Today's Tids Issue 5.449 💓
Eros, Venus, Aphrodite and the whole gang:
Isn't it interesting how Love rhymes best with above. A mystery as deep as the heavens and an endless universe that is beyond human understanding. Love is like that. You feel it and wonder if it was the result of some cosmic explosions. That how can just two people be made for each other. Yet they are. Two finding each other within this mystery of life. And they love. Deeply and purely and honestly. Happy Valentines Day, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d--y
Personally, I always liked Whitmans sampler best. I don't know whether or not it is considered good chocolate. But I always know what I'm getting. And that is all that matters isn’t it, not gettign a jelly or chocolate covered fruit.
I tried to find some good Valentines Day puns for you all, but there just aren't any good Valentines Day puns. Period. Yes, it was heart to laugh at what I found. If you like mush I could give you mush, But I'm staying from mush for lent.
Another bight aspect enlightening my heart today is the opening of Spring Training for my beloved Red Sox. Now that's what I call being there for your loved ones in times of deep distress. The Sox haven’t a chance this year but will not waver. Then of course there is that hope for some mysterious cosmic explosion carrying them home.
The Question:
Why is “Cupid” associated with Valentines Day?
The Headlines:
--Stocks Expected to Bounce Back from Dows Worst Day in a Year.
--Speaker Johnson does not want to Consider Senate Military Spending Bill; Dems Plotting Work-Around.
--At Least Ten Shot Dirng Chiefs SB Parade.
--Israel Launches Extensive Attacks into Lebanon.
--Ukraine Claims Sinking of Russian Ship off Crimea.
--Nato Ally Says Piuitn is Eyeing a War with teh West.
Hey, its Valentines Day and Ash Wednesday all at once. Hope some priests go a little crazy and apply ashes in the shape of a heart.
AI may be too smart for our own good. Hacking Groups from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia are increasingly probing teh use of AI Large Language Models (LLM’s to improve success rate for cyberattacks. And not far behind are Cybercrime organizations and other internet parasites. Get me out of social media.
Speaking of foreign intrusion, Biden has banned Tik Tok from use by all government agencies because its considered dangerous to National Security, yet the Campaign for Biden's reelection uses it regularly.
In Cailfornia, law says that traffic violation tickets have to be issued to a person. Which means that all of those driverless car accidents can't be penalized. Yikes. Will the digital tenacles of AI reach in to interfere with the State legislature attempting to adjust the wording of that law to hold the cyberworld responsible?
It is always an exciting week because eyes are turning towards Dantona Florida and the NASCAR Season start. The big question for me is, will Chase Eliot bounce back. Last year he, a former Cup Series Champ, didn’t win a race for the first time in his career. Partly it was due to a ski boarding accident that kept him silent for the first five races and suspension after a track incident with Hamlin. But he is a good one and I didn't see him being held back this year. I'll be watching the old #9 car.
It is Burger Bender weekend here. Over fifty restaurants will try try to hide the taste of a good cheeseburger with concoctions designed to bring home trophy. Yes, it will be loaded with stuff I will never eat and many will be hard pressed to even find meat. It’s really a reason to sell expansive beer and drinks. Sorry, I’m not getting on line.
Repub Chairman of teh House Intelligence Committee, Mike Turner, just issued a warning of a serious new National Security threat and a has called for declassifying data for a meeting with Dem and Repub leaders later this week. So, I’m thinking this is it just more scare politics, you know, the old boy who cried wolf all over again. It turns out that WH and Senate intelligent sources say the threat is real but not imminent and no cause to panic. But somebody will panic, probably media.
The Answer:
The Valentine Cupid you can easily call to mind is an interpretation of Eros, the Greek god of love. He appeared as a handsome youth in early art and poetry, but by the Hellenistic period he’d morphed into the chubby winged child we know and love today. So what does Eros have to do with Cupid? A lot. The Romans reinterpreted many Greek myths, and Eros is no exception. Once he was adopted by Roman culture, he was renamed Cupid, which stems from the word for “desire.” While his name may have changed, the Romans kept Cupid’s more recent Greek incarnation of the less threatening, chubby-cheeked child. Who is Cupid the god? According to Roman mythology, Cupid was a god born of Mercury, the messenger of the gods, and Venus, the goddess of love. Armed with a bow and arrows, he dealt in love and passion, forcing it upon his victims with the prick of an arrow. So there you have it. Love as been around a while and somebody is always ls looking for a reason. The little kid in the diapers made me do it.
So, there are so many love songs and I'm sure that everybody has there own special favorite for many reasons. So I'll just end this week of romance with what “Billboard” says is the all-time Number one Love song.
I think it is nice.
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