Strong currents of opinion are swirling around the subject of Linda’s boots.

Samples, from readers:

Reader A: “To each his own, Derb, but the prospect of Linda Vester in, say,

knee-high boots… as Roy Orbison might say, ‘GRRRRRR!’ I may not get any

work done this afternoon.”

Reader B: “I’m with you on the boots. However, I must say that the boots

that E.D. Hill was wearing yesterday with her fishnet stockings made my

Monday!”

Reader C: “Derb! For shame! It’s cold outside. You wouldn’t want those

fabulous legs to get all goose-pimply, would you? Or turn blue? Or get

frostbitten? God forbid!”

Hey, whaddya mean I’m lowering the tone of the whole blog? These are

important public issues. It’s a **news** channel, isn’t it?