Splendid, just perfectly splendid.

Today's Tids Issue 3892

For Cachinnation:

Maybe we don’t know it, but I think we all crave one good laugh each day. And, if we don’t think we are on the edge of our seats anticipating that jocular moment, we are certainly always ready to commit to the transformational effects of something funny. I was about to say that a good laugh is better than the amazing rehabilitative effects of ice cream, but, well, I love them both. The laugh, like ice cream, just changes immediately the mood of your entire being as it grasps your funny bone and softens the rigidity of a perhaps aggravated brain. You don’t analyze, criticize or politicize. You just accept the laugh and let it go with unbridled gusto; sheer delight and pure enjoyment. And unlike ice cream, there are no calories.

I wonder how much total time I have wasted waiting 30 minutes before I could go swimming.

Scott Pelley officially said good bye to CBS News last Friday. Maybe the grand old station will now get back to sensibility.

Learning to bake a cake is mind over batter.

Could Laura Ingraham be the next White House Press Secretary? It is rumored that Sean Spicer is being elevated to senior WH Position.

Trump had pretty good day yesterday meeting with execs of tech giants to explore digital efficiencies and capabilities. In his talk before the likes of Besos, Krzanich, Nadella, Schmidt, Sweet, Rometty and Cook, he espoused delivering better services to citizens and stronger protection form cyber-attacks. While the purpose of the meeting certainly seemed neutral and non-partisan, it was tough to tell if the Tech guys liked him or just abided his presence. Actually, most of them don’t like him nor are they even close to his politics. Regardless, their gathering there shows that uniting for a common nonpolitical cause is still possible in America. And, absolutely necessary.

The computer caught cold when it forgot to close windows.

The Question:

Ok, above I mentioned the names of biggest tech CEO’s Besos, Krzanich, Nadella, Schmidt, Sweet, Rometty and Cook. Match them with their companies – IBM, Apple, Accenture, Microsoft, Alphabet (Google), Apple and Intel. How easy is that?

The Headlines:

--Nasdaq, S&P Open Higher; Dow Off After Record Setting day; Treasury Secretary And Speaker Vow To Overhaul Tax Code In 2017.

--Supreme Court Strikes Dow Parts Of Law That Bans “Offensive” Trademarks; Redskins Owners Thrilled That Ruling Could Help Their Conundrum; Court Also Says Sex Offenders Can’t Be Barred From Using Social Media.

--Georgia Special Congressional Election Could Be Test Of New Health Care Efforts; Dems Spending Big To Support Potential Huge Upset; Said To be Priciest Election In History.

--US Shoots Down Iranian Drone; Armed Russian Jet Comes Within 5 Feet of US Recon Aircraft; Australia Ceases All Syria Flights After US Shoot-Down And Russia Warning.

--Wilbur Ross: “US Spends Over $90 Billion A Year On Obsolete IT.”

--Heat In Arizona Shuts Down Plane Schedules.

--NASA Finds Ten More Planets That Could Have Life.

--Otto Wambler Dies; US Puts NK Tourism Off Limits.

Are we looking to start a war? I’m certainly not, but the recent news of shoot downs is starting to make me very nervous. I’d shut down Afghanistan. You can’t outlast the Taliban, and that is all it has become, a waiting game where people still die, for basically not much. I would have Trump, Putin and Rouhani meet in some neutral place and carve up Syria, maybe giving a generous sliver to the Palestinians.

Since pot was legalized in Colorado, Denver has become known as the “Smile High City”.

A lot of supermarkets and grocery stores have these nice smaller shopping carts. Why do they always seem to disappear? 

The only difference between Al Gore and Chicken Little, is that Chicken Little didn’t understand how to monetize it.

Word of the Day: “Splendid”. It’s a wonderful word (As is the word Wonderful) We don’t use much these days. It is defined as “Shining, Brilliant; Illustrious, Grand; Excellent; Being out of the ordinary. Splendid can also mean gorgeous, magnificent, sumptuous. The  word origin is Latin from around 1615 to 1625. Latin – Splendidus, “To Shine”. Hey, the Pilgrims may have first used it in 1620 when their eyes first saw the magnificent tip of Cape Cod. It must have been truly a splendid day. Splendid, truly splendid my dear Margaret Winslow,” says Ralph Hicks; standing ram in arm, eyes aglow as the dunes rise across the shallow bay.

I would like to say that the Tids are always splendid, but alas, alack, occasionally I know that are more like expendable.

The New York Post had a nickname for Scott Pelley – “Poison Pelley”.

Laura Ingraham is funny, makes me laugh. I think some journalists who take themselves too seriously need a few laughs.

A local Town Manager has moved on from his post. A news release from the Town Council said that “He wasn’t terminated nor did he resign”. Say what? Will we ever understand PoliSpeak?

Is there a better moment than that when you just can’t stop laughing no matter how hard you try? Your sides ache and your eyes shut tight as tears roll down your cheeks. And you gasp for breath. It just feels sumptuous.

People, legalized pot supporters, who tell us that pot has no effect on people, should talk to all the people who are fighting the effects of pot.

For every publicized hysterical threat to human life and limb, there is a product ready to solve the problem. Hmmm.

Did you hear about he dog who wasn’t able to see a psychiatrist because it was allowed on the conch?

The Question;

Jeff Besos, Amazon; Brian Krzanich, Intel; Satya Nadella, Mcrosoft;  Eric Schmidt, Alphabet (Google); Julie Sweet, Accenture; Ginni Rometty, IBM; Tim Cook, Apple. Do you think ese guys can find a solution? Maybe Ginni will put “Watson” in the oval office.

I hope you had a splendid Tids morning.