Today's Tids Issue 3,134
Opening Stuff:
There is a long
standing, important relationship between listening and understanding. Yes
the connections between friends, global entities and marriage partners maybe
eroding in this egocentric, head in the smart-phone world, where people only
hear enough to stay partially in a conversation. I think we should take time to
focus on listening skills. We as a societal culture have managed to develop the
hard abbs (Well some people do.), the new tech apps, the survival clichés, but
do we really hear what anybody is saying aside from our own preconceived responses?
Take a step back and practice -- just
listen to the birds on a quiet morning, the conversations in a crowded lobby,
the ocean pounding on a shore. Look for small innuendos, discover patterns,
absorb entireties and not bits and pieces. Focus your ears and attach them to your
brain. You will understand your partner. Your friend, your enemy. It’s a little
like that “smell the roses” thing, but way more important.
There are times when
I put on my favorite pants and favorite shirt only to find they dio not
match. But, I think, how can your two favorite things not match? I think
“Clashing” is overrated. The grass clashes with nothing though it is green, as
does the sky so blue. The sunsets of red and pinks. Nature’s colors blend. Why
can’t those of humans?
You can always
tell that the morning paper is about to arrive, when sitting in the cool early
morning calm, a car without a muffler breaks into your reverie.
The Question:
Double “Q” Day!! 1. How many Drive-In Theaters remain in
America? How many states still have them, and which states have the most? Which
five states have the youngest and oldest average age fro those getting married.
Which states have the highest and lowest of percentage of married population?
The Headlines:
--Un, Others Calling For Cease Fire In Gaza; Many In Israel
Want Hamas Gone Once And For All; Dangerous Drones From Gaza Entering Fray.
--Benedict Smiling, Frances Not So Much As Germany Outlasts
Argentina To Capture Pope’s World Cup.
--Japan Breaks Five Day Losing Stock Market; Euro
Manufacturing Showing Sump; Oil Prices Slippery i=on Iraq, Iran concerns; Wall
Street Eyes on Citi After $7 Billion Deal With Justice dept.
--Russia Warns Ukraine As Artillery Shells Are Fired Into Russia
Territory.
--New Fighting Breaks Out In Libya As Middle East
Instability Spreads.
--Pro-Palestinian Protests Erupting Around Synagogues In
France And Germany.
--IPad Itch May be Caused By Nickel In Devices.
On the Nightly news
across the board Friday night, Labron James was the lead story. Welcome to the
new America. Not the stocks. Not the Israeli Hamas attacks. A basketball
player. Hey, it’s a nice little bounce for the beautiful people of Cleveland.
In one short week they got LaBron and the Republicans. How great is life on Lake
Erie! :o)
The guy in the bird
suit ready to go on stage was waiting in the wings.
If they can’t get
at it through an app, today’s teens just won’t do it.
I don’t understand
why Navy sailors need cammo uniform options when they are on ships at sea.
Personally, I
don’t really enjoy drinking out of mason jars no matter how folksy it seems to
owners of restaurants..
These new car keys
that don’t need to be plugged in bother me. They could easily be let in a
coffee cup holder or a tray on the console when leaving and locked in. But I’ve
been assured that you can’t lock the car when one key is still in it. But, if
two keys are in it, the doors will lock. Hey, that doesn’t sound right.
A wag asks, “How
can this current batch of mobile illegal’s fly commercially with no ID’s?
In case you missed
it, the guy who wrote the book on how to survive running with the bulls in
Pamplona is in the hospital after being seriously gored while running with the
bulls in Pamplona! He’s probably a stock market analyst in his real job..
A cartoon on the
Op-ed pages depicts what might have been meant by Obama’s definition of
“Change” – IRS to Dem Hatchet men, Border patrol to baby sitter, NASA to Muslim
outreach and full time worker to part time. There’s s significant element of
truth there.
The Red Sox are
getting so young that they’re being called the Red Booties!
A new Rasmussen poll
shows that prolife is gaining rapidly while prochoice is declining for the
first time below 50%. What is really increasing in acceptance is that abortion
is morally unacceptable most of the time. The morally unacceptable have jumped
up to 52 % while the morally acceptable have fallen to 37 % with 16% undecided.
The light bulb goes on – there’s something morally acceptable about aborting unbornchildren.
I call that cultural progress.
I have noticed more
and more that when you ask a question in a search engine, more and more it
is interpreted that you want to buy something, and the answers are a series of
commercial web sites..
The Answer:
1. There are 348
Drive-in 44 states remaining, down from a high in the 50’s and 60’s of over 4,000
across the country. The top states are New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania with 30
each, followed by Indiana (20), and Cal. The states without them are Alaska,
Delaware, Hawaii, Louisiana, North Dakota and Wyoming. Rh0de island has
one giant three screen drive-in that
often draws 500 cars or more on weekends. 2.
Utah has the lowest average age fro newlyweds and by far, at 60% te highest
percentage of married people. After Utah, the next four in the top five for men
and women are Idaho, Oklahoma, Wyoming and Arkansas. The bottom six are New
Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont, Massachusetts, New York and, yes, Rhode Island.
The Highest % of marrieds is in Utah, Idaho, New Hampshire Wyoming and Hawaii,
while the lowest is Louisiana followed New York, Rhode Island, Mississippi and
Nevada. They say marriage seems to follow the higher educated and more
economically stable.
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wonderment around you. It’s a great world full of extraordinary people.
Have an especially
exceptional week everybody!
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