Today's Tids Issue 3,673
For Spontaneous Elation:
Isn’t it amazing
how the smallest of incidents can help change your outlook for a full
day. A chance meeting, perhaps, can boost mundane to glittering. A simple smile
pushes sunlight from beyond clouds. A single accomplishment in the twinkling of
an eye can explode a draggy day into a deluge of confidence. But, you can’t look
for it. It just has to happen. And, in those brisk moments when it does, you’ll
find yourself dancing on clouds.
Hillary used the
most aggressive computer disc cleaner BleachBit to remove emails about yoga
notes and wedding plans from her servers. There must have been some pretty raucous
yoga sessions. I wonder what Weiner looks like in tights.
When I write the
word “Vegan”
my mind often wanders to scenes from old Sci-Fi alien space movies like “Invasion
of the Body Snatchers” and “The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.” “Hello, I am
Vegan President Sarah Cumquat, and we come in peace. Take me to your leader Joe
Banana…I mean Obama.”
Hamilton is the runway
Broadway
hit of the decade, maybe three or four decades. But, a lot of Broadway
producers are not real happy about it. It seems that overall Broadway
attendance is down significantly this summer. Most attribute that to the super
high prices to see the Rap Musical. People have “X” show going resources in
budgets, and it seems that Hamilton prices have put them out of commission for
several years. I have no innate desire to see it.
The Question:
According
to Broadway exert observers what was the last show before Hamilton that had
such a similar huge effect on the street of music? Bonus 1: Who Herbert Peary? Bonus
2: What is a Gordian Knot? Super
Bonus: The first issue of Marvel comics was published in 1938. Who was the first
super hero?
The Headlines:
--Wall
Street Awaiting New Jobs Info; Oil Prices Under Pressure After Several Positive
Weeks Where They Were Up 12%.
--Trump
To Meet With Mexica President Before Delivering His Long Awaited Speech On
Immigration.
Florida
Tropical Depression Gathering Power Over Warm Gulf Waters; Stage 3 Hurricane
Madelaine Chugging Towards Hawaii..
--Russia
Says It Killed Key ISIS Spokesman Mohammed al-Adnani.
--Rubio,
Wasserman-Schultz, McCain Win Tough Primaries.
--Alphabet
(Google) To Launch Ride Sharing Program IN SF Competing With Uber.
--Congenital
Thug Chris Brown Arrested After Another Aggressive Act Against Women.
--RI Teen Wins At US Open 135 Years After First US
Tennis Championship in Newport RI.
It seems like
Comcast couldn’t deliver the Tids yesterday. So all of you who have that
service and missed your favorite morning mess can write for a copy of that stellar
edition. Free shipping.
You just had to
know that Lochte’s
notoriety would bail him out. Let’s face it, a TV world that can give you the Kardashian
mess doesn’t have to alter its moral ideals a smidge to include the swimmer on
Dancin’ With The Stars. The only question that remains is -- will he wear a Speedo?
And what a lineup it is with former Texas Gov Rick Perry dancing without a teleprompter
and long absent “Taxi” star Marilu Henner. Rapper Vanilla Ice, Former Brady
Bunch Star Maureen McCormack, Singer Kenneth Edwards, LA Women reality star
Terra Jole, actor Jake Austin, Detroit Lions Receiver Calvin Johnson, race car driver
James Hinchcliffe and country singer Jana Kramer. I have no idea who half of
them are, but Dancin’ fans will fall in love with a handful of them for reasons
well beyond their so-called celebrity status – because they can dance. Strike
up the band!
Ahhhh
Pure, Innocent Love, Department:
Listening
to Kaepernick you realize pretty quickly that he is not the brightest bulb in
the locker room. So then you learn that the drivel from his lips appears to be inspired
by his new girlfriend, activist Disc Jockey Nassa Diab of Egypt. Since he met
the often defender of Islam, his web site changed dramatically from pics of
football plays and players to the teachings of Malcom X, Black Panther Chief Huey
Newton and Cop Killer Asata Shakur. Ain’t love grand?
There’s an awful
lot of people who should not be in service jobs. It turns out there is
a skill necessary that many, it seems, haven’t practiced for years – smiling! Too
many service people who look like they’d rather be anywhere but sitting in front
of you don’t seem to realize that the strangers who come into their domains are
in fact spending the money that pays their salaries. That goes not only for
clerks in stores but for receptionists in medical offices or the public servant
in City Hall.
Alcohol and
calculus
don’t mix. So don’t drink and derive!
Actually, I was pretty
good at calculus in my youth, but I don’t remember anything about it.
This EU
directive to have
Apple pay $14.5 Billion into the leprechauns pot of gold is a really big deal and
maybe even as mystical. It has disturbed US Banks and even more important, the
US treasury. I‘ll try to figure it all out and get back to you. Maybe I need a
little calculus.
I try new
coffees all of the time, but only when their prices drop to near $5.00. My
determination is that you don’t have to pay more than that to get good flavor.
The key thing to look at is the Ounces for the lower priced brands like Maxwell
House (Some of their new dark roasts compete well with the $10 and above gang),
Folgers and Chock Full of Nuts. Coffee is trendy, and trend hopping can always
cost you a lot of extra dough.
As I was writing
the BleachBit
thing above I started chuckling to myself envisioning emails and texts between Hillary
and Weiner.
The country
needs more Governors
like LaPage of Maine. BTW, did you notice that the pretty liberal University of
Chicago had a letter for incoming freshman saying that Political Correctness is
over on that campus. The New Republic called the letter a “Perverse Document”.
The most egregious paragraph according to intolerant Lefties was” Our commitment
to academic freedom means that we do not support so-called ‘trigger warnings.’
We do not cancel invited speakers because their topics might prove controversial
and we do not condone the creation of intellectual “safe spaces” where individuals
can retreat from perspectives and ideas at odds with there own.”
There really is
such a thing as a pendulum swinging too far. We got to get the youth out of
the pits.
The Answer:
My
Fair Lady had an impact on Broadway like no show before it. It’s CBS Records
original cast album headed all of the pop music charts. Its price at $100
compared to other shows at around $10 was equally out of reach as Hamilton for
many. But, it changed the way people looked at musicals. It is still one of my favorites.
Bonus 1: Herbert Peary played “The
Great Gildersleeve on the radio. For me at the time in the 40’s it was one of
the funniest of them all. Bonus 2:
The Gordian Knot comes from legend of Gordium Phrygian who was associated with
Alexander the Great. Today it is a metaphor for intractable problems –
untangling the impossible, but solved by thinking out side of the box. Super Bonus: The Human Torch was the first
Marvel Comics Character in the1938 premier issue. It was followed by many other
well-known heroes being made popular today in movies, like Captain America.
I had a wild
cherry
diet Pepsi yesterday. Does that make me a Vegan?
Seeya all again tomorrow, the first
day of September. Yikes!
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