my brain is fried.

Today's Tids Issue 2,169
Opening Stuff:

Unnecessary Headlines Department:
“Record breaking heat smothers East Coast.”

Two nights ago it was Eric Anderson. Eric Anderson? Last night it Niuman Romaro. Niuman Romaro? Yes, the Red Sox are quilting again, sending out another patchwork line-up full up people unheard of a minute before “Play Ball”. It’s the big lottery Line-up. Sometimes you get a winner like Anderson who has been crushing the ball for two days. And then last night you get Romaro who the TB Rays marked down as an automatic out. Actually it’s kind of fun rooting for the no names. Because, when they come through the excitement and emotional reward is that much better than when the highly paid players do what they are suppose to do.

If you don’t pay your exorcist, you get repossessed.

The Question:
Today, I should be asking a question about number of deaths from shipping accidents where ice bergs were involved. So think about those giant blocks of cooling ice while you try to remember the most devastating U.S. fires with the highest loss of lives.

The Headlines:
--Stocks Back In Slide Mode After Momentary Break From Free-Fall Tuesday.
--China Says It will Not Use Trillion It Holds In US Debt As Political Hammer In Ideological Disputes.
--Pieces Starting To fall In NBA free Agent Lottery; ESPN Reports Wade And Bosh Going To Miami.
--June Service Sector Growth Slowest Since February.
--Manson Follower And Participant In Gruesome Tate Murders, Leslie Van Houton, Denied Parole Again.
--Perky Little Lohan Gets Time In Slammer.

Back to More Stuff:

Lebron James will announce where he is going in a one hour ESPN show tomorrow night. One hour! What could they possibly do that takes an hour? It sounds like a 30 second news flash to me.

BTW, I'm rooting for Cleveland.

After watching World Cup soccer team players acting, flopping and feigning injuries and fouls I came to the conclusion that they must have been coached by Duke U. Basketball’s Mike Krzyzewski.

This hot sun is bad for grown veggies and flowers in gardens, but terrific for growing seaweed in oceans near beaches.

Often in the summer I’m off before the newspaper arrives. This forces me to read the paper on-line which reinforces my belief that reading a live newspaper is much easier and more relaxing than the electronic version. And, the real tragedy here is that young people may never have the opportunity to compare and learn for themselves.

We can see the growing lunacy in many Americans by the way they are willing to give up their privacy to the Internet social networks. But, that is probably just the tip of the iceberg. As more and more people give up brick and mortar shopping and opt for click buying, personal purchase patterns will be available for all eyes, including the big eye in Washington DC.

I’m finding today as try to write convoluted theories that the high humidity has my cerebellum stuck to my eyeball and I can’t see my way towards logical conclusions. This is one of the “It-was-a-good-idea-at-the-time” days.

I should just write down a lot of lightweight puns that have absolutely no socially redeeming powers. So just remember that condoms should be used for all conceivable occasions.

The Answer: 1st we have Chicago’s Iroquois Theater fired that killed 602 people. Next is Boston’s Cocoanut Grove fore (492), New London TX School Explosion (296-3190, Hartford (CT) Circus Fire (168), Winecoff Hotel, Atlanta (119), Station Nightclub West Warwick RI (100), Our Lady of Angels School, Chicago (92) and MGM Grand LV (87). In addition to fatalities, thousands in these fires were marred with devastating injuries. So don’t worry about the heat.

Shoot me.
So, finally I leave you…and I leave with this one thought. A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat