It isn’t as easy as It looks.

Today's Tids Issue 3,129

Opening Stuff:

Yesterday I spent a good couple of hours watching stargazers stare with smiling mouths agape as Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix, Parker Pozy and the great Woody Allen did what they do around Washington Square, the Fastnet Pub a couple of hundred feet from this keyboard. Actually, I stood there with a smile on my face too. Woody is making his next movie here and around the state, and the entire process is fascinating, though kind of boring over time. Lots of people do lots of little tasks over and over again. Emma and Joaquin walk, Woody comes out to tell them how to walk better. And on it goes, Then somewhere in the editing room a finished film comes together from all of these little snippets. And we and others will never know what it took to get there.

 

The USGA has announced that there is no global warming. The august organization says it has measured the rise in oceans, lakes and ponds and it equates exactly to the volume of the millions of golf balls lost over the years. Fore! Splash.

 

Summer is here and the irresponsible are consuming the hot days in force as litter piles grow upon beautiful beaches. Until people learn how to pick up their garbage, there is no hope for world peace or domestic agreement.

 

The Question:

I have distinct tendencies to be a hoarder of significant proportions. Name five reason for hoarding.

 

The Headlines:

--Market Down Over 1i5 In Late Morning; Second Day Of Slide; EU Seeing Slow Or No Growth On Horizon.

--Prez Obama To Meet With Gov Perry Over Lawlessness At Texas Border; Perry Has Said Obama Admin Either Inept Or Doesn’t Care; “O” Holds Off On Legal Changes Which Would Enable Deportation.

--Israeli Gov Authorizes Military To Mobilize 40,000 Troops If Necessary; Israel Vows To Stop Hamas “Once And For All”.

--4^th Of July Chicago Shootings Scorecard: 72 Shot, 12 Dead.

--ObamaCare Watchers Await Decision Of DC US Court Of Appeals; ACA May Have been Written In Such A Way That Forbid Subsidies From HaelthCare.gov; Millions Would Leave Rolls.

--500,000 urged To Evacuate As Mighty Typhoon Hits Japan.

--Iran supreme Leader Calls For More Enrichment Capacity.

--EU United Front Against Russia Collapsing As Gas Needs Rise; Russia Supporting Rebels Reorganize.

--Bahrain Asks US Diplomat To Leave After He Meets With Shiite Groups At Exclusion Of Others.

 

As I have said during the last month or so, “Beware of the ides of July. We hit 17K and the markets are up 5% YTD. But, now we have earnings reveas just beginning and I believe it will be a hair trigger open season on laggards meandering from the herd. The bulls are fighting like crazy, but price/earnings ratios are well above average so even with the euphoria of $17K an upward battle looms.

 

I’m thinking I should go on America’s Got Talent and read the Tids. They seem to like old people who can still stand up and talk.

 

Maybe when 0-Man sends the Muslim combatants home from Gitmo, we can use it for Chicago Gangs. Rom Emanuel could be warden. As bad as the Islamic extremists are, at eats they have a purpose. These thugs just kill indiscriminately for no apparent rational reason at all. Nuke em’. Or  make sure they have fathers to clip them behind the ears.

 

Yesterday was another great day at the beach where the water temp at 65 degrees was warmer than the breezy air. I love a good cold July.

 

The good news about all of the bombings in the Middle East is that the possibility of discovering ancient historic buried cities grows geometrically with each explosion.

 

Too many people take too much for granted, forgetting all of the intricacies, the incredible intelligence and perseverance that is part of the creation of finished products. I believe that every curriculum in elementary and middle school should teach what it takes to make stuff; take them to a factory or an engineering facility. Who knows, maybe they will get a sense of cost too.

 

4 of 10 households now only use cell phones. What are we going to do with all of the old telephone poles?

 

The Answer:

 I say what’s so bad about keeping closets full of stuff for these following reasons. The psychiatrists seem to say I’m nuts. I say I don’t hoard my thoughts and ideas. I give them freely to you. Ok, here finally is the “following reasons”: Objects of Life’s memories (Guilty); Clothing that may fit you again or come back into style (guilty); Half finished projects from multiple hobbies; Clothing you bought but never wore nor intend to wear; Stuff you just may need someday (Guilty); Old technology equipment or mechanical stuff which as a whole or in parts may come in handy someday (Semi-guilty).

 

Woody Allen is a classic example of putting up with a degenerative, psychological mess to get excellent entertainment. I wonder what’s in his closet.