Layng quietly in fields

Layng quietly in fields
Glstening lights

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

The problem with political jokes is they get elected. –Henry Cate, VII



Today's Tids Issue 3,452
Opening Stuff:

One reason I love this fall
With crisp, enlivening air,
Icy skies; sun’s bright glare
Tis I see so clear, after all.
Colors bright upon leafy trees,
Ocean glistening ere the freeze.
Meandering paths of deer tracks.
I see all with such new clarity.
Which for me is quite the rarety…
Precluding the knife for cataracts.

My senses are too often assaulted by childlike political barbs, and I’m tired of it.

The good news is that the new flu vaccine is actually good for combating the current most prevalent strains of the flu. How refreshing. How ingenious, a flu vaccine that works.  

The next major world refugee crisis will be Americans leaving for a better place after Hillary is elected. I just bought a large inflatable. 

The Question:
1. Why are deer called “Bucks”? Bonus: Who are considered the top Ten All Time Authors?

The Headlines:
--Boehner And GOP Leaders Reach Budget And Debt Deal With Obama; Repub Moderates Applaud; Questions With Stubborn Right; Ryan Reserving Judgment On Deal Because “I Haven’t seen It” -- “Process Stinks,” He Adds.
--US Navy Enters China Sea; China Warns USA To Get Out.
--New CBS/NYTimes Poll Has Ben Carson Leading GOP Nationally; Carson – 26, Trump – 22, Rubio – 8.
--Alibaba Shares Going Crazy After Earning Smash Through High Estimates; Street Awaits Apple Report After Closing.
--Afghan, Pakistan Earthquake Up To 300 And Probably Climbing.

Lately, every time Trump opens his mouth, Ben Carson looks more Presidential.

These are the days that when there is a positive rally in stocks, the Bears release a flurry of negative releases. Apparently the bears and short sellers didn’t see this rebound coming and now they are panicked. Panic is an evil word on Wall Street. There is no truth to the rumor that the bears have hired Quentin Tarantino as thier spokesman.

The Voice last night was entertaining. My favorite performance of the night was by Madi Davis who squeezed so much beautiful emotion out of “A case of You”. She defeated Amy Vachal who the judges loved, but I thought was just Ok. The duo between Viktor Kiraly and Jordan Smith was outstanding and I thought it was a tie, But that Jordan kid is consistently excellent and will be there in the end I believe. Viktor was stolen by Gwen prompting Vik’s Dad to utter the best line of the night (In Russian), “Your new coach is much better looking.” Dad was drooling. I would have enjoyed seeing Andi & Alex singing again, but Blaine Mitchell overwhelmed them with his great voice (Note The Tids predicted the growth of BM after he was panned by critics in the Blind). Personally, I liked Blind Joe who is gone, and Ivonne Acero who stayed. Braiden Sunshine surprised everybody including me with a mature performance. I don’t believe Barrett Baber is getting better. Nerves got to Ellie Lawrence and Chance Pefia big time. Chance with more training could become a winner, if he was not out on the streets.

Clearly now in the lead for the Annual “Brain dead Celebrity of the Year” is Quentin Tarantino. It’s too bad celebrities are allowed to speak in public without scripts, because mindless people follow them. BTW, while we’re in Hollywood have you noticed how many new TV shows and Movies feature strong intelligent woman. It’s all about Clinton’s pals paving the way for you know who as the leader of the Western world. That’s what good P/R does best, creates positive environments in which their clients can appear to swim effortlessly.

Speaking of world domination by a few and creating environments for bad messages, how about that World health Organization edict coming down on red meat. You just know there is some UN style agenda occurring there. As several reasonable doctors have already said, it is over the top hysteria and they should be gagged -- Red Meat = Smoking = Asbestos. Are they nuts? Beware of vegetarians for they are trying to inherit the earth.

Oh yeah, the reason I have not and don’t intend to run a marathon is because the feed you bananas.

I’m rooting for Kansas City tonight and not just because they have great stock yards. I like their hustle and their fans.

If black lives matter, how come black political leaders aren’t marching in the streets of urban communities routing out gangs. Oh, wait a minute, that’s the policeman’s job!

The Parking Lot: Chapter 24.
   Beth was back behind the counter making some fancy coffees for bunch of young people sitting at the water view table when Fred walked in. They nodded, but neither of the two seemed as enthusiastic about being there as they have over the years. Red mouthed to her “Black and a donut”, then he turned to take a table away from the crowd in a corner. He took out a manila folder and started scanning the papers inside.
   “Where’s you big smile, Fred?” Beth put the coffee and donut on the table along with utensils and anapkin.
    Fred looked up slowly feeling a little better after Beth’s greeting, “Geez, what happened to you?” Beth’s hand went to her face. Fred remembered the last time he saw her with Jasper and Sam, and after last night he knew what probably happened. He also knew that Beth was the best friend of Nancy, and being nice to Beth was his new job. But now he felt a little queasy looking at the bruise on her jaw, and the way she leaned against the table. “You alright?” he continued.
  “Oh yeah, I’m fine. You remember those two lugs you saw me with as you were leaving  a couple of days ago? Well, they scared the bejesus outta me and watching them leave I walked backwards and stumbled over one of those concrete parking lot stops.” She took a deep breath, “It’s my ribs that are killing me.” Fred cringed at the word killing. They got to her, he knew, but tey obviously didn’t learn much or else why world Jerry had introduced me to his friends.
   “Why don’t you go sit down. You shouldn’t be working with that kind of pain”. Fred thought, “I should be on a boat going down the Sakonnet and look for safe harbor somewhere over in Montauk. Her pain is killing me he thought.
   “Why, Fred thanks for the thought. I’m glad we’re good old friends.” Fred felt his stomach roll.

The Answer:
1. A deer is called a Buck because in pioneer days a deer skin was worth a dollar! Yes, the answer is that simple. Bonus: Everybody has their favorites so arguments will abound on this list of all time great authors as compiled by Listal: #1 Is William Shakespeare followed by Charles Dickens and then Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, J.R.R. Tolkien, Ernest Hemingway, Jane Austin, George Orwell, Mark Twain and John Steinbeck. Check out the Top 50 -- http://www.listal.com/list/top-50-authors-all-time

A good blog writer never sends a reader off to read a list. But, who ever said this was a good blog. But, if you have Come back from chcking out authors to the Tids, here’s a nice song with feeling I like. Actually I believe I have played before, but, cool air and beautiful icy scenery is making repeat myself. Sorry. https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-006&ei=utf-8&fr=ytff1-yff16&p=you%20tube%20say%20someting&type=


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