Dreaming by a fog shrouded sea.

Today's Tids Issue 3,635

For Love:

She was happy, thoughtful, loaded with energy. He was quiet, optimistic, adventurous. The two found each other by chance in a line for a street hot dog vender. He stood passively looking across a park to groups of people imagining how he might portray them on canvas, if in fact he could actually paint. “Dreaming of a good dog with sauce and onions?” His head turned towards the sound. He saw a welcoming face with a big smile, which made him smile for the first time in a while. He didn’t quite know how to respond. By the time the two reached the head of the line she had him talking and laughing. They knew enough about each other to want to be friends. And friends they became, going to sports events and theater; hiking, climbing, exploring; he or she lending an open heart to absorb troubles of the other. Whenever the day became lazy they would call, to see what was happening, just as friends do. Then one day, this day, they happened to look a little deeper into each other’s eyes. They found what had been there since that first hot dog encounter. She held his hand. He kissed her.

See, there is a lot more to life than politics.

Have you realized that the Disneyfication of animals have made people less fearful of dangerous, very powerful wild beasts. People even name them, and researchers are determining that it is not good to over humanize animals whose eyes see you more of as meal than a playmate.

The Question:

There are many lists as answers to this question and you will have many of your own choices if you can remember their names and not just their familiar faces. Who are considered the top ten all time Character actors?

The Headlines:

--Stocks Open Slightly Lower As WS Awaits Jobless Benefits Numbers.

--Louisiana Town Acts Quickly After New Cop Shooting Of Armed Man; Aftermath of Shooting In Minneapolis Area After Police Pull Over Car For Violation Is Streamed Live By GF Of Victim.

--Gold Rising As US Investors Seek Safe Havens.

--Trump Finally reveals Campaign Contributions Of $53 Million; Scott Walker Says He Will Not Back Anti-Trump Insurgency’ Hillary Blasts Trumps Atlantic City failures..

--News Woman Gretchen Carlson Sues Fox For Sexual Harassment After being Fired.

People jump to too many conclusions too fast after police shootings. I have to feel that many police officers are a little jumpy these days after a recent spate of cold blooded murders of police just doing their duty.

Chefs are becoming like lawyers, doctors and insurance salesmen who have created tier own set of terms for simple things. It makes menu reading a two Tums effort even before the food.

How many “Best Ever” potato salads can there be! Best ever to who? Have these critics ever tasted your or my grandmother’s PS? I doubt it. PS.: There is just too much Potato salad at summer meals. And, macaroni salad too.

Where is it written that white people are not allowed to comment on black happenings.

Right now Trump’s biggest foe his is own party.

I always thought Gretchen Carlson was a pretty good news reporter. I guess viewers didn’t.

The Answer:

My list has Gary Oldman first followed by Christopher Lloyd, John Turturro, Steve Buscemi, Paul Giamatti (Time’s best all time Character actor), Christopher Walken, Claude Rains, Joe Pesci, Brad Dourif and Forrest Whitaker. Maggie Smith is 11.

Some days the Tids are short on information but big on feelings. Actually I put myself into rehab today for too much talk about Hillary and Trump.