"Hey, George, next Wednesday will the the 99th—and last— posting of PATENT DEPENDING. Thereafter, if you wish to chat, email me at jnevets108@gmail.com or jnevets@mac.com. Thank you for your support!!"

"Years ago I read Colin Fletcher's books, including THE COMPLETE WALKER, and I was impressed. Following his advice, I literally cut my toothbrush in half to save on weight."

"Pigstop rhymes with Big Slop. This is crude dining at its American finest. These would line the arteries (highway and coronary) of America."

"This "work" never feels like work, to be honest. :)"

"Do you know the story of a TRULY diabolical, real life, character—perhaps the first mass murderer in the U.S.— who built a large guest hotel in Chicago that he specifically designed to accommodate lonely visitors to the 1893 Chicago Exposition, and to kill the tenants? His hotel had rooms with greased slides down into a special basement room, gas outlets for asphyxiation, and places for stripping the flesh from his many victims. If you have the stomach for it, learn about H.H. Holmes in "The Devil in the White City" and other books and videos. My drawing is quite tame."

"Yes, Mike Cheung, good Idea!"

"I amuse myself by designing things that are flawed. When I must decide between functionality vs. humor, I tend to choose the latter. Solving the problem of providing back seat passengers a way to exit the PARKTITE easily had a low priority for me."

"George: Since I began my sideline venture in 1974 as an inventor of plausible/foolish products and systems, I have conceived and illustrated many human-powered products that are quite unnecessary. In my 1984 book, WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW, there was this manual garbage disposal device, for instance."

"George: As you can guess, I am a huge fan of the Tiny House movement, but also of many related movements including the Van Living movement. Aside from Core77, my favorite website is Treehugger dot com. I like to keep up by checking in on what is new. The pace of innovation is accelerating, so my own odd product ideas are either a) already being fulfilled and produced by others, or b) coming to seem quaint and outmoded. As you note, innovation works in spurts with stunning futuristic ideas emerging from far thinkers–Jules Verne imagined color TVs in homes–while resistance to new ideas was the usual pattern. Said differently, the future concept might be imagined early on, but could usually not be implemented until certain missing pieces in technology and materials became available. The pace now is breathtaking!"

"Wait a minute, is this THE Beaver Brown, from Carmichael, CA?????"

"Some models do. The caption, however, contains an error that I just now noticed: While in the larger sense, this innovation would make "existing" easier for old folks, it should have said "exiting.""

"I wish to thank Michael DiTullo for sharing this drawing. It means a lot. I do not consider myself a "real" designer, but more a cartoonist. Michael is a real designer and a good one!"