By MONTE DUTTON

Latest trends in the world of sports:

Length and size have replaced height and weight.

Groups have been replaced by rooms (“the quarterback room”) that I suspect do not actually exist.

Some words have flip-flopped meanings to the point where anything goes. Citizens want governments to be “transparent” so they can see what’s going on. Some people are “transparent” because we can see right through them.

Don’t look now, but “notorious” is supposed to be negative. “Vince Lombardi got a lot of notoriety as head coach of the Green Bay Packers.” No. Lombardi (89-29-4) got a lot of success, or fame, or admiration. Joe Kuharich (28-41-1) got a lot of notoriety as coach of the Philadelphia Eagles.

Never click on a link whose headline begins “Prayers flood in …” With all respect, it’s going to be a progression of social-media posts. I don’t think there is a poll for prayers … unless people now pray via electronic device. Personally, I like a bit of privacy.

A news report the other day was on something some politician allegedly did. The anchor asked the correspondent if he asked the pol if he did it, and he said, “I asked him that very question.” One would hope.

A TV commentator said there was “comfortbility” between two drivers racing each other.

When I quibble with words, I know I’m usually wrong. An incorrectly used word, if done so repeatedly, becomes acceptable. It’s the way language evolves, which is why it’s so difficult to make sense of The Canterbury Tales nowadays.

I just like words they way I learned them, that’s all.

One hint that people are getting dumber and dumber is that commercials are getting dumber and dumber. These folks know their market.

One of my prime beliefs is that, in a time of ever-accelerating technology, it’s important to be ahead of the curve, not behind it. It’s common for people, government and business to do what everybody else’s doing. The pie stays the same. The slices get smaller and smaller.

I tried to anticipate the future. My aim was off.

The California peach crop is hindered because the winters are getting warmer.

The climate is changing, though you can’t prove it by the last couple of weeks around here. I’m satisfied this will pass.

It’s obvious no one is going to do anything about it. The Trump Administration is going to start reinstalling asbestos any day now.

Could it be that agriculture is headed north? What if a visionary farmer decided to plant orange groves in south Georgia? Hell, in 10 years, the peach orchards may be in Indiana.

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