Today's Tids Issue 3,097
Opening Stuff:
If there ever was a time for
a poem, it
would be these days approaching June. With skies so blue and crystalline clear
you can see almost anywhere, there from here. With eartly carpets now green and
lush and birds hovering around the brightly flowering bush; The cool of the
mornings, always now gleaming bright, I am now getting up in the middle of the night!
We are in that dangerous
ground in
the history of continuous life cycles where those whose hands were slapped because
of inconceivable risk taking and downright fraud, or irresponsible spending leading
up to the big crash of 2007 are feeling frisky again. They are testing the
waters, pushing the old so-called envelope. Public employee unions are seeking
far bigger salary increases from a still beleaguered taxpayer. Investors are fueling
LBO’s with ever increasing amounts of debt, increasingly way beyond sensible
standards. It happens in every cycle. Painful lessons are soon forgotten, and
the sensible ultimately suffer.
I think I’ll take a long
walk today.
I don’t know what I will see. Maybe it will be just me, looking back at myself from
a store window pane. Or maybe I’ll discover something entirely new, nothing particularly
grand, but something nice to know that I didn’t know before. That’s always a
good day.
The Question:
Who
were the Characters on the TV program “A” Team? Bonus: What are considered the
Top 5 culinary Schools In the USA?
The Headlines:
--Primaries:
Moderate Dem Upsets Progressive In Pa; Rising Dem Star Allison Grimes To
Face-Off With Mitch McConnell After Kty Primary.
--Philadelphia
Fed President Charles Plosser Says 2.5 trillion In Reserves Is Ticking Time
Bomb That Could Kill Economy.
--Markets
Up Strong After Early Red Ink; Fannie Mae Downgrades Home Sales Estimates.
--EBay
Hot by Hackers; Asks Users To Change Passwords.
--Remains
Of Giant Dinosaur Round In Argentina; Monster Would Wave Weighed 155,000 Pounds;
65 feet Tall, Over 130 feet Long. Double Yikes. (Note: T-Rex Was About 14,000
Pounds.)
--Ukraine
Locals Becoming Tired Of Pro-Russia Separatists; Prince Charles Likens Putin To
Hitler.
--Comedian,
Faux News Commentator Jon Stewart Rips Obama, Admin Over VA Outrage.
--Bonga,
Bonga Berlusconi Says Euro In Danger Of Failing; Radical Changes necessary Or
Else Many Countries In EU Wil drop It.
--China
Bans Microsoft Windows 8; Many Americans Understand Logic.
Often when reading letters to the editor in newspapers
or listening or reading the words of opinionators, I get the distinct feeling
that our well known National Anthem “in waiting” should be renamed “America the
Brainwashed” -- Oh beautiful, for spacious minds; For ample holes in brains,
For verbal government Magestries; Of which the sane complain; America, America,
God didn’t do this to thee; Who crammed your thoughts with nannyhood; From
whining PC to we.
Fish and Ribs, Department:
A
reader quickly responded to my musings about finding a better recipe for you
all. It his favorite grilled Cod 1. Cod
– Place 2 lbs Cod in pan (sprayed with Pam) made of folded aluminum foil w/sides
equal to height of fish. In sequence, sprinkle with Italian bread crumbs,
shopped dill and Parm cheese. Top with butter patties. Slide Alum pan on Board
to transfer to hot grill. Slide onto grill and add ¼ inch Sam Adams Summer Ale.
Close lid. Open SASA and quaff for ten mins. Open grill and remove fish. Yum (He
says). 2. Ribs -- A reader made Cod
easy and delicious, now smoky southern ribs without the time. Preheat oven to
350; place 4 lbs Bay backed pork ribs in 10x15 pan. Add 1/3 cp red wine vinegar
to 2/3 cp water, swish and pour over ribs. Cover with foil and bake 15 minutes,
basting with meat juices several times. In med saucepan, mix 1 cp ketsup, 1 cp
water, ½ cp cider vineger,1/3 Worcestershire, ¼ cp mustard, 4 tbs butter, ½ cp
packed brown sugar, 1 tsp hot pepper sauce and 1/8 tsp salt. Mix thoroughly.
Remove ribs from oven and place on lightly oiled med heat grill. Grill 15 mins,
turning once. Baste ribs generously and gill 8 more mins. Turn over and baste
again and grill 8 mins again. Southerners who know, give this 5 stars.
Maybe the Clinton name isn’t as magical as some
Repubs fear., Over in Montgomery County Pa, Chelsea Clinton’s Mother-in-Law Marjorie
Margolies lost in her effort to regain her Congress seat, a prized congressional
district near Philly. Maybe the folks are becoming leery of the bogus Bill Clinton
“Aw Shucks” style.
What about Apple Company
stock, anyhow?
To buy, or not to buy. There’s a split on the horizon, but more important to investors,
it seems, is the promise of the new IPhone which might finally do what the
teckies want it to do. Buying on a technological promise could be iffy, but
Apple is still Apple and it has always gotten to where it wants to get. And
then, there is always something to be said for a 7-1 split! Also, Apple is
considered quite a bit undervalued by Google standards. Except, that forecasters
have Apple growing at single digits versus Google double digit growth.
Did you ever wonder why Microsoft products were
more susceptible to worms than Apple?
The sun is shining on
golfers as
there is a glut of golf equipment on the shelves of stores. Golf participation
is declining and the retailers over ordered. That means, good buys for all wanting
to upgrade equipment. Which, has absolutely no bearing on upgrading a games
that is driven by the stability of the
head.
I have found that being a dreamer is ethereally
satisfying, but that it sucks for golf.
The Conscience: Chapter 43
continues.
James had his arm around me as I stood in
the silence of my past misgivings. I looked at the beautiful woman lying there,
truly lifeless today; yet a woman who has been dying for 30 years, from the disease
of my cowardice. A woman lying amidst flowers made of plastic.
What a gutless loser I was that night that set
Sally’s life on a course fueled only by rage. I straightened up and looked
around at the people who had finally made it over from Jason’s office. Anthony,
Angelica, all of them. People of character. I was standing tall but suddenly
felt minute. My humor would carry me along of in a world of strangers, even
with Eevy, to whom I was probably a stranger myself.
“Well, It’s over, Jeffery. Our nightmare
is done. Our search for sanity has ended.” I looked up and saw jams half
smiling at me. “Our?” “We?” “You just don’t know what it feels like to be a
person whoi runs away. And hides, Jeffery.” You don’t know how our heritage of
fear can dirve a person into ambivilance. I think you sensed our fear. You knew.”
“Thank you Jeff…Mr. Morgan.” I now saw
Angelica coming up to me with her Papa not far behind. As James turned to walk
back to the office, he touched my shoulder, and then grasped it in a squeeze.
Medical teams and police were now arriving, and Angelica grabbed my hand and
held it to her chest. She squeezed, and it pumped some life back into this body
on rubbery legs.
“
The Answer:
Hannibal
Smith (George Peppard) led the eclectic group which consisted of Templeton “Faceman”
Park (Dirk Benedict), “Howling Mad” Murdock (Dwight Schultz), BA “Bad Attitude”
Baracus ( Mr. “T” – Lawrence Tureaud). Bonus: There are a number of excellent
Culinary schools in the US. These five, in no particular order, are considered
by many to be the best – Texas Culinary Academy, Austin; Culinary Institute of America,
Hyde Park NY; California Culinary Academy, San Fran; Institute of Culinary
education, NYC; Johnson & Wales University, Providence RI.
My sports world is in
tatters. The
teams in my heart are just laying there. The Sox are bumbling, searching for
magic, trying to hide the panic; the Celtics lost out in the lotery and there
is no hero savior looming…but a Kevin Love trade might be a start; the Bruins
are scratching their heads wondering where their dominance went; The Pats, well
the Pats are in that too early to tell phase; A PGA Golf tournament can be won
at any given moment by some entirely new, because there are just so many excellent
entirely new golfers out there – and none so far are RI phenoms. The teams I
root for in Lacrosse have left after valiant efforts. So, that only leaves me
with one team remaining to root for – the Brown U Women’s crew Team. They never
let me down.
See you all tomorrow. Now I have was
the sticky Barbecue sauce off the keys.
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