A trip to Kindergarten diplomacy.

Today's Tids Issue 3,954

For Languishing:

No, I am not a “dotard”, letting the Tids slip away as if they were never there. No, yesterday I was just a Tidster interrupted by love; falling in love with the western Connecticut hills; Utterly bucolic and devoid of flocking crowds; Pure green valleys and dales, comfortable lily-paded pnds and bra glstenting lakes; steeples dotted horizons with maple trees preparing to turn glorious orange from luscious green. Yesterday I was in these rich hills where a trip to Fort Knox is necessary to buy a mere trinket in villages quainter than quaint. But to buy a memory is never necessary in these tranquil lands of small towns and uncluttered scapes that go on forever. It is the memories of such beauty that you bring home are priceless.

Dotard, from the word dotage meaning, slipping into senility. 

How many of our “unbiased journalists” will grasp that utterance of Kim and never let it go. Be prepared.

The trouble with many of these fancy culinary sandwich shops and new look makers of sandwiches, is that when you order something like roast beef or chicken now tastes like the chef’s favorite herbs and spices. Has anybody seen my chicken? Actually it is a way to put less meat on thick slices of gourmet breads. It’s a con job in the name of trendiness. What ever happened to delicatessens.

The Question:

Where was the first law School in the USA? Bonus: What was the name of the animated Space Age family TV series that premiered in 1962?

The Headlines:

--New Looks At PR Reveals Wastelands That Were Once Thriving Communities And Luxurious Resorts; Restoration Of Power A Crisis; Population Moved As Huge Damn Continues To Weaken.

--Newly Proposed ACA Replacement Has Hard, Nearly Impossible Road To Success.

--CVS Puts Limits On Opioid Prescriptions.

--Trump Says NFL Players Who Degrade US Flag Should Be Fired; Trump Blasts McCain.

--Small Earthquake Hits North Korea; China Agency Says It Could Have Been An Explosion..

--Weather People Unsure Of Maria Track; Jose Still Lingers Off Coasts of Mass And RI, Bringing Winds And Rains, High Surf.

You would have to agree that we can still rely on all Americans being at least unified on the freedom speech amendment…as long as they agree with the speaker.

Stretching feels real good in the morning.

I thought that the movie Raging Bull was a good one, and I liked De Nero in it. But as I have aged I have found that De Niro is always just plain old Di Nero, regardless of what role he is playing. Of course, now he has joined the Hollywood political dunces in the corner, which may have colored my judgments about him, and without a script, he doesn’t sound that bright. Did I say colored! While most De Niro films just blend together, I actually remember one little poignant love story quite well – “Falling in Love.” A simple tale with an interesting message.

With the ratings of the first two NFL games down a rather large 12% and 15%, the league may not have enough money left to pay Kaepernick when they finally get around to hiring him.

Analysts have found that the major pollsters during the recent election over-sampled Dem versus Repubs by 30% -- which they say is the reason so many polls were so far off. According to these same analysts, the major polls are still over-sampling by the same percentage, effectively reducing Trump’s popularity numbers by 8 points.

I’d rather have my mind numbed by Western Connecticut hills than by poll numbers.

BTW, Western Ct is not totally perfect. Like this city of narrow streets where bicyclists cause terror among drivers, they also push around cars on country lanes too.

That’s one of our problems today, there too many “me” instances that can interrupt perfect fanciful escapes.

The Answer:

The First Proprietary Law School in the USA was in Litchfield CT, yes in those same rolling green hills. It prospered until 1833. The school was founded in 1784 by Aaron Burr’s Bro-in-Law, Tapping Reeves. Bonus: The ‘60’s Space Age family was of course “The Jetsons.”

Thanks everybody for being patient and not sending me anthrax filled envelopes. Yooz is good people.

Enjoy the weekend, go to Western CT.