Today's Tids Issue 4,579
Too much excitement:
Happy Romantic February,
Everybody! Who cares whether or not the groundhog sees his shadow when love is in
the air? When bluebirds are singing and eyes are glittering. Yes, February is
-- the warmest month if the year! And not only do lovers have their day, but Presidents
great and mediocre do too. And of course, especially George and Abe whose birthdays
we honor. A lot of people are waiting for a February surprise, a super snow
storm making up for the lack falling flakes in January. Yup, February’s a pretty
cool month which unfortunately doesn’t rhyme well. It’s tough writing a poem
about February unless you just rhyme “ary” – which just doesn’t cut it. But who cares when you are eating heart shaped
chocolates?
Science
reduces the stars’ beauty. Remember imaginations?
Basically,
the Repubs put the Presidency back into the hands of the voters.
Everything has been
done before. The art is finding away to do it again differently.
The Johnny Cash
“Raged Old Flag” tribute at the beginning of the Super Bowl was about good ole’
America, plain and simple.
The Question:
Most of the advertising for Valentine’s Day centers around
things that a guy can buy for a gal – like roses, diamonds and heart shaped
boxes of candy. But, what do you think men would like for V-Day?
The Headlines:
--US Stock Futures Look Bright to Start Week; China
Markets Fall; China Exposed US Stocks Could Be Good Buys On the Dip.
--Dems Set For Reality As Iowa Caucus Results
Preview Best Candidates Of The Moment..
--The Groundhog did not see is shadow: Spring is
just around the corner.
--Chiefs Win Super Bowl With Typical Come from
Behind Victory; Mahomes MVP.
--Palestinians Cut All Ties With US, Israel.
--China Accuses US Of Spreading Global Fear Over Virus.
I woke this morning. I
felt like a millennial.
The left hates
that people who grew up in the fifties and loved their life.
Tacos bore me to
tears. Does that make me a deplorable?
We are all just
one giant cyber-coup away from a big tech social media company becoming the
global government. Hey, I think there’s a nice scary novel in there to be written.
I’m plotting.
The good news,
from a strictly financial point of view, is that the coronavirus is a short-term
event and will not contribute to a recession or even a lengthy decline in the stock
market. Short term drops in sales and perhaps profits could hurt individual stocks,
but the market is already beginning to look past the news drama as it always does.
I liked Mary Higgins Clark,
and read several of her novels because they were always good mystery stories. Why
does modern media at this time of her death try extol her as being mostly a leader
for courageous woman? She was certainly courageous. She was also funny, engaging
and certainly a person I would have loved knowing for who she is as a person. And
I’m sure who would prefer being remembered most a leader in her field, a very good
mystery writer. I hate it when the real essence of people is kidnapped by activist
causes.
I remember back when thinking
that among the many worst things ever about a Nazi suffocating society was the training
of children to report on their parents, and neighbors on neighbors. There are
days when twitter et. al. seems like history is repeating itself.
Ohio State U
wants to trademark the word “The”. That’s one reason why people root against the
Buckeyes.
How about that Super Bowl! San
Fran looked like they had solved Patrick Mahomes, but he and the chiefs found a
way. Personally, I thought Damian Williams was great all game long made some of
the most important plays. But I would give the MVP to the “D” who made all the
key plays in the fourth Q when it really counted. Mahomes is great but bis
passing was way off, even during the 4th Q come back. I was happy to
see my family getting the trophy. I wish.
The half time show was
just another manic display of chaos and writhing bodies as a backdrop for “songs”
that all sounded the same. Looked like every other SB Half time show to me.
BTW, do they let kids watch the super bowl anymore? It reminded me how lucky I
am never having to have bought tickets for some big concert.
I thought there were
a couple of good commercials. There were some funny bits in the Alexa commercial,
but it also emphasized, at least to me, why I don’t really need Alexa.
“Hail To the Chiefs!”
It will be a popular tune again tomorrow.
If you think
the SB was close, wait until we see the finish in tonight’s Iowa caucus.
There are
way too many watchdog groups in the country.
A digital news writer
Saturday morning was telling me I should hate all of those movie cartoons that always
made me laugh, rolling on the floor, because they had bad stuff in them that I never
saw. Too many people are trying to transfer their new found cultural guilt to
others.
Do you think
that the Democrats will show up for the State of the Union speech? They didn’t
accept an election. Why would they care about honoring traditions?
Which ones
will be licking their wounds the most after Monday’s Iowa Caucus?
My new favorite basketball player
is Fats Russell of the University of Rhode Island Rams. He could become the
next NBA mini-magician like Tiny Archibald.
Rambling Mind Department:
The Mars One Mission (Mom) has received more than 165,000 applications for a
one-way trip to The Red Planet. It is estimated that it would take 128 to 333
days to get to Mams (Using today’s rocket technology and depending on the relationship
between Mars and Earth in their orbits. Many people, go strip crazy after one rainy
day. How many days before you get tired of playing charades? But, Christopher
Jones, Mary Chilton William Bradford and 99 other passenger and 36 crewmen on the
Mayflower endured 55 days of extreme discomfort. However, there is work being done
that could reduce time of travel to 30 days, and even 3 in the distant future.
It revolves around having protons striking reflectors to propel the craft instead
of fuel. There are lots of dreams, but it still revolves around how to viably
exist there. Will they send back space ships for cheap labor? After all, they
are still just humans. And the Pilgrims had fresh air to breathe when they
landed.
On the other hand,
I never give up on possibilities beyond the imagination when creative,
intelligent, courageous and energetic men and women set their minds to doing
great things. Except, perhaps, in Government.
Think about this week of. Politics:
Caucus tonight. State of the Union tomorrow night. Vote On Impeachment
Wednesday. Political junky heaven.
The Answer:
The #1 thing men would like is A Steak dinner followed
by a coupel of drinks and chat. 2. A gift that refences and inside joke. 3. A
pizza to share at home while watching an Oscar nominated movie. 4. A long walk after
a nice dinner followed by Ice Cream and a Netflix program. 5. Go to see “Deadpool”
together and have her pay. 6. Anything homemade, It doesn’t have to be
extravagant. 7. Eating Ice Cream and Cake, watching something funny on TV. 8.
To be the little spoon. 9. A really, really long back scratch with long nails. And
#10 – Something old fashioned and sweet. Also listed are a six pack of Craft
beer, a bow and arrow, Meatball Sub and each dressing up in formal wear and
then going to an Arcade!! Nothing complex here.
One of the reasons the Pilgrims
decided to stay in Provincetown on Cape Cod instead of proceeding to their
permitted colony at the mouth of the Hudson river was because they were running
low on beer. First things first, even when discovering a new world.
Life is one of perspectives,
priorities and taking forks.
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