Gratitude.

 

Today's Tids Issue 4,930

Back to enlightenment:

 

There are lots of great things that make me happy, but nothing beats a good laugh.

 

“A sign on a fence surrounding a field read ‘The farmer allows walkers to cross the field for free, but the bull charges". Thanks to a loyal and witty Tidster who gets good humor!

 

Gratitude: In the Tids dictionary it is thanks for things you do not know or have not seen, but have affected you positively. It’s opposite of accepting things the way they are without knowing how everything got to be so good.

 

The US Open Starts Thursday at Torrey Pines. Can Phil Mickelson do it again and win another big one. A win at Torrey which just happens to be his home course, gives the old man his personal Grad Slam. He is sure to be a sentimental favorite. The Odds: At 10-1 Jon Rahm is the favorite. Next at 16-1 is Dustin Johnson. The Rest in order are Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka, followed by Jordan Speith, Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas. A lot of people like Colin Morakowa and Patrick Cantlay, Phil is at 50-1.

 

The Question:

How many of you can give me 10 laws on how to write good?

 

The Headlines:

--Ratai Sales Miss; Inflation Data Increases; Stocks Limping; Bears Waking As Treasury Yields Rise.

--Biden Admin DHS Chief Alejandro Mayorkas Says Domestic Extremists Number One Terrorist Threat To US.

--Signs Of Bursting Lumber Bubble Emerge As Futures Price Drops Below $1000/1000 Board Feet.

--New Gallop Poll Shows Republican Leaning Voters dropping Significantly.

--McConnell Throws Fuel On The Simmering Supreme Court Future Over Expansion; Dems Say They Will Now Fight For Expansion.

--Biden Tells G7 To Watch Him And Not Be Concerned About Trump Coming Back; Netanyahu Uses Last Official Speech To Attack Biden On Iran.

--Shoes Keep Dropping Over At Beleaguered Auto Newcomer Lordstown.

--New Emails Reveal Trump Pressuring DoJ To Challenge 2020 Election.

 

 

There are signs emerging of a buyer’s protest against housing prices. In fact there are some trending signs that the inflationary squeeze will be transitory and will ease significantly when pricing with become again the result of reality as opposed to the shortages in an economy coming out of a dramatic close down.

 

Did you know that most artists wear Sketchers?

 

The fastest way to get a red light to change to green is to start texting. Honk. Honk!

 

The anti-America gangs like to focus on the wealth of the 20 or so founding fathers. But they forget how all of the Americans back then struggled in conditions foreign to those of today just to eat and actually live another day. Some people are trying to give the impression that people back then just floated through life unencumbered. People would have a far greater appreciation of what they have today if they understood what all of their ancestors had to endure to keep families moving forward.

 

The average age of Death in 1700 was 48. One-third to one-half of all children lost at least one parent before the age of 21. One in ten infants died before they were 1 year old. Martha Washington outlived all of her 4 children – 2 did before they were five; one at 17 and the other at 26. A set of bedsheets cost more than the bed. Jobs were few and far between…for everybody.  

 

I can take a good joke about chemistry periodically.

 

If you are ever looking for a nice relaxing CD or Spotify or wherever you get your music albums these days, you can’t go wrong with Renee Michelle’s “Seasons of the Heart”. No words to confuse or agitate. Just make up your own as the music comes your way.

 

The fastest way to get your food delivered in a restaurant is to go to th men’s or lady’s room.

 

In the Comic strip “Non Sequitur” this morning acolytes of the great seer and knower of all things climbed to the highest mountain for wisdom only to find a sign, “Everything Explained*”. *Except Cryptocurrency.” I was happy to see it wasn’t just me.

 

Depending upon who you are, you can look at Mayorkas warning from several different viewpoints.

 

One of the biggest complaints among canine pets are doorbells in TV commercials.

 

The Answer:

Number One is Avoid Alliteration, Always. 2. Propositions are not words to end sentences with. 3. Avoid cliches like the plague. They are old hat. 4. Comparisons are as bad as cliches. 5. Be more or less specific. 6. Writers should never generalize. Seven. Be consistent. 8. Don’t be redundant; don’t use more words than necessary; it’s highly superfluous. 9. Who needs rhetorical questions? And number 10. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.  Has this grammarian been reading the Tids terrifying terminology?

 

We just got to quell the disingenuous noise that everything Americans did in the past was bad.

 

Near drowning is a breathtaking experience.