Today's Tids Issue 2,929
Opening Stuff:
Some mornings I sit in front of this machine thinking, there are no more
Tids. I've written them all.
It will be interesting watching the clamor now that Pope Francis has announced that he sees the Church spending more time on the big picture rather than nitpicking small rules. Whether we like it or not, we live in a transformational age, and the guidance from the Pope should be based on seeing all of God's universe.
Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they won't drift away from each other during the night. I think there's a message in there somewhere.
(Note: If the above Picture didn't come through on your computer, go to Google images and type in Sea Otter...and smile)
The Question:
What 8 college degrees return the lowest "Return on (College) Investment"
The Headlines:
--Stocks To Meander Today Until Investors Get Clarity from Individual Fed Members Expected To Opine Later Today.
--Obama Admin Fires First Shot In War Against Coal; New More Severe regulations For Power Plants Come As GW Scientists Are Bewildered By New Evidence That Suggests Cooling.
--Ted Cruz Pushing Hard To Defund ObamaCare.
--Syria Gives Chemical Weapons Details To Chemical Prohibition Watchdog Organization On Time.
--Mass South Chicago Gangland Shooting Injures 13;
--Merkel Fighting Fro Majority In Close Election.
It will be interesting watching the clamor now that Pope Francis has announced that he sees the Church spending more time on the big picture rather than nitpicking small rules. Whether we like it or not, we live in a transformational age, and the guidance from the Pope should be based on seeing all of God's universe.
Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they won't drift away from each other during the night. I think there's a message in there somewhere.
(Note: If the above Picture didn't come through on your computer, go to Google images and type in Sea Otter...and smile)
The Question:
What 8 college degrees return the lowest "Return on (College) Investment"
The Headlines:
--Stocks To Meander Today Until Investors Get Clarity from Individual Fed Members Expected To Opine Later Today.
--Obama Admin Fires First Shot In War Against Coal; New More Severe regulations For Power Plants Come As GW Scientists Are Bewildered By New Evidence That Suggests Cooling.
--Ted Cruz Pushing Hard To Defund ObamaCare.
--Syria Gives Chemical Weapons Details To Chemical Prohibition Watchdog Organization On Time.
--Mass South Chicago Gangland Shooting Injures 13;
--Merkel Fighting Fro Majority In Close Election.
Sometimes I listen
to popular music and think, It's over. All of the good melodies have
been written. But fortunately we have many good people who never say
never.
In case you haven't noticed, saavy traders are latching onto the Russell 2000 Index, which has beaten the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P, rallying 26% for the year. Smaller caps are genrally riskier, but when the cash on the sidelines looks for growth, they have to move away from the saturated bigs...and the smalls are there for the picking...until of course they get over picked.
I remember once about 10 years ago I was at a big business conference in Monterrey and spent a good deal of time watching sea otters at play at the big aquarium there. It was then I decided that maybe retirement was a possibility.
Maybe the nation's leadership look at Sequester the way the Pope says he will look at Dogma. Noting is impossible if you open your mind.
I mentioned Susan Farmer a couple of days ago -- she was the first woman in RI hiistory elected to a general state office, Secretary of State. She looked at the big picture her first day in office when she fired a quarter of the bloated staff she inherited. Of course the Unions looking at the small picture fought to reinstate these unnecessary cost factors. Sequester would be a boom for the future if an enlightened, less political goverment looked at the opportunities for reduction which are everywhere -- in obsolete departments, work for work sake, in over expenditures for tradition sake. It's in there. That is for sure.
In case you haven't noticed, saavy traders are latching onto the Russell 2000 Index, which has beaten the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P, rallying 26% for the year. Smaller caps are genrally riskier, but when the cash on the sidelines looks for growth, they have to move away from the saturated bigs...and the smalls are there for the picking...until of course they get over picked.
I remember once about 10 years ago I was at a big business conference in Monterrey and spent a good deal of time watching sea otters at play at the big aquarium there. It was then I decided that maybe retirement was a possibility.
Maybe the nation's leadership look at Sequester the way the Pope says he will look at Dogma. Noting is impossible if you open your mind.
I mentioned Susan Farmer a couple of days ago -- she was the first woman in RI hiistory elected to a general state office, Secretary of State. She looked at the big picture her first day in office when she fired a quarter of the bloated staff she inherited. Of course the Unions looking at the small picture fought to reinstate these unnecessary cost factors. Sequester would be a boom for the future if an enlightened, less political goverment looked at the opportunities for reduction which are everywhere -- in obsolete departments, work for work sake, in over expenditures for tradition sake. It's in there. That is for sure.
God bless
the "Blank Piece of Paper People (BPPP)". The creative thinkers who
start from scratch to give us something new we have never ever yet seen.
Some grow upon the output of previous great "Blank Paper" thinkers.
Others often create something from nothing that has ever existed.
Nothing is ever finished. The human mind is like the never ending
universe. We can't see the end until we get ther, only to learn again
that there is no end. Keep the melodies coming.
I think my new hobby will be to walk around this city neighborhood of mine and
kibitz with people working in their yards or on their houses.
Reading Between the Lines Movie Reviews:
--Battle of the Year is Like Rocky for dancers. The US hasn't won the International Dance Competition for 15 years, so an eclectic group is assembled from across the country. A down on his luck ex-Basketball coach is hired to guide the group back to championship land. He uses every tactic he has ever known to bring this intrepid group to a finale. Could be good.
--Hugh Jackman stars as the father and Maria Bello the mother who face the worst fear of all parents, a missing 6 year old child and her best friend. Jake Gyllenhaal is the detective who has run out of leads, so the father steps in to find the child by himself. How far will he go to protect his family? A thriller. Good cast also include Viola Davis and Mallissa Leo.
--Thank You For Sharing is about a sex addict, Mark Ruffalo who is undergoing the twelve step program. This is a drama/comedy that can be funny and very bleak, at times weepy. Gwyneth Paltrow having just beaten breast cancer stars as new love interest of Ruffalo. She sees so-called "addictions" as excuses for human frailties. Of course the humor comes from a man trying to not see all of the open sex in ads and general activity of humans all around him; the stark reality from two people with secrets that drive their lives but aren't willing to share.
I see where Michelle is getting back into our kitchens again. This time it appears she is going to try to tell food marketers how to advertise their products. It seems she wants to, say, tell Hershey not to advertise the tastiness of their chocolate, but the merits fo the farmstand outside their corporate location in the coutryside of Pennsylvania. Picking on big business has always been the predictable raison d'etra of liberal America. Maybe they need to readjust their lenses for a new vision.
The Answer:
Many of the resultant occupations from low paying decrees are important for a more caring, better informed society. #8 is Socialology which is followed at 7 by Fine Arts, and then at #6 Education, #5 Theology, #4 Hospitality, #3 Nutrition, #2 Psychology and #1 Communications. The salaries are all about return on other people's investments.
These are the days when the skies are so clear and the sunlight so bright that you can see forever. And often outside your preconceived notions.
Enjoy a magnificent weekend everybody.
Brahms looked at a blank piece of paper for years thinking that Beethoven had written it all. There was nothing left. Then one day he began putting notes on that paper, and twenty one years later he finally overcame his own doubts to give the world the powerful first symphony. There's always something.
I think my new hobby will be to walk around this city neighborhood of mine and
kibitz with people working in their yards or on their houses.
Reading Between the Lines Movie Reviews:
--Battle of the Year is Like Rocky for dancers. The US hasn't won the International Dance Competition for 15 years, so an eclectic group is assembled from across the country. A down on his luck ex-Basketball coach is hired to guide the group back to championship land. He uses every tactic he has ever known to bring this intrepid group to a finale. Could be good.
--Hugh Jackman stars as the father and Maria Bello the mother who face the worst fear of all parents, a missing 6 year old child and her best friend. Jake Gyllenhaal is the detective who has run out of leads, so the father steps in to find the child by himself. How far will he go to protect his family? A thriller. Good cast also include Viola Davis and Mallissa Leo.
--Thank You For Sharing is about a sex addict, Mark Ruffalo who is undergoing the twelve step program. This is a drama/comedy that can be funny and very bleak, at times weepy. Gwyneth Paltrow having just beaten breast cancer stars as new love interest of Ruffalo. She sees so-called "addictions" as excuses for human frailties. Of course the humor comes from a man trying to not see all of the open sex in ads and general activity of humans all around him; the stark reality from two people with secrets that drive their lives but aren't willing to share.
I see where Michelle is getting back into our kitchens again. This time it appears she is going to try to tell food marketers how to advertise their products. It seems she wants to, say, tell Hershey not to advertise the tastiness of their chocolate, but the merits fo the farmstand outside their corporate location in the coutryside of Pennsylvania. Picking on big business has always been the predictable raison d'etra of liberal America. Maybe they need to readjust their lenses for a new vision.
The Answer:
Many of the resultant occupations from low paying decrees are important for a more caring, better informed society. #8 is Socialology which is followed at 7 by Fine Arts, and then at #6 Education, #5 Theology, #4 Hospitality, #3 Nutrition, #2 Psychology and #1 Communications. The salaries are all about return on other people's investments.
These are the days when the skies are so clear and the sunlight so bright that you can see forever. And often outside your preconceived notions.
Enjoy a magnificent weekend everybody.
Brahms looked at a blank piece of paper for years thinking that Beethoven had written it all. There was nothing left. Then one day he began putting notes on that paper, and twenty one years later he finally overcame his own doubts to give the world the powerful first symphony. There's always something.
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