Dixwell Notch, NH: Mitt 5, Barak 5.

Today's Tids Issue 2,708

Opening Stuff:

Have you noticed lately that Obama is limping? Yup, he's developed a sore hip carrying around the NBC News staff in his back pocket. Ouch!

Everybody should enjoy a good meal while watching the outcome tonight. Flipping from Brian to Wolfie to Diane to Rachael to Scott to Shep to Meghan will require solid nourishment. Let’s start with a beef sirloin strip roast. Preheat oven to 425. In a blender pulse ½ cp shredded Parm cheese, ¼ cp chopped parsley, 3 tsps minced scallions (Whites) until finely ground. Move mixture to bowl and mix with 6 tbs Olive Oil. Stir in ½ cp panko crumbs. Trim beef. Pat mixture onto top of meat. Insert meat thermometer. Cook to 135 degrees for Med Rare or 15 for Med (1 ¼ to 1 ½ hours). Choose the way you want to serve and eat: As hearty sandwiches on rosemary faccocia bread (Best to buy par baked bread) with sauce like horse radish-mayo-mustard mix (or your own fave), and big wedge salad with blue cheese and bacon; Or serve as dinner with thicker slices, maybe with parmesan and OO roasted potatoes and brown sugar roasted butternut squash. It’s good to keep busy during the day waiting for the big show tonight.

The Question:

--Voters were polled as to what they thought would be the biggest surprise on Election Day. What do you think were the top answers?

The Headlines:

--NJ Voters Fight Through rabble To Vote.

--Markets Treading Water.

--Home Prices Take Dip After Seroies Of rises.

--Bailout Will Not Stop Greece Misery.

--China Leaders Considering Internal Democratic Reform.

--Putin Sacks Defense Minister.

--Observers Fear That Warlords And Militia Would Fill Assad Vacuum In Syria

I thought yesterday's Tids was growing long so I declined to describe the action outside my window while I typed. It probably took too much time to write yesterday’s mess, because I was mesmerized by the performance of the big backhoe operator, an artist with nimble fingertips. Being able to maneuver a bucket that could easily crush a home, with the delicacy of a feather touching the soft cheek of a beautiful woman. King Kong caressing Fay Wray. I often write about all that is extremely difficult, that is too often by too many taken for granted.

Over thirty million Americans have voted before today. That’s about a 1/3 of likely voters (40% of the 167 Million registered voters won’t vote.) So, why again is this called election day? And when did this early voting thing begin? I think I missed something.

The RI Congressional delegation has been an embarrassment since the deaths of Pell and Chafee. But if Cicilini wins, it will be criminal.

The Fox NFL PreGame took a hit when they didn’t rehire Frank Calliendo. The replacement Frank Riggles is no Calliendo or Kimmel, his two predecessors. You have to figure the new guy calls himself Riggles because it rhyms with giggles! Or, maybe he was born Riggles and just felt he was destined to go into the laughter business. I’m not chuckling yet.

There are few things that bother me more than looters. Oh, maybe it’s financial geniuses playing havoc with what should be an orderly stock market, legal justifying unethical and often immoral activity which creates piles of dough for a precious few.

I've gotta go out and take some new Pics for the Tids Blog site.

I get a little worried about this Gene Prediction scenario. Last week Sharon Osboren had a double mastectomy because she might be prone to breast cancer something in the future. Hey, I realize that the prospects of breast cancer is an entirely awful cloud under which to live. But, I see infinite dangers in taking drastic steps because something might happen.

I had an idea for a Question today: Name the top ten news anchors of all time. But none of the lists I saw had David Brinkley, so I thought all the lists as being bogus.

The same people who would have skewered similar misstatements from Dan Quayle or GW, are telling us to cool down, that we should have been smart enough to know what Joe Biden was trying to say. So I was thinking...what if Obama was impeached over Benghazi  and good-ole’-Joe actually had to become President. "Mr. Putin, I said ‘am not’ launching a nuke missile.” "Or to a Nuke sub commander, "I meant ‘disengage’." Or to Angela Merkl: “I meant I like your ‘bar’.”

The Answer:
That either candidate would have a landslide victory would be the biggest surprise. Most answered what they would not be surprised to see. They would not be surprised to see the results not reflect the polling. They would not be surprised to see a lot of people not vote for either candidate.

Well, it's lull time.