Let's hear it for Gina Ramondo.

Today's Tids Isssue 2,818
Opening Stuff:

I think my tear ducts have filled up over the years of watching the world. They're brimming over, liable to spill at any moment, it seems. The good thing is that the joyful tears out weigh the sad tears, the bad tears. I think it's a good thing to fill up your tear reservoir as you get older. It makes the smiles of people you love, glistening through the droplets so much brighter. And there are so many more smiles to see, to cherish. I think you learn over the years that there are many more tears of happiness than sadness. You tear the accomplishments of youth. You tear the heroes you don't know. And you learn finally that all tears of sadness are not that sad at all, but tears of what love and friendships have meant over many years; Tears for the goodness in people you know.

I had to open this morning cheering for a politician to remind myself that there are some good one's, and there is in fact hope. Maybe even in Rhode Island.

In a small local study, the question was asked: "In the aftermath of the Boston marathon bombings, would you be more reluctant to attend major public events? The "Yes, how could I not" received 10.7%. The middle, "I'd be more cautious and selective" represented 25%. The "No, absolutely not" courageous among us, or is it brainless or naive, was a significant majority at 64.3%. I wonder how many stayed away from the Saturday Red Sox game?

One of the great advantages of failing eyesight when you get older is that when you look in the mirror you think you still look great.

The Question:
This for Broadway fans. Patti Lapone was surely one of the all time great performers of the great white way. Name her two most famous roles, one of which she hated, calling it the worst experience of her life. Patti's brother is pretty famous two and also had a momentous original Broadway role. Name him and role Bonus: One of my favorite all time concert events was by Peter Frampton. Name that great musical interlude song.

The Headlines:
--Markets Drifting Lower; Street Bracing For What Could Disasterous Apple Earnings Report Tuesday.
--Boston Bomber Awake; Communicating Through Notes.
--Bombers Seemed To Have Plenty Of Money Without Decernable Sources Of Income.
--Israel Hints At Patience With Iran.
--Italy Re-elects 87 Yo. Napolitano Presidents; Former Prez Hope For Restoring Government
--Taliban Take 9 Turkish Citizens Hostage After Storm Forces  Helicopter To Land
--Reese Witherspoon Pulls "Don't You Know Who I Am" Trick Helping Husband Resist Arrest In drunken Driving Escapade.
--Sportscaster Al Micahels Also Arrested In DUI Incidnet.

Al Neuwarth was a man who saw how the human was changing and did something about it. I often did not agree with his opinions, But I respected the brilliance of his creation.

I suspect in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon tragedy and successful capture of the perpetrators, their will be an influx of applicants for law enforcement jobs. Does hat mean the government will have to to sponsor more crime to keep them employed?

Scary Movie: 2024
The Tids Chicago "Insider" tells me the rumors on the streets there is that Rom Emanuel is building up a warchest to run as Veep with Hillary, with every intention of sliding into the White House when she is done at the age of 80 yo.

In the restaurant trade, a salad without vegetables and accoutrements is known as the "Honeymoon Salad" -- "Lettuce alone"!

If I was truly amoral, I wouldn't feel so guilty about not buying some of the junk offered by Publisher's Clearing House sweepstakes.

You just know that some group will come along to make excuses for the Bombers. But blowing up innocents is more than the work of a loner with an XBox. People are saying that there is no big conspiracy here involving a network of imbedded foreign cells, becasue their exit strategy was so poor. No, their's is a conspiracy not of identifiable organizations, but of a unified ideology that promises never to go away until the world is Islam.

If The Prez hadn't been so adamant about "getting the NRA", you might have a new gun law as we speak. In typical liberal zeal, the President seized the emotion of the day to over reach and over assassinate good people belonging to the NRA. He asked for too much in the bill, and both Republicans and Democrats rejected it. But this President has oten rushed to ill informed judgement, mostly based on his liberal agenda. An agenda that he hides when campaigning, but emerges in the reality of the world.

The capture of the Marathon Bomber at 9:00 PM instead of after 11, was very good for the relevancy of the morning Newspapers.

Ideologues are not good for America, unless they're conservative.

A sportswriter commenting on the Marathon tragedy asked the question, "Does anybody remember the name of the race winner?" I say, who ever remembers the name of the Boston Marathon winner. The usual answer, "Some Ethiopian."

Just so you understand a little better the "news" about ObamaCare that'll soon be coming to your local newspaper, radio, TV, Tweet and favorite internet site, be aware that the White House has just hired a new P/R Firm to create positive illusions. Beware of what you read from here on in, becasue you can be sure the media won't be questioning the releases.

The Answer:
Patti Lapone won a Tony for her role as the first Eva In Evita. But, she thought music was written by a man who hated woman, and she constantly fought a directer who treated her like a back stage unknown. "It was like Beierut!" She also was the original Fantine in Les Miz. She said. Her brother Bobby played Zach the director in the original Chorus Line.  Bonus: "Do you feel like I do" from Frampton comes Alive is one of those Eight track tapes I wore out. Just something about it. Check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9Yq5m9eLIQ

The opening to the Alive album, Baby isn't so bad either.

Just a walk down memory lane today, and I'm feeling tears of happy days gone by as I listen to Frampton. And thanks to my kids for bringing home 8-Tracks and introducing me to some music that had passed me by at that time.

So, is Wall Street setting up Apple for a positive surprise? The doom and gloomers have Apple optimism at an all time low; predicting poor earnings and a poor outlook for June. Does that mean it is time to buy?  With just a smidgen of good news from tomorrow's earnings report, the stock could be a good gamble today. Something to investigate.