate on. Okay, here goes:

In Georgia and Tennessee, you will find Stubbs Prosthetics and Orthotics. And I’m told that the leading urologist in Austin, Texas — the “go-to man for vasectomies,” as my correspondent says — is Dr. Dick Chopp.

Peace out.