It's All New.

Today's Tids Issue 2,267

Opening Stuff:

Wow! 2011! I remember as a kid hoping I would live long enough to see the year 2000. Now, I'm looking forward to 2,035 or better. Hey I'm still a kid. Maybe more than ever!

Of course it's also the first Tids of January. January is pretty good month with great chilling cold after you get through the January thaw, which ended yesterday. Skiing is consistent, days are crisp and the football is great. You don't have to wake up each morn and worry about what to wear because you know you have to dress warmly. Historically there are key markers that can determine the overall stock market for the year. People work to get their weight and credit card balances lower. It is a reawakening. And this year we have a new Congress that might work. An economy that might improve. And a populace who is waking up. This could be the start of something great. Stay tuned. The Tids will be there to guide you through another yearly maze.

The huge lighted sign at the entrance of the Newport Bridge says "Mount your EZ-Pass". Is this some contemporary alternative sex thing?

I think the world would be a more peaceful place if everybody wore plaid flannel shirts.

Important Tids Notice! The countdown to the first installment of the new Tids novel has begun. On Wednesday morning, a mere 48 hours away, the first lines of "Dream Town" (Working Title) will appear in your email inbox in Tids #2,269. Is your heart beating madly yet?

The Question:
Name the five top songs of Crosby Stills and Nash (and Young) and those of individual members of the famed group. What three bands had C,S,N formally been members of?

The Headlines:

--J&J Researchers Excited About New Test That Can Isolate One Cancer Cell Among Millions Of Healthy Cells.
--Stock futures Rise As China Anti-Inflation Program Shows Results.
--GOP Laying Out New Congressional Agenda That Could Carry Party Through 2012 Elections.
--Muslims Murder 76 Christians In Egypt Church; Slaughter Of Innocent Is Latest In Recent Series Of Attacks On Christian Churches.
--Massive Snow Storm Closes Down California's Critical Route 5.
--Karsai Spits In Face Of US By keeping Corrupt Mister Ismal Khan On Board.
--Newport Loses Out To San Fran For America's Cup; It is Expected That Newport Will Host All Pre-AC Trials.
--FaceBook Worth Put At $50,000,000,000.
--Obama Quietly, Strategically Planning Greater US Engagement In Lands Of His Heritage, Africa.
--Christine O'Donnell Could Move to Romania For Political Future; Country Passes Law Making Witchcraft Professional Occupation.

Back to More Stuff:
For Christmas, I got a pair of glasses that helps you find lost golf balls in the rough and woods. The warning on the box said: You can't see anything else when wearing the glasses, so be careful not to fall in a ravine, off a cliff or into a pond of piranhas. I'd do anything for a free golf ball.

The Ohio State is shaping up this year as a real contender in men's basketball. But God do I hate that arrogant "The"! It makes me want to root against them in all sports. But then, it's always good to have something innocuous to hate so you can pour energy into love.

As the Tids has been saying for several years now, the Big Ten has the best SID's (Sports Information Directors) in the business. How else could you explain doting media folks continually placing Big Ten teams at the top of their lists. Just check out the overall performance of the league in the in the NCAA B-Ball Tourney the past several years. And...then there was Saterday!! Five bowl games and the vaunted league from the breadbasket lost all five...by a combined score of 204-103. Yikes. And, one of their co-champs lost to Alabama 49-7. This ain't Bronco Nagurski's Big Ten any more.

Is it just me, or is the phrase "Very Fun" bothersome to you too?

Kudos for Bill Richardson Department:
For some reason there was mini drive on to pardon that piece of crap who ran around the southwest killing people, William H. Bounty -- AKA Billy the Kidd. Be careful who or what you romanticize, because it may end up insulting the honorable. Richardson said Nix to the pardon.

Bankers bankroll builders. Hmmmm. Let's see...if a builder builds a development of 30 houses and there are only 10 people who can afford them, then it is in the bank's interest to create a new class of customers. i.e. People who can't afford to buy a home. Which basically proves that home building is a bad basis for an economic growth model. Builders build and developers develop because that's what they do. Regardless of real need. Want to see more about the inner workings of the banks and new mortgage manipulations? Check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/v/ssl5yb7FewA?fs=1&hl=en_US

Denial Department:
Have you ever noticed that people who hate egg whites always order scrambled eggs? If you can't see it, it isn't there.

Looks like 0-Man is making the the nation's Chief Plagiarist Joe Biden White House Congressional Liaison. As a rep or senator I would be very wary of his phone calls on key bills. He rarely understands what he is talking about and much less knowing what the people he appropriates from are talking about.

The Projo (Colloquial for Providence Journal) appears to be setting up a continuing report that will tally and praise the Promises Kept by new Gov Chafee-Lite. Of course, 66% of of all voters apparently didn't like his promises and voted for somebody else.

Linc Chafee's wife Stephanie Danforth Chafee looks like a pretty good egg to me.

The Answer:
Some of best known songs are judy blue Eyes, Long Time Gone, Just a Song Before I Go, Marrakesh Express, Our House, Teach Your Children and Cathedral. The Genesis of CSN was in the bands The Byrds , The Hollies and in part Buffalo Springfield.

The End:
As we enter this year just remember that we can't take success for granted and still have a lot of work ahead to get the country back up on top where it belongs again. For instance it was just reported that the latest Focker movie, which had been described by critics as a stupid, lame, low-brow, unfunny comedy, has topped the box office charts for the second week in a row.

If somebody calls you a Rock", remember that a rock can drag you under.

And finally, I look at winter this way. 38 degrees is starting to be too warm. 25 degrees is comfortable and 15 degrees is a bit chilly. The point is, Winter is Winter. Stop listening to the hysterical plaints of weather people and get used to it.