The joy of interruption.

Today's Tids Issue 3,899

For Quiet Interludes:

Over the years I have mentioned in various Tids that my grandson Harry is talking to me as I write. I give you that as a warning that Tids production may be slowed. Now he is eleven and his questions about people and life are deeper, requiring a more difficult switch from the jaunty Tids to the inquiries of a young fertile, questioning mind.  I keep saying to myself, maybe he’ll notice that my fingers are moving swiftly over the keyboard and will stop for a moment, or two. Or better yet, perhaps he’ll feel the need to go to the bathroom.

The net result of Harry’s presence is that his inquisitive mind may help elevate the quality of the Tids.

I don’t know if I just got hit by freezing rain, but it hurt like hail.

I guess Michael Tate Reed of Arkansas doesn’t like the guilt associated with knowing what is right and wrong. He just keeps on destroying Ten Commandment monuments. He says that these statues (That govern the goodness of people) are against his freedom. Yesterday he destroyed a 24-hour old monument in Little Rock. Three years earlier he did the same thing to one in Oklahoma City. Guess what. The Arkansas government has already ordered a replacement. Reed will be in jail contemplating the effects of right and wrong.

There are way too many cars on the road.

The Question:

Who are these People! Amanda Donahoe, Sharon Lawrence, Maria Conchita Alonzo and Melora Hardin.

The Headlines:

--Consumer Confidence Rises In June; Banks Happy; Oil Comfortable; EuroZone Economic Excitement Euphoric; Stocks Could Have Good day.

--McMaster: Military Option For NK Being Prepared; Trump Looking To Step Up Pressure on NK; Talking To china..

--Trump Security Ban Commences; Current Admin begins Visa Restrictions On Obama Selected Six Countries.

--High Ranking Vatican Official, Cardinal George Pell, Charged As Serial Sexual Abuser.

--Buffet’s Berkshire About To become BoA’s Top Shareholder.

--Illinois Still hanging By A Thread.

--Walgreens Walks Away from Rite-Aid Merger; Will Buy 2,186 Stores.

--Wildfires Continue To Ravage West.

Yesterday the RI Senatae voted to mandate new costs for businesses in the state. The governor continues to say, “We are making RI good for business again”. It will never happen here until the anti-biz State legislature is replaced completely. The next thing the crazies on Smith Hill approve is an “Adopt a State worker” rule where every business will have to pay the pension tab for a public employee. I hope nobody up in Providence reads this.

Today is National Handshake Day. Purell sales expected to soar!

It was nice to see the IPO of Blue Apron come in lower than expected. It tells me that investors are not in that crazed mood of yesteryear and actually look at the real potential for profitability and longevity. Personally, Blue Apron looks like a difficult enterprise to manage over time, and maybe a fad of the moment.

Maybe Illinois will get a stack of Cigarette lawsuit dollars. It saved RI.

Over time, ISIS will probably lose their biggest Caliphate enterprise, Raqqa, but they will be with us forever. ISIS is more a state of mind with endless borders. Attacks on it fertilizes its growth and determination to conquer. Brain waves move like the wind from continent to continent. Be prepared to look over your shoulder.

As I get older, looking over my shoulder gets harder and harder. I have always preferred looking straight ahead.

Today may be the busiest day in a supermarkets’ year as people rush to stock up for what is looing like a four day picnic for many. I just hope my neighbors aren’t stocking up on fireworks.

The Answer:

Amanda Donahoe won the best supporting actress Golden Globe in 1900-02 for her role as C.J. Lamb in La Law. Sharon Lawrence was nominated for acting Emmy’s often for her role as Sylvia Costas Sipowicz on NYPD. Former “Miss Teenage World, Venezuelan Maria Conchita Alonzo began her career as a song writer and was named a Grammy Winner for “Best Latin Performance”. Several of her songs were top of the charters winners. She acted on Broadway and in many films including Moscow on the Hudson with Robin Williams, Touch and Go, Extreme Prejudice, The Running Man and many others. You have seen her often. Melora Hardin is another of those names you may now remember but who’s face you have seen as she played Jan Levinson on The Office and as Monk’s beloved Trudy.

Say Good-Bye, Harry.

Good bye Granddad. Good-Bye Tids people.

What’s a Tids person, Granddad?