Maybe the awe is gone.

Today's Tids  Issue 3,702

For Newborn's first cry:

It pains me to have to open the Tids these days with news of our cheap, lowlife Presidential campaigns; two small, angry players upon a stage that should be a light of the world.

So instead, I will open with visions that are beautiful in the fall. Apples crisp beckoning travelers to road side stands; amber cider drinks that warm the heart and soul. Leaves fading and air cooling. A scene serene, a quiet still. Now the beauty of nature broken by the first crying of a newborn baby; birth bringing love as summer days fade. That there is always new hope even as sunlight shortens. The new light of a babe’s first breath.

It is said that bad things always happen after 2:00AM. I guess that would now include indiscriminate tweeting.

Unfortunately, the next time a Governor orders a mass evacuation because of a hurricane prediction, many will remember that Mathew was somewhat underwhelming and not listen, staying home. Talk about rock and a hard place.

Frazz wonders why in this new world of selfies and Instagram, kids still line up each year for School Pictures! “I’ll take one 5 x 7 and two 2 x 3’s. I don’t have many friends and my mother hates me.”

The Question:

In 1935 George Gershwin gave Broadway a hit musical with an all-black cast. What was it? Name four songs.

The Headlines:

--Markets Up Nicely Celebrating Adventurer’s Holiday; BOA/ML’s Savita Subramanian Says Potential Mid 2017 Recession Risk Not Discounted Into Market At Current Levels.

--Missiles Fired From Yemen At US Warship.

--Speaker Paul Ryan Has Impossible Choice; US Suffers Through Gutter Accusations From Characters In Eerie Presidential Diorama.

--Cholera Major Foe In Mathew Ravaged Haiti Where Death Toll Is Up To 1,500; 20 Now Dead In US From Big Storm.

--Tom Brady Returns To Pats Without Rust.

--Pope Loads Up On Liberal Cardinals.

--Toronto Beats Texas, Moves Forward To AL Championship; Cubs, Cleveland 2-0 Over SF and Boston; Washington and LA tied 1-1.

It started out bad last night for Trump as the well known Hillary supporting moderators jumped right into the locker-room talk tape. Trump responded in a way that led to his accusations that Bill Clinton’s Actions were far worse than his words. The positive side of Trump’s performance last night was that he didn’t rattle as much as he had in the past, and seemed to settle into a sense of reasonableness, for him, as the evening progressed. Hillary as usual was strong on facts and exhibited real knowledge of situations that Trump broad brushed with generic opinions. Trump missed several opportunities to knock relative simple and harmless questions out of the park. In the end Hillary was smiling, knowing that her campaign staff has at least one more A-Bomb to drop before the next “Debate”. As one MSNBC observer remarked – “Based on what I saw so small on the stage tonight, I figure that any of the 16 Repubs who Trump defeated – Probably not Ben Carson -- would have Hillary 20 points behind.” But we got what we got and it is sad.

East Coast Atlantic hurricanes are awesome and destructive, but to me not nearly as terrifying as Midwest Tornadoes that wipe communities off the amp.

AI Doesn’t get it, Department:

The next time somebody hawks a self-diving car, think about the judgment of this faceless computerized voice. A good friend of mine and Tids reader, has found that her favorite morning mess comes up on the screen of her car and an AI voice reads it to her. If you remember on Friday, the Subject read “Tids for Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria.” The voice started, “Tits for Nina…” My friend nearly drove off the road laughing.

Did you ever feel really uncomfortable? I got up repeatedly last night to watch football or wash dishes, because I couldn’t believe what I was watching.

Maybe I should reinstitute my new line of T-Shirts which have written in a large black typeface across the chest, “Tids Make You Smarter!” Great for woman to wear at the office.

All of that doomsday scenario you have been reading about the decline of Bees, just ain’t so. 2015 saw a rise in US bee colonies to 2.66 Million. That is up pleasantly from 2006, the year when your first read the word “Collapse”. The Peak was 1990 when about 3.4 Mil colonies were buzzing along. It now appears that the so-called collapse was not about a natural failure but about beekeepers making decisions to manage their businesses. The bees themselves, say USDA researchers, have no clue about a collapse. They are humming and gathering as they always have.

Rutgers is a good example of why NCAA Football Big Conference expansion is a bad idea.

Have you noticed that in that land of monstrous forest fires, western living advocates tout fire pits for every back yard. And Pacific coast residents race to have them installed.

I never thought Robert DeNiro was very intelligent without a script. Saying “I’d like to Punch Him (Trump) in the Face”, if by an average guy would have the SS and FBI running to his one room apartment for threatening a President or potential President. Of course, the media loves it.

After reading two monster double column Obits for local notables yesterday, I decided I need a lot more for mine than “Wheel Watchers Club”.

All of this news lately about Clowns scaring people has me wondering what did the presidential candidates do now?

Bill Belichick would never allow an Ortiz style retirement celebration for Brady getting in the way of a championship.

Most of the Pols who have abandoned Trump after his locker room style comments, had already abandoned him many months ago and were reluctantly showing minimal support.

The Answer:

I wonder if you had ti pay Hamilton style prices for Porgy and Bess. “Summertime” is the probably the best known song. Other familiar tunes are “I got plenty o’ Nuttin’ “, “Bess, you is my Woman Now” and “It ain’t necessarily so”.

Happy Columbus Day, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!