Today's Tids Issue 3,208
Opening Stuff:
Roberto Clemente.
I remember sitting in Pittsburgh’s old Forbes Field watching that amazing
player, man, patrol right field; throwing darts to infielders to cut down
runners who dared; his stinging smashes of the ball to places where fielders
didn’t play. I get a thrill, a shiver and maybe a tear when I remember that
exceptional player also pursued kindness with the same vigor that he chased
down a ball. It’s nice to see a great ball player remembered year after year
for what he did off the field. To see his example of compassion carried on annually
by players who live up to his ideals. Thanks for the treat of seeing you play
Roberto, and for the standards you set for others to follow.
Heard at a brain
eating Zombie family dinner, “Junior, eat you meal…a mind is a terrible
thing to waste.” Thank you Mike Peters.
When writing
something like this daily Tids thing, you need special inspiration to get
away from the mundane repetition of angry politics, cultural madness, diminished
aspirations. You just have to hitch yourself to a magic carpet and fly above
the human fray. There is a beautiful world beyond man’s frailties, where you
can see the good in hearts even those that may appear blackened by despair. We
need power for giving and not self gratification. The love in a human heart is
unrelenting, yet it often must fight through the misgivings of society to live
righteously for all. To spread the warmth that innately lives within, all. Love
can’t be defined by a few because it is somewhere in every person’s heart.
The US of A is
governed today by the phrase, “After the elections”.
The Question:
Martha Strassman Died. I always enjoyed Martha. What was her
big role, and what were her subsequent roles where she capitalized on her fame.
Name two other shows where she started out before the big hit.
The Headlines:
--2nd teen In Washington Shooting Dies.
--ISIS Losing Ground In Iraq.
--New York Bows To White House Criticism Of Ebola Quarantine
Rules.
--Science Guru Elon Musk Warns About Infatuation With Artificial
Intelligence; Tells MIT Gtahering, “Don’t do Something Foolish; Says It Is
Biggest Threat to Humans.
--Europe Turns Clocks back to Standard; US Must Wait Til
November 2.
--Pro-West Candidates dominate Ukraine Elections; Elections
Tell President Poroshenko To End Eastern Rebellion.
--Death Toll From Fighting In Benghazi Rises To 130.
--Presdient Frees Up $300 Million To Fund Advanced
Manufacturing Centers.
The reason why
antique furniture prices are dropping is because they were way over-priced
during the Antiques Road Show fueled boom years leading up to the 2007 crash.
They are still good value if you are buying them now. I have to figure that you
can get some great looking country colonial stuff for decent prices.
The producers of Gone
Girl must have gotten a special deal on blood bought in bulk.
Not only do we have
ISIS messing around with Chlorine gas as a weapon, there are new reports
that the Chinese intend to contend with the USA for submarine superiority. Oh
yeah, and NK probably has a nuclear intercontinental missile. The lonely eyes
of the watchman should never be lulled to sleep by myths of peace.
I originally thought
Gina Raimondo (Candidate for RI Governor) was a refreshing new face on the
RI political scene. But since her gutsy facing up to the entrenched unions who
run the state, she seems to be backing down a lot into old Rhodilandism. Her
bring back business campaign doesn’t at all address the real problem, the vice
like control and anti business sentiment of the RI General Assembly. But, maybe
she’s just playing politics. But, let’s hope her politics are better than then trio
of national figures endorsing her – Michael “ I wanna take away your soda pop”
Bloomberg, Countess Hillary Von Benghazi who said last week in Boston, “Don’t
listen to anybody who tells you that business creates jobs, and of course our
fearless leader, 0-Man. A resume of applause that will keep me away.
Flowing molton, 2000
degree lava scares me, even when I’m thousands of miles away. I cringe as I
see scenes of it inching its way down the mountain towards villages and towns. Maybe
it’s because in my schoolboy youth, the nuns kept on repeating over and over
the tragedy of Pompeii.
Eastern sports
writers are saying this is a terrible World Series, but the only thing they
seem to have to support the pleas, is that their teams are not there. How small
minded are these scribes
Here we go again(?),
Department:
24 of 123 (20%) European banks have failed their stress test
– 9 Italian, 3 Greek, 3 Cypriot. 10 have already taken steps to get inline. Oh
yeah, and it has been reported globally that banker suicides are once again on
the rise. Worried yet?
Massive
over-exposure tends to ruin just about everything. Currently it is sports where
on TV and radio, too many analysts repeat the same thing for weeks on end.
Football is wall to wall starting now on Thursdays, sometimes even Wednesdays.
Hey, I am a person who may have been considered a real “Gym Rat”, a guy lived
for sports. I even at imes watch and wonder how I might fair against the giants
of today. Now I am numbed at the continues,
sameness, the incessant talk of a sport I played and loved. Less is more. Always
has been. Always will be.
The Answer:
Martha Starssman was the subtly comical wife Julie on Welcome
Back Kotter. Some of the best moments of the show were she and Kaplan musing
together at the end. She went on to star in “Hney I shrun the Kids” and Honey I
Blew Up the Kids”, and then onto executive roles in SAG. In her earliest days
she can be seen in M.A.S.H. and The Patty Duke Show.
Eva Cassidy became
an inspiration to many during her intense battle with a malignant melanoma. Her
music was mainly published after her death, after the song below was heard and
became a national hit in Great Britain. Somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds
fly.
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