Today's Tids Issue 5,373
I don't stand a ghost of a chance with you; I ain't got no body:
Boo! In this crazy new world, do we really need costumes ot scare anybody?
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You know you’re in trouble when a zombie seeking brains approaches you and then walks right on by.
Well, today is the day of macabre fun. I remember looking forward to Halloween as much as any of all the days I looked forward to too. I can't remember any costume I ever wore but do remember learning rather early in my begging career that the bigger the bag the bigger the candy haul. Actually, thinking back, many of my costumes may have not met with woke standards of today.
Isn’t it odd to celebrate scary things while the people in Israel and Gaza are experiencing fear most of us will never have to understand; never know.
The Question:
What were Johnny Carson's last words before he died?
The Headlines:
--Stocks Weaker a Awaiting the Fed; Home Affordability Sinks to Historic Low.
--800,000 Palestinians Flee South as Isarel Bombards all of Gaza; Netanyahu Rejects all Calls for Cease Fire.
--Biden Signs Artificial Intelligence Exec Order to Protect Americans from Discrimination. Misinformation and Workers from Losing Jobs; Congress Remains Final Authority on it All.
--Freeze Warnings Issued to 80 Million US Halloweener's for Tonight.
--New Wave of Antisemitism Oozing Through the World.
Have you ever seen anybody jogging and smiling at the same time? I rest my case.
1962 was really scary. It was probably the year we and the world came closest to a nuclear showdown and a mis pressed button with the Cuban missile crisis. Americans and the world really did hold their collective breaths in the year 1962. But in all it was bright year as Spiderman first appeared in the Comics and John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth. The fight against Polio took another step forward with Sabin's oral vaccine. And people smiled when Marilyn Monroe sang “Happy Birthday, Mr. President at Maidson Square Garden on May 29. Then of course people jumped into rumors of JHK’s lothario appetite. But, alas, Marilyn was found dead of sleeping pills in August. JFK promised a man on the moon by the end of the decade, and James Meridith kept desegregation wars roiling as he attempted to enroll in U Mississippi. And then, 1962 gave us the Beatles with “Love me Do.” The happy moppets took the world of music by storm. Or is that swarm? At the time, I remember wondering, Why? Yeah, yeah, yeah? I was in the super High-Tech world of Boston buying books to teach myself how to build a semiconductor but only got headaches. We got our first Ford family station wagon while in the US “Compact Cars’” were making their appearance na selling very well. The imported Renault cost $1,395 and the truly astonishing “All Wheel Drive” Scout cost $2,150. You could buy a nice house in Lancaster Ohio on 20 acres with a barn and fully stocked pond for $3,700. The big new TV hit was Beverly Hillbillies, and conservative placid me didn't understand that either but somehow, I got sucked into the nonsenses. Even bigger in the evening living rooms was the funnier Dick Van Show with a great cast and the intro of the soon to be America's darling, Mary Tyler Moore. America was also heavy into the quiz Shows-- “’What's my Line”, “I’ve got a Secret” and “To Tell the Truth”. Johnny Carson began his 30-year run as host of the Tonight show and Andy Warhol painted a can of Campbells Tomato Soup. The most exciting new movie for lots of people was Sean Connery as James Bind in “Dr. No”. JFK Loved Ian Flemming. Others were The Longest Day, Lawrence of Arabia, The Music Man, Mutiny on the Bounty, To Kill a Mockingbird, Lolita and the Manchurian Candidate. Quite a mixture of themes. And we were singing, “I can’t stop loving you”, "Roses are Red”, “” The Locomotion”, “Duke of Earl” and “Breaking up is Hard to. When we all looked back, JFK was Superman staring down the Russians. I spent a good part of the year trying to find the easiest way to drive from Framingham to Boston before the Mass Turnpike.
Ah, tonight – the scariest night of the year. What a great prelude to next Tuesday – Election Night!
BTW, Marilyn Monroe's death was the passing of the acknowledged a sex symbol of the times, but my eyes were more drawn to Doris Day and Audrey Hepburn.
The sports Line of the day is about Mac Jones who consistently under the crush of opposing lineman will be seen out there tonight dressed as the “Crash Test Dummy”. Well, I thought it was funny.
It appears now that Kamala Harris is the designated Admin point person on Artificial Intelligence. Hmmmm...
I just can’t end this morning mess about Halloween night frivolity without commenting on how people don’t think about interrupting their scare plans no matter how many people are dying horrendous deaths in the Middle East. With advanced communications and rapid satellite images readily broadcast, it's not like it isn’t obvious any more.
The Answer:
Johnny sat there ramrod straight as he always did and said, “I bid you a very heartfelt good night." And then they say, a tear formed in his eyes.
Why do demons and ghouls hang out together? Because demons are a ghoul's best friend!
