Today;s Tids Issue 6.008
Its got to be deeper:
When watching the figure skating, I always give extra points to the skaters who smile the brightest.
I think one of the coolest things is coincidences. I have a friend who collects coincidences but doesn't know how to store them
Do you know what's becoming a tired tale of woe and resurrection -- “Stocks crash on views of negative effects of AI future” followed in a a mere 24 hours by “Stocks rise as AI fears ebb”. Sounds like a manipulative game to me.
What do you call a giant psychic who manipulates the stock market. A tall medium who shorts.
The Question:
Who was Clara Peller? Everybody knows this one, right?
The Headlines:
--Stocks look ing for Life Ahead of Fed Meeting Notes; Meta and NVidia Forging Stronger Ties.
--Difficult Ukraine Peace Talks Come ot End with No Breakthrough. --Nine Skiers Missing After Tahoe California Avalanche; Six Other Back Country Skiers Rescued.
--US Says 11 Killed in New Multiple Strikes Against Alleged Drug Boats.
--Canadian Airlines Pulling Back on Flights into the US; One Airline with Key Florida Routes, Air Transit, Pulling Out Completely.
--Major Shippers Say Volume Rising Significantly but Revenue Seriously Lagging; FedEx to Make key Changes During 2026.
--Airforce One to be Repainted in Trump’s Favorite Colors: Red, White Gold and Dark Blue.
--Uber to Invest $100 Mil in Autonomous Vehicle Charging.
While all the alpine Olympic event headlines seemed focused on Lindsey Vonn, Mikaela Shiffrin won the gold in the slalom in a dominating performance. Remember Mikaela? She's; only the greatest female American skier in history.
In case you are interested, I think that Brahms’ Academic Festival Overture is better than Beethoven's Consecration of the House Overture. They both grab you at the opening, but Ludwig’s goes nowhere and flounders while Brahams completes the enjoyment soaring to heights of emotional satisfaction.
I don't think younger people ever know exactly where they are. Theyre just somewhere because the GPS took them there.
You’d think by now that Spell-Check would be used to all my typos and fic=x them automatically.
Two prawns, Justin and Kristian were swimming around the ocean. Unfortunately, while happy together, they were aways aware and nervous about being eaten by sharks. Finally, one day Justin says to Kristian, “I’m fed up being a scared prawn. I want to be a shark.” Suddenly a mysterious cod appears saying your wish is granted and Justin becomes a shark. Horrified, Kristian swims away as fast as she could. Justin soon finds being a shark boring and lonely, with all of his old mates quickly swimming away as he neared. One day he saw the mysterious Cod and hoped that if he begged, he could be turned back into a prawn. The Cod finally agreed and poof he was restored as a prawn. With tears happiness' in his eyes as he swam to find Kristian. He banged on the door to her cave shouting, “Kristian it's me Justin. I’m a prawn again. You can come out.” She shouted back, “No way, you’re trying to trick me so I can be your dinner. “No Kristian,” he replied. "I’ve changed That was the old me. -- I've found Cod. I'm a prawn again, Kristian.”
Whoops! How'd that sneak in there.
A concern on Wall Street is about how badly US stocks have doing so far this year against the global stocks. YTD 2026 Global stocks are up 8% while US stocks (S&P) are down 1%. This is the worst US performance against the world since 1995. Furthermore, US M&A money, formerly robust here, is now moving to foreign opportunities.
Stock Market Report: Helium was up, feathers were down. Paper was stationary. Fluorescent tubing was dimmed in light trading. Knives were up sharply. Pencils lost a few points. Hiking equipment was trailing. Elevators rose, while escalators continued their slow decline. Weights were up in heavy trading. Mining equipment hit rock bottom. Diapers remained unchanged. The market for raisins dried up. Balloon prices were inflated. And toilet paper touched a new bottom.
The Answer:
Clara Peller was an 81-year-old manicurist from Chicago who rose to fame in Wendy's commercials asking, “Where's the Beef”!
Remember now?
As I look outside
At the icy rain,
It nice to have Tids
To keep us sane.
Have a wonderful Humpday, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!!
