Today's Tids Issue 2,958
Opening Stuff:
It's that official day to put up the storm windows, exchange golf and sweat shirts for plaid flannel and fleece. To finally put on socks and go from the summer boat shoes to the winter version of that footwear for all occasions. It is like carving out a new life, preparing for a new adventure that may carry you through harsh winter storms; raging storms that always produce unimaginable scenes of pristine beauty. Yup, today is the day for change. And, I'm ready.
It's that official day to put up the storm windows, exchange golf and sweat shirts for plaid flannel and fleece. To finally put on socks and go from the summer boat shoes to the winter version of that footwear for all occasions. It is like carving out a new life, preparing for a new adventure that may carry you through harsh winter storms; raging storms that always produce unimaginable scenes of pristine beauty. Yup, today is the day for change. And, I'm ready.
A wily sage says:
"What is the point of having a president if he is always the last
person to learn a problem exists, and never responsible for anything
that goes wrong."
Did you hear about the archeologist who told his under-performing assistant that if he didn't shape up he'd be history?
Did you hear about the archeologist who told his under-performing assistant that if he didn't shape up he'd be history?
The Question:
The
US Government agency, "F.A.T." is analyzing what's in our food again.
This only means they will be
banning something you love instead of letting the people figure it out
themselves. Name the three types of fat in foods and what you should
know about them. Bonus: Name a couple of Bonnie Rait's best songs; what
her father was best known for?
The Headlines:
--Super
Typhoon Smashes Through the Philippines; 3/4's Of A Million Are Moved
From Homes; Fast Moving Storm Spares Island Nation From Catastrophic
Damage.
--Economy Adds 204K Jobs, But Unemployment Rate Rises To 7.3%; New Numbers Show Minimal Effects From Shut-Down.
--Olympic Torch In Orbit.
--Iran Nuke Deal Near As Big Country Power Brokers Fly Into Genevra; Deal Could Be Struck Today.
--Syrian Army Pushes Rebels Out Of Strategic Base In Aleppo.
--US Loses UNESCO Vote After Missing Deadline To Repay Its Debt To World Cultural Agency.
--Twitter IPO Hatches New Batch Of Billionaires; Now It Will Six Months To See How High they Can Fly.
--Newly released Info Says Obama Admin Had Relaxed Iran Sanctions Just After Elections Of New Prez There.
--Economy Adds 204K Jobs, But Unemployment Rate Rises To 7.3%; New Numbers Show Minimal Effects From Shut-Down.
--Olympic Torch In Orbit.
--Iran Nuke Deal Near As Big Country Power Brokers Fly Into Genevra; Deal Could Be Struck Today.
--Syrian Army Pushes Rebels Out Of Strategic Base In Aleppo.
--US Loses UNESCO Vote After Missing Deadline To Repay Its Debt To World Cultural Agency.
--Twitter IPO Hatches New Batch Of Billionaires; Now It Will Six Months To See How High they Can Fly.
--Newly released Info Says Obama Admin Had Relaxed Iran Sanctions Just After Elections Of New Prez There.
--New Jobs Reports Has Market Concerned That the Fed Will Begin Tapering.
I like to watch gigantic music concerts.
A great song seems even better when you see the reactions of masses of
people mesmerized by a lone performer on stage, often beyond the sight
of revelers. Yet, as I
watch, I sense how easy it is to transform groups en-mass
into wild-eyed followers of anything that has center stage; Any
ideology; Any tyrant; Any candidate for any office -- acceptance without
knowledge.
Digest the following number for a second or two: 40% of the US working population is out of work and has stopped looking for work. The USA needs a large jar of Tums. Or any other FDA approved anti-acid.
Digest the following number for a second or two: 40% of the US working population is out of work and has stopped looking for work. The USA needs a large jar of Tums. Or any other FDA approved anti-acid.
Too many people
worry about whether or not Christie is a true conservative, rather than
whether or not he would be a good president that could heel the
country. This is not a country of the party, by the party...et. al. It
is country where, perhaps now, every citizen
should be an independent, and think for themselves. Today, parties are
big industries, mainly sustaining bad politicians.
Back in the middle ages
the kings and lords would have laughed at the thought that the Court
Jesters and Knightly Jousters would be earning more than they.
The inventor of the "Super Soaker" was just paid back royalties of $78 Million by Hasbro. Think about that for a minute the next time you take a shower.
If he wasn't morally corrupt and innately degenerative, the mayor of Toronto would never be on the nightly news. Talk about a non-story for two days...but then we live in a enw world where nothing is something.
Sometimes I just type in mis-spelled words to see if my Spell-Check is awake.
Here's an Absolute for you: Under no circumstances should there ever be a Federal minimum wage law. How simple is that.
Shaved meats make better sandwiches. There's another absolute. The better places always shave their meats, If course, if a giant sandwich maker went to good sandwiches for a change, OSHA would be all over them as workers sought disability for bad backs and painful shoulders, the result of this more intense slicing. So basically, we'd have better sandwiches if we could get rid of governemtn regulations.
The loons are out in Kansas where a young boy was ousted from school for refusing to stop wearing a shoulder handbag he had been wearing every day since August. The schools are producing kids who can go out and buy and sell drugs, shoot people in drive-by's, but fortunately, now, can't do it while wearing pocketbooks. I think the world has passed me by.
When I was a kid I learned the different spellings for Principle/Principal by remembering that the school principal is your "Pal". Say what?
The RI Education Department this morning is also all atwitter announcing that the new scores from national Reading and Math tests for 4th and 8th graders have made them look much better in last place among the six NE States. Yahooooo! Yup, in reading for instance, 36% of 8th graders and 38% of 4th graders read at an acceptable level. Yikes.
Does that mean that only 36% of teens texting constantly, understand what they are reading?
No more Microwave Butter popcorn? Shoot me.
Reading Between the Lines Movie Reviews:
--12 Years a Slave will have you throwing your shoes at the screen in frustration as you try to rationalize the injustices of the story about a successful entertainer, a black free man, never a slave, never born into a family that were slaves or associated with slavery, finding himself kidnapped and forced into the terror a never realized existed. Great acting and a plot that will ahve your stomach roiling.
--The big Hollywood Boffo Pic is Thor: The Dark World. And it is good evben if you don't like the genre. Our hro fights to restore order inthe universe but the evil Malekith returns vowing to plunge it bakc into darkness. He is facewd with a challenge that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand. He sets out on a perilous and personal journey that reunites him with Jane Foster, and he sacrifices everything to save the universe. Good adventure.
The Answer:
Oh, you never heard of F.A.T (Frantic Activist Tzar)? These departments are ubiquitous within the newly expanding Gov. Well the US Gov is now going to ban Transfats. Hell, transfats is my main food group. The 3 main fat groups affecting your diet, they say, are transfats, saturated fats and unsaturated fats. Trans is really, really bad and is found in micro popcorn, many snacks, cakes, cookies and margarine -- stuff that tastes good. Saturated fats are also found in food that tastes great like Meat! That leaves us with unsaturated fats, which come from, you guessed it, vegetables. We;re doomed. Bonus: Bonnie Rait's dad John was a powerful Broadway singer/star best known for his starring roles in the Broadway super hits, Oklahoma, Carousel and The Pajama Game. The incredibly versatile Bonnie's best known songs are "I can't make you love me", "Something to talk about", "This thing called love", "Too Long at the fair", "Angel from Montgomery", "Ain't gonna let you go", "Love sneakin' up on you", "Not the only one", "Don't it make you wanna dance" and "Finest lovin' man".
For the 2016, I am only looking for two qualifications in President -- Honesty, and a spouse who adores meat.
So, that's it. Another week.
"Who hath a friend with which to share, has double cheer and half the care."
An old timer from Mississippi looked out the window to see a couple of thugs stealing stuff from his shed. He dialed 911 and told the police that people were stealing stuff out of his garden shed. "Stay in the house and lock the doors. All of our patrols are busy now." He hung up, waited 30 minutes and called back saying that he shot the robbers and that his dogs were now attacking the victim's bodies. Within seconds sirens rang out and four squad cars and a swat team arrived. the commander ran up with his men, guns in hands, looked around and came up to the old guy: "I thought you said there were bodies?" He looked at the police all around him, "I thought you said their were no available patrols."
It's always good to end the day with a thought form an aging reader.
Happy Weekend, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!
The inventor of the "Super Soaker" was just paid back royalties of $78 Million by Hasbro. Think about that for a minute the next time you take a shower.
If he wasn't morally corrupt and innately degenerative, the mayor of Toronto would never be on the nightly news. Talk about a non-story for two days...but then we live in a enw world where nothing is something.
Sometimes I just type in mis-spelled words to see if my Spell-Check is awake.
Here's an Absolute for you: Under no circumstances should there ever be a Federal minimum wage law. How simple is that.
Shaved meats make better sandwiches. There's another absolute. The better places always shave their meats, If course, if a giant sandwich maker went to good sandwiches for a change, OSHA would be all over them as workers sought disability for bad backs and painful shoulders, the result of this more intense slicing. So basically, we'd have better sandwiches if we could get rid of governemtn regulations.
The loons are out in Kansas where a young boy was ousted from school for refusing to stop wearing a shoulder handbag he had been wearing every day since August. The schools are producing kids who can go out and buy and sell drugs, shoot people in drive-by's, but fortunately, now, can't do it while wearing pocketbooks. I think the world has passed me by.
When I was a kid I learned the different spellings for Principle/Principal by remembering that the school principal is your "Pal". Say what?
The RI Education Department this morning is also all atwitter announcing that the new scores from national Reading and Math tests for 4th and 8th graders have made them look much better in last place among the six NE States. Yahooooo! Yup, in reading for instance, 36% of 8th graders and 38% of 4th graders read at an acceptable level. Yikes.
Does that mean that only 36% of teens texting constantly, understand what they are reading?
No more Microwave Butter popcorn? Shoot me.
Reading Between the Lines Movie Reviews:
--12 Years a Slave will have you throwing your shoes at the screen in frustration as you try to rationalize the injustices of the story about a successful entertainer, a black free man, never a slave, never born into a family that were slaves or associated with slavery, finding himself kidnapped and forced into the terror a never realized existed. Great acting and a plot that will ahve your stomach roiling.
--The big Hollywood Boffo Pic is Thor: The Dark World. And it is good evben if you don't like the genre. Our hro fights to restore order inthe universe but the evil Malekith returns vowing to plunge it bakc into darkness. He is facewd with a challenge that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand. He sets out on a perilous and personal journey that reunites him with Jane Foster, and he sacrifices everything to save the universe. Good adventure.
The Answer:
Oh, you never heard of F.A.T (Frantic Activist Tzar)? These departments are ubiquitous within the newly expanding Gov. Well the US Gov is now going to ban Transfats. Hell, transfats is my main food group. The 3 main fat groups affecting your diet, they say, are transfats, saturated fats and unsaturated fats. Trans is really, really bad and is found in micro popcorn, many snacks, cakes, cookies and margarine -- stuff that tastes good. Saturated fats are also found in food that tastes great like Meat! That leaves us with unsaturated fats, which come from, you guessed it, vegetables. We;re doomed. Bonus: Bonnie Rait's dad John was a powerful Broadway singer/star best known for his starring roles in the Broadway super hits, Oklahoma, Carousel and The Pajama Game. The incredibly versatile Bonnie's best known songs are "I can't make you love me", "Something to talk about", "This thing called love", "Too Long at the fair", "Angel from Montgomery", "Ain't gonna let you go", "Love sneakin' up on you", "Not the only one", "Don't it make you wanna dance" and "Finest lovin' man".
For the 2016, I am only looking for two qualifications in President -- Honesty, and a spouse who adores meat.
So, that's it. Another week.
"Who hath a friend with which to share, has double cheer and half the care."
An old timer from Mississippi looked out the window to see a couple of thugs stealing stuff from his shed. He dialed 911 and told the police that people were stealing stuff out of his garden shed. "Stay in the house and lock the doors. All of our patrols are busy now." He hung up, waited 30 minutes and called back saying that he shot the robbers and that his dogs were now attacking the victim's bodies. Within seconds sirens rang out and four squad cars and a swat team arrived. the commander ran up with his men, guns in hands, looked around and came up to the old guy: "I thought you said there were bodies?" He looked at the police all around him, "I thought you said their were no available patrols."
It's always good to end the day with a thought form an aging reader.
Happy Weekend, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!
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