Me, miserable?

Today's Tids Issue #2,543
Opening Stuff:

Santorum is looking like a winner after two big victories in the South. The even more significant finding is that the Conservative team of Newt/Rick got over 70% of the vote. Of course New Yorker's will say, "Yeah, but, it really is only the South." Yet, the center of gravity for the US continues to shift further west and yes, gulp, to the dreaded south where they don't talk like they do in the NYT's newsroom. The dreaded South where many of the auto companies and other bigs are building new factories. It's an interesting situation abrewin', cause the Reagan Democrats may be rising again to upset the pundits applecart. Mitt could fall a few votes short, and the convention could decide it. Let's hear it for regionalism.

You can always tell when Obama's poll numbers go down. ABC Nightly News will do an innocuous puff piece about something that has no relationship to news. Last night it was about the dog. Abetting Barak's Campaign marches on.

Delaware is just behind West Virginia, Kentucky and Mississippi on the unhappiest state list. Delaware! How can you be miserable in a state with oceans, lots of land between people and corporations who love to pay taxes and ask for little more than being on the list of Delaware corporations. Southern states are always on the lists leading me to believe that the list is compiled by people on Manhattan Island, NYC, where people just don't appreciate people who speak Southern. The point is that there are more and more lists of just about everything telling people how they feel, who they are or what they should be doing. I think most are compiled by people trying to get money for something. The Government loves to tell people they are miserable so they can take charge of their lives. I live in Rhode Island and according to lists, my life should suck! Yet, I'm the happiest guy in the world. Go figure.

The Question:

Name five Movies where Billy Crystal made you laugh.

The Headlines:

--6.8 Earthquake In Japan Followed By 6.1 Jolt; Tsunami Warning Not Issued.
--Santorum Sweeps; Romney Team Says They expected It.
--Ahmadinejad On Iran Parliamentary Hot Seat; Prez Grilled On Economy And Appointments.
--WS Opens Flat After Tuesday Spurt.
--Panetta In Afghanistan; Bomber Kills 9.
--US Big Banks Do Well On Fed Stress Test.

Four high school kids Dan and Jake Kilcoyne, Bryce Kelley and Mike Marsella walked into the cavernous NYC armory. They were used to being not noticed coming from the very rural Charleston, Hopkinton, Richmond RI area -- an area as rural as Nebraska in the RI state of mind. Around them runners were stretching, jogging and psyching themselves out for the New Balance HS Indoor Track Championships. There were crack teams with long histories of dominating this meet. But, the RI four felt good about themselves. Their event, the 4x 1 mile, was the feature relay event. The last of the day. They watched and waited. The moment came. The announcer shouted out the names of the teams, but mispronounced theirs, Chariho. But who knew. The gun sounded and Jake stayed even the first leg. Bryce took it to them and had a small lead. Dan lost the lead but held second for Mike. After two laps, Mike was neck and neck...and then it was over and the little team from nowhere had won it all...including setting the US National Record for the HS 4 x 1 Mile! The boys were met at the I-95 exit by a town fire engine. It led their van through the woods and the agricultural fields. To the High School that many have never seen, yet now stands proudly next to the giant irrigation machines. And beautiful green fields.

Here's a pretty easy recipe to add some deliciously tasting Green to your weekend menu. It's called "Green with Envy Cheesecake Bars". Preheat oven to 350. Mixes 1 1/2 cups chocolate wafer crumbs (About 30 cookies) with1/3 cp melted butter. Press into bottom of 9" sq baking pan. Refridge. Blend 3 pkgs (8oz) Cream Cheese with 1 cup sugar. Add 1/2 cp sour cream and 1 tsp peppermint extract. Mix. Now, add 3 eggs (1 at a time) and blend well at low speed. Pur 1/2 batter over crust. Add 1/2 tsp Green food color to remaining. Mix and pour over batter in pan. Bake for 25-30 mins. Cool on rack and then refridge (Min 4 hours). melt 2oz semi-sweet choc. Drizzle pleasantly over cheese cake.


Why do radio people think repeatedly saying "P--- me(you) Off" is in good taste and needs to be said at all? "But Maaa, I heard it on the radio."

Speaking of educating people in the basics of good grammar and sentence construction, I hear that there is a new movement designed to adapt to new technology while at the same time reducing school budgets. Many school curricular will only focus on 140 characters per week.

This just in: AI's gentle Giant Jermaine Jones will be dropped by the show for concealing a criminal offense on his entry form. The Tids predicted he would go this week because he was boring. So, does that mean they add one more who was overlooked because of the Jermaine recall?

Stupid Headlines of the Day.
"Pregnant TV stars in Sky High Heels". "New Jersey capital makes emergency toilet paper buy.

And, now our civilized culture will be treated to a day in the life of the Clint Eastwood family. Yes, it is a new TV show. God, who cares. Shoot me. Oh, wait a minute, Clint likes that.

Here's another headline: "Limbaugh's Slut Comment has Staying Power." Issues have staying power if the media want them to have staying power.

Meanwhile back at the White House Political Action Center, a crack team is spending millions developing one of the best state by state re-election organization, maybe in the history of the USA. Just ready for somebody in the admin to press the button. Many an election has been won by organizational expertise. Hey, wait a minute, Romney had the best, most expensive organization.

Thanks for all of the help with Francis, Frances. Now tell me about Stationary, Stationery.

I have my annual cough now, and I'm finding it builds rock hard abs. So, I'm quitting my gym.

Almost Near: Chapter 65. --Samantha sat alone deeply within her own world. Across the room, Audrey and Sparrow were animated, talking about the failure for Tucker to show.
"I'm not surprised.' Audrey observed, "He's a very bright, engaging and elusive guy. He, if he is who we think he is, must always be thinking ahead. I think he's here. He knew Samantha wouldn't be alone."
"He's that good, Huh." Sparrow and Audrey had hit it off, he looking at Audrey as a contributor rather than a non-police person. It was a compliment to both. "If he was responsible for Rudy's death, and as it is beginning to appear, he had something to do with the deaths of her parents," Audrey nodded her head towards Samantha, "then he has been ahead of a lot of people for a lot of years."
"I think he's watching me." Two head turned towards Samantha who was sitting over a barely eaten BLT in the corner of a hotel conference room. "He knows where I am. He always knows where I am."

The Answer:

I think Chrystal is a pretty funny guy. My favorites are When Harry Met Dally, City Slickers, Running Scared, Throw Mama From The Train, The Adventures Of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Forget Paris and the two Analyze This movies.

So now that the banks have gotten a gold star form the Fed, does that mean they will go crazy again? It's the way cycles go.

In case anybody cares, I eat red meat and I love it.