Today's Tids Issue 3,453
Opening Stuff:
It
only looks negative because there are just too many ways
to spread the drear of black clouds. The blackest of clouds is only hiding the
eternal light momentarily. Love and kindness and understanding in the heart
will always erupt gloriously in the end if you let it go. Hoagy Carmichael said
it all.
Let’s
hope that the debate tonight helps to clean up
the mess. Every day that the Repubs assault each other, The Hill gains a few
points and I have to pump a little more air into my inflatable.
It
was nice this morning seeing the NBA standings
with my beloved Boston Celtics at the top. Of course this was solely due to the
fact that there have been no games played and “Bo” for Boston comes before “Br”
for Brooklyn. But, I am the eternal optimist and I’m looking for great things
form this team without a superstar, but with lots of very good players who like
to play together. I think it‘s called team! Yeah, team, a rarity at times in
the NBA. I’m psyched!
When
I walk into the vegetable department of a supermarket my
eyes glaze over and my senses shut down. Yet, moving along and into the meat department
I feel my heart beating robustly, energizing my body. Red meat is a cardio
workout.
The
Question:
Double
“Q” Day! 1. Name five of Julia Roberts’ best
movies. 2. Here’s a couple of Perdue
questions. Why does Perdue chicken have a unique yellow color? Who did Frank
Perdue contact for help squashing attempts at Union organization of his
employees? Bonus: Last night lead
off hitter Alcides Escabar in first at bat hit an inside the park home run. It
has only been done 10 times in the history of the World Series. When was the
first WS ITP HR and who hit it?
The
Headlines:
--Nice Guy Dennis Hastert Pleads Guilty In
“Hush-Money” Case..
--Northrup Gets Big Contract to Produce Next
Version Of B2 Bomber.
--House Introduces Measure To Impeach (Indict) IRS
Director.
--The Hill On Colbert Show Says She Will Break Up
Big Banks, Stealing Yet Another Populist Line From Bernie.
--Resilient KC Beats Mets In Game 1; Marathon Was
The Longest WS Game Ever.
--Apple report Makes Investors Smile.
The
“F” in Fall is Fantastic time of the year every year,
that is… if you can manage to stay away from the barrage of
Pumpkin-in-everything recipes.
TV
So Far, Department
--Homeland is outstanding this year. Edge of the
seat stuff all of the time. Claire Danes is wonderful again as is Mandy Patinin
and Rupert Friend. Also up and coming is the increasingly evil Miranda Otto as
Allison Carr –Fargo is coming together
nicely. It is always quirky and at times things look out of place, but
eventually the Coens know how to make it sensible. --I wondered if the new TV
show Super Girl was just another Hillary promotional vehicle. I kind of figured
it was last night when in the first scene the heroine talking on a phone said “My
boss will be at the dinner if she doesn’t have to sit next to Bill O’Reilly.
Sneaky little Hollywood screenwriter. It is comic book all the way, and the
writers have taken liberties with some basic Superman/Girl facts. –I could get
into Limitless and Blindspot if I had the time – Fresh off the Boat is funny
satire and makes me alugh.
Every
once in a while the Tids Obit editor picks
randomly an obit page from the state’s largest newspaper to get a reading on
the average age of diseased. Today’s was 78.38. The good news is that that’s
about as low as I’ve seen it over the years.
Is
Janet Yellen following the lead of EuroCentralBanks’
Mario Draghi? It sure looks like it.
Have
you seen those new Toyota ads that say they want to take
Americans back in time? I hope it isn’t to 1941.
Today
in 1776 the American revolutionary forces fought the British
in White Plains NY and lost. But lore has it that Generals there standing on
what is now called “Battle Hill” looked out at the valleys and daisies
fluttering across acres of fields and exclaimed the beauty of the “white plains”!
Yikes.
There
used to be a lot more great food choices in grocery stores
until people started claiming that food caused illnesses.
Let’s
hear it for Newport resident Barbara Ann Fenton. She was
just named the Executive Director of the Young Republicans National Federation.
YRNF Chairman Dennis Cook of Illinois said he turned a few heads when he named Barbara from the
Bluest of blue states to such a key position. But, she is a battler like most
of the scant list RI Repubs. More important, she sees the diversity in the
Repub party as well as anyone, and she is driven to broadening the tent for
voters. She has said she can turn the broad, yet confusing array of GOP Prez candidates
into a positive, and will work her butt off trying.
People
get upset at these occasional viral videos of
police roughing up students. Ask a couple of teachers who try to teach in class
rooms dominated by the antics of some of these out of control students what
their opinion is of a little external authoritarian treatment.
Last
Night on The Voice, I really warmed up to Korin
Bukowski’s beautiful voice and emotional relation to “All I Want”. I also liked
the competition between of Dustin Christianson and Keith Semple. Of course
Keith sang one of my favorite songs, “I Want to Know What Love Is”. Singers who
sing something I know and like, always have an edge. Morgan Frazier surprised
me and Darius Scott showed a promising talent, though he needs to feel the
music a little more. Summer Schappell had the energy and tried really hard, but
she wasn’t very good at all.
Some
pretty intelligent and giving people find it hard
to understand why the term “Hard working” is considered racist.
After
red meat defamation day on Monday, there were long lines
at fish counters on Tuesday. See how easy it is to guide the will of people.
It
appears that people are clamoring to jump aboard the
Tids refugee inflatable in the post Hillary election days. In fact, we may be
looking at an inflatable Ark. But, one level headed potential escapee suggests
we pool together our resources to buy a large comfortable yacht which we can
use to sail the seven seas for 4 years. She suggests a selected list of the
disgruntled that would include chefs, investment advisors, gun owners and a
couple of teckies to keep the communications alive.
There
is no truth to the rumor that The Houston Texans
have named all-everything JJ Watts as back-up QB after idiot Ryan Mallett
missed the team airplane giving up a lifetime of easy money.
Do
you think that Frank Perdue has a seat on the World Health
Organization governing committee? The Perdue’s have always been pretty crafty.
The
Parking Lot: Chapter 24 continues…
Beth was
in agony as she tied to be nice to Fred. She never thought it would hurt so
bad. But, the more she talked and watched Fred, the more she knew it was worth
the effort. She was sure he was here for the same reason that she was. – to pump
each other dry. “I don’t know why I came in today. I’m aching, Fred. Hey,” now she
paused for emphasis and reached down to touch his shoulder, “Did you ever see those
scary looking lugs around here before?” Fred became conspicuously silent.
“Uh,
no.” His mind wasn’t working as fast as usual, she thought.
“You all
right, Fred?” She now thought she had taken control. Something is wrong with
Fred. Maybe the lugs saw him after me. “Why do you think those guys were
looking for me anyhow Fred?”
“I have
no idea, Beth. I’m Head of the Town council not a mentalist. People just think
I now everything because I talk too much. I’m just a neighbor who has a little
bigger say in things” he looked confused to her.
“Are you
sure you’re alright. Maybe we should talk.”
The
Answer:
1.
Personally,
I liked the Pelican Brief, which was under acclaimed by the critical shining
lights. It actually came in 10th on the Best of JR list. 9 was Steel Magnolias,
and then going towards #1 we had Mystic Pizza, My Best Friend’s Wedding (Lied
it), Something To Talk About, Erin Brockovich (good one), Closer, Pretty Woman
and for #1, one I liked a lot, Sleeping with the Enemy 2. The secret ingredient in Frank Perdue’s chicken feed was
marigold Seeds which gave the meat a golden hue. Frank twice turned to Mafia Boss
Paul Castellano to fend off the union effort. Bonus: The first World Series inside the park Home run was way back
in 1903! It was hit by Pittsburgh Pirates Jimmy Sebring against the Boston
Americans (Who won the series Boston proving the worth of the American League
for the first time). The Second ITP HR was by Boston’s Patsy Dougherty of
Boston in the same series. Old Casey Stengle playing for the NY Giants hit one
against the Ya, ya, ya…(WYKWIM)…in 1923.
It
turns out that my car is even more complicated than me.
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