Opening Stuff:
Welcome
to the week of love. Real, from the bottom of the heart,
sacrificial love. You know, that good old fashioned “do-unto-others-as-you-would…”
love. Giving up a piece of yourself to strangers. Reinforcing your commitment
to friends and family and lovers. It’s a week of giving and not taking. It is
the week where the presents at the hearthside are all pure, from the heart unadulterated
love. Maybe covered with a little chocolate! Take a little and give more back. It’s
sweet.
It
is sad to walk into a cavernous Sears store totally devoid
of customers. I find they still have a wonderful assortment of just about anything
you need. They must have missed the trendiness express somewhere along the line.
It makes me feel bad.
I
saw a peace about “Earth Hour” where in Taiwan a mass
of Taiwanese people peddled bicycles to
produce power that lit the downtown skyscrapers. Does this mean that alternative
energy sources to offset climate change will signal a return of galley slaves
for warships? Hey, how about using the large crowds in prisons to power America
with weight lifting machines! I never realized global warming could be so good!
The
Ghost of Rosemary Woods, Department:
There’s no truth to the rumor that in her frequent
absences away from the limelight, Hillary has been attended séances to raise
the spirit of Rosemary to aid in the destruction of emails on servers. Too bad
Hill isn’t investigating herself with the same vigor as she displayed as part
of the Nixon prosecution team.
The
Question:
Here’s a series of three unrelated Questions to test
your start of the week thinking caps: 1.
What was the first marriage ever performed in the White House? What was served
as dessert? 2. In what state was the
Knights of Columbus established? 3. What
was the name of the US soldier who killed 22 civilians at My Lai? Bonus: When did the quiz show “Jeopardy”
first take to the airwaves, and who was the first Emcee?
The
Headlines:
--Iran Nuke Talks: Key Differences remain Two days
Before Deadline; Iran Adds New Demands; “O Admin Expected To Move Deadline Out
If Agreement Appears Near; Netanyahu Says Iran Wants To take Over All Of Middle
East.
--Bulls Running With Yellen As Futures Look
Brighetr To Start Week.
--Iran Says US Drone Killed Two Of Its Advisors In
Iraq.
--Carli Fiorina May be Next Repub To Announce; Dem’s
O’Malley Rips Hillary, Jeb And Fiona..
--Church Bus In Southwest Florida Plunges Into
Canal; 8 Dead, 10 Injured.
--Mike Pence, Gov. Indiana, Stands Firm In Support
Of New Religious Liberty Law.
--UN, US Ganging Up On Israel, Calling Country
Worst Human Rights Violator.
--Sports: NCAA Final Four Basketball – Kentucky,
Michigan State, Wisconsin, Duke; NCAA Frozen Four Hockey – Providence College,
Boston University, North Dakota, Nebraska Omaha.
--Hillary May have Wiped Server Clean, Say Some
Insiders.
--Volvo To Build $500 Million Manufacturing Plant
In US; Handful Of Stets In Mix; This Follows Mercedes Announcement For Similar
US Facility; Mexico The Loser.
--Florida’s Panama City To Clamp Down On Spring
Break After House Party Shooting Wounds 7 People.
I
have yet to see the President and AG rushing frantically to
mikes to deplore the senseless shooting of Boston policeman, John Moynihan, who
incidentally had been honored for bravery during the Marathon tragedy by Obama
in the White House.
The
Tids “Dancing With the Stars” Expert showed up at Tids HQ
over the weekend. She is liking Rumer Willis and Val Chmerkovsky to go all the
way to the top. She’s worried though that Derek Hough and the limber Nastia
Liukin could sneak in, which as she says, “Would be devastating as Derek always
seems to get the best partner.” She has also been impressed with Michael Sam as
a potential finalist, but as some critics are now saying, he is unwinnable. “Shark”
Robert Herjavec doesn’t seem to be warming the hearts of the dance aficionados.
It’s always nice to have a knowledgeable assistant to help me through this
dance stuff.
An
alert reader overheard Hillary ranting: “I. Did. Not. Have.
Textual. Relations. With. That. Server,”.
A
wise old friend tells me that the book “Being Mortal;
Medicine and What Matters in the End” is worth taking time to read.
The
bioscientist was depressed when he discovered blue
genes.
I’m
sorry to see that Dennis Hopper died, but
truthfully, I never understood him in movies.
Be
careful for what you wish for because you’ll probably will
get Schumer.
The
height of selfishness is to hope it rains on somebody else’s
vacation.
The
Answer:
1.
Dolly Payne Madison’s sister Lucy Payne Washington married SC Justice Thomas
Todd. Oddly, Dolly’s first husband was James Todd, who died of Yellow fever
along with one of her children. Her other child, Payne Todd, was gambler in
debtor’s prison and after hubby Prez Madison died Dolly sold off his estate Montpelier
to pay the debts of her son. She probably served ice cream at the wedding. She
was highly regarded in Washington. 2.
The Knights of Columbus were established in Connecticut. 3. William Calley was the Soldier of the My Lai Massacre fame. Bonus: Wheel of Fortune proudly boasts
32 years on the Tube, but it’s sister-in-law Jeopardy has been there 51 years since
1964 when Art Fleming first gave the first “answer”.
I
thought I’d start off Easter Week with this college Symphony
orchestra playing “Death and Transfiguration” by the great Richard Strauss:
As
this music builds past the trauma, I see a bright sunny
spring day, brighter than any day before in the history of the world; the giant
rock rolled back from the cave of Joseph of Armethea, love flourishing for all
to come. There is a feeling among people gathering there that the world has
changed. As the music builds you will feel it in your heart.
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