Dear Dr. Boli: There’s an Episcopal church and an Anglican church in my neighborhood. What’s the difference? —Sincerely, A Curious Presbyterian.

Dear Sir or Madam: The difference is easy to explain. The Episcopal church is a member of the Anglican Communion, whereas the Anglican church is not. To be more precise, then, as long as you go no further than your specific question, the difference is easy to explain.

Everyone is familiar with the cookie-consent notice mandated by European Union law, but the wording in different instances of the notice varies. Often, for example, a site will tell you that its cookies share data with “selected third parties.” What does “selected” mean? The English-language version of an Italian site gives us a window into the selection process by counting the third parties.

Selected 765 third parties and us use cookies or similar technologies for functional reasons and, with your consent, for other purposes as specified in the cookie policy.

With regard to advertising, selected third parties and us may use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification purposes in order to store and/or access information on a device and process personal data such as your usage data, for the following purposes: personalized ads and content, ads and content evaluation, audience observations, and product development.

So the next time you visit one of these sites and see the cookie notice, spare a thought and say a prayer for the poor underpaid marketers who are tasked with selecting the third parties with whom your data will be shared. We can assume that 765 is a typical number, so those marketers have a lot of selecting to do.

The cookie-consent box came up, by the way, when we were looking at the terms of service, where we are required to affirm that we have “carefully and fully read the information regarding the processing of personal data and consented to the processing of personal data,” &c. Including the linked documents that we are also required to have read and agreed to, we had more than 20,620 words to read carefully and fully. We say “more than” because one of the linked documents was a long “Code of Ethics” presented in a PDF that fell into the hands of an overzealous graphic designer, and it would have been a slog to copy and count the disconnected segments of text. We would be willing to say, daring anyone to contradict us, that every single person who uses that site is a perjurer.

Language is overrated as a means of communication.

Most problems can be solved by food.

If food cannot solve a problem, it is probably not a problem to begin with.

“Food” is a broader category than commonly supposed.

Portable objects that do not fall into the category of “food” may at least be regarded as food substitutes.

Eat it first, and then figure out what it was.

Most people accept me for who I am, because I am not going to be anybody other than a dog.

Anyone who dislikes me can be brought around to my side by a program of intensive licking.

I can be patient indefinitely as long as I get what I want right now.

The Department of Public Works in Dormont Borough has asked us to inform motorists that the block of Dell Avenue in Dormont between Mervin Avenue and McFarland Road is closed for excavation of a badly needed hole. All traffic must turn left at Mervin Avenue, which is a one-way street. Mervin Avenue then terminates at Raleigh Avenue, which is a one-way street, where all traffic must turn left. Raleigh Avenue passes the Dormont Junction subway station and terminates at Park Boulevard, which is a one-way street, where all traffic must turn left. Park Boulevard will take motorists back to Dell Avenue, where they have two choices: they may turn left and repeat the circuit, or they may turn right and go back where they came from and think about that for a while. They may not continue on Park Boulevard, as the block of Park Boulevard between Dell Avenue and Annapolis Avenue is closed for excavation of a badly needed hole.