An Easy Segue from Segue to Segway

       I heard a radio host use the word "segue" yesterday as I have heard others, often TV hosts/comedians, use it to refer to smooth transitions from one topic, for example, to the next.  It is a verb or a noun, from the Italian word meaning "to follow."  And its first associations were with musical transitions.

       It's a nice word, I think, and I find that it is actually the source of the brand-named but differently spelled "Segway PT (Personal Transporter)," the two-wheeled, self-balancing, battery powered vehicle invented by Dean Kamen and introduced in 2001.  The product is named, the company says, for its "smooth transitions" in going from place to place.