Who says?

Today's Tids Issue 2,069
Opening Stuff:

Why don’t I believe that John Lackey is going to be that good? Why don’t I feel confident that Lackey, Beckett and Lester will be a “Fearsome Triumvirate”? Why do I believe that the Boston Red Sox will fall one run short more often than not. Maybe I’m just one of those old fans who still can’t believe they still aren’t on a title-less streak since 1918. They still have to go beyond the publicity driven euphoria and prove it to me…every year.

I love hearing little kids in the 4 year old range saying things like “Watch me throw the ball Ma”, or “Watch me jump off this rock Dad”. They are capturing very simply the full emotions of a beautiful intimacy.

The Question:

Name Michelangelo’s five greatest works of art.

The Headlines:

--Austin Texas IRS Building Attack Was Premeditated Suicide; Man Had Had It Up To Eye Brows With Gov. and IRS Says Web Suicide Note.
--Golf Writers To Boycott Woods Love Fest.
--Marines Dropped Behind Taliban Lines In Ongoing Battle For Marjah.
--Ugliness Of Commercial Real Estate Mortgage Problem Becoming More Apparent.
--Obama Authorizes $1.9 Billion In Retribution To Black Farmers Thought To be Discriminated Against By department Of Agriculture.

Back To Stuff:

I think when you wade through all of the well publicized crap about what we all should worry, you’ll find that almost everybody who has ever walked a step upon this earth would agree that must find a good, surefire remedy for colds. The Tids will be on the prowl looking for the best of home remedies and store bought stuff too. Send in your favorite’s.

Did you see where President “Burger Boy”, former MacDonald’s muncher Bill Clinton, is speaking out in behalf of Michelle O’s obesity in children program? Next he is taking up the cause of the Tiger Woods rehabilitation program. He will be in charge of getting the woman to back off law suits.

If you talk to any person raised in the forties and early fifties you will quickly learn that obesity wasn’t a problem probably because kids would spend half of their waking hours riding bicycles or walking humongous distances. Kids would awaken each morning and plan their own days which almost often required extremely strenuous exercise.

More proof that wars are now run by Public Relation’s people: They are changing the name of the Iraq War to “Operation New Dawn”. How about changing WWII to “Setting Sun?”

We laugh, or maybe not, about the typos that are consistent nuisances in the Tids. I rationalize this as collateral damage along the way in a quest for bigger ideas. But, after looking within, I’m thinking…does an artist leave some of the brushstrokes for viewers to complete? Does an engineer leave out some of the bolts for bridge users to discover? Is a written piece full of technical errors a masterpiece? Everything that is half done is…well…half done.

The Novel:

Through the Same Eyes. Chapter 55 continues. –The mood seemed relatively bright considering the dirty little drama unfolding within these antiseptic walls. Jack Wiley was charming Isabelle and Izzy was charming back. A real love fest. Jack Wiley started saying what I thought he would say, “We are here and we are looking forward to getting this thing going. Normally my people and I would be sitting here stonefaced trying to back you into a corner until you would submit to an offer that was slightly more beneficial to us than you. But, I have been talking with my wonderful Maggie the Magnificent, that is Sarah Durham to everybody else”, Wiley chuckled. “No”, I thought, “that is Sarah Durham to everybody but me. It’s Sarah/Maggie to me.” And I smiled to myself under the ongoing words of Wiley. “One of the things that Sarah always brings to the table is irrefutable logic. Where many dispute minor points that often erupt in to major roadblocks, Sarah sees all of the advantages for both sides.” He paused for effect. “Instead of getting hung up with the Bromsky misconduct, or more appropriately a major felony that might derail most negotiations, she sees it as something that over time will be a technological advantage. She tells me that you are fortunate to have a technological power like Kent Middleton to pick up the pieces and keep the growth momentum going”, He nodded my way, “And…she loves the guidance that Isabelle offers as the Honcho.” Izzy was looking relaxed.

Back To More Stuff:

There seems to be more senior citizens taking classes these days than kids in Kindergarten. How long will it be until the NEA wants to organize the volunteer instructors and demand more taxes to pay for it?

Lou Dobbs, a radio talker gaining credibility and listenership said yesterday that his new hero was a woman from Rhode Island. He was talking about Dorothy Gist the state’s education commissioner. She says authoritatively what all citizens want to say about the education system and the way their taxes are being used to run it. And she says it directly without hedging in a state that is literally run by big unions and in particular the teacher’s unions. But she gets things done because she has the capability of pointing out what is right in a way that even the opposition can’t deny it. Or would be really embarrassed doing so. Dorothy Gist for President.

Did you ever think that you would ever have to learn how to spell M-a-r-j-a-h?

Reading Between the Lines Movie Reviews:

--Shutter Island has been the most heavily promoted movie in recent times. I guess they have been trying to overwhelm the public because it isn’t very good. Any movie with an opening scene of the hero throwing up from sea sickness for a 5 minute ferry ride is an immediate turn-off for me. This is a drab over-acted movie, where the “Cats Jumping out of the Alleys” scare tactics wear thin half way through. But even worse, one quarter the way through any semi intelligent human will figure out the “surprise” ending. There is more to not like about this worst of the Leo-Marty movies.
--The best available movie in weeks maybe the top 10 Collection of 2009 Academy Award nominated short films. Well done and lots of emotions. I’d look for it.

The Answer:

Just about everybody would know Pieta, David and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo was an enormously accomplished genius in sculpture, painting and architecture, yes architecture. Among well know edifices he designed are the St. Peter’s Basilica, The Laurentian Library and the fortifications for the City of Florence. One of his most amazing paintings and maybe the most famous fresco of all times was the “Last Judgment” on the wall behind the Sistine chapel altar.

The End:

You feeling low? Yesterday the players on the basketball team for Bryant University in Rhode Island were feeling low too. Their record was the worst in NCAA history at 0-26. Last night they won by 2 points beating Wagner College of NY. There is always an up.