Teflon

The 53-year-old actor and director is Hollywood Teflon, liked and respected by all.

We are talking not of a Teflon Rupert, a man against whom nothing sticks.

For Jeter and/or his team of representatives, that criticism is going to slide away like he was made of pure Teflon.

Consider the steady-handed neurosurgeon with the outsized ego, the larger-than-life CEO, and, yes, the Teflon-coated politician.

However, those scratching their heads over what happened to the once-Teflon Mad Men are missing the point.

We don't know the formula yet, but it is as much more stable than our teflon as teflon is than corn-meal mush.

That much the Kedy brains, molded solidly into teflon-lined, massively braced steel spheres, could just withstand.