Today's Tids Issue 3,275
Opening Stuff:
Are you ready for
love and romance, dreams of beautiful things? Well it’s February, which I
always paint red for swelling and beating hearts. It’s the culmination month
for many, and the end of hope for some. But never for the little glorified wood
chuck in the dark whole, who each year gets all of the love, becomes a
celebrity. How much ground could a groundhog hog, if a groundhog could hog
ground. Well, for starters it his hogging the glorified ground that used to
belong to George Washington and Abe Lincoln when we used stop a moment for
their birthdays. Now our focus is on a myth and a nude kid with a bow and
arrow. And car sales. Where have you gone America.
Yesterday’s game was
certainly one that made digesting KFC gravy very difficult. Wow! Brady was
impeccable during the last two dives where he went 8 for 8 against a defense
hadn’t allowed scores in the last quarter. And Edleman was enormous as was
Verine and the other receivers. And of course the guys who really dig down to
hold the lines. It looked hopeless to this diehard fan, but I found a glow of
hope when at 24-14 I saw Seahawks gloating on the sidelines. Yup, the Seahawks
forgot one thing about my beloveds, we never give up.
I see where Bill
Gates has joined Elon Musk in wondering why more people don’t seem to
understand the potential threat from AI (Artificial Intelligence) All I can say
is, “Auto Correct”!
The Question:
Of course, there are many naysayers who are disappointed
because they couldn’t get the Pats and Brady on the field, so they will
continue their gripes about the balls. Even now after Brady using heavily
scrutinized so-called official footballs set the Super ball record for most
completed passes and most yards, they still show their envious selves by trying
to taint the efforts of a team playing gutsy football. They will push for Pat’s
fines and general humiliation even today in the light of new evidence that says
only one football was severely deflated, while ten others were merely a ”Smidge” below the 12.5. Oh yeah, tis is the
Question: Which NFL teams have been most heavily fined in the history of the
league?
The Headlines:
--Pats Win Fourth Super Bowl In 2,000’s; Brady Breaks
Several Records; Team Displays Never Say Die Attitude.
--New Winter Storm Shuts Down Much Of Northeast
--President Proposes $3.99 Trillion Progressive Favored Budget;
Main Purpose Is To Create Congressional Friction; Repubs Say It Is Typical
Literal Tax And Spend Package..
--Ukraine Rebels Vows To Increase Troops As USA Considers
Rearming Kiev.
--Kurds Struggling To Maintain Gains Against ISIS In Iraq
Town Of Snuny.
--Tablet Sales Decline Against Previous Year For First time.
--Ex-NY Gov Pataki Tosses Hat In Ring.
--Portrait of Van Gogh Discovered In Artists Own Scrapbook.
I was at an affair
yesterday, attended by supposedly pretty intelligent people. So I was
dismayed a bit when in the coffee line seeing first “Decaf”, Hot water” and
then “Coffee – with caffeine”. Has the new generations so mucked up the English
language that we have to define words that used to have a singular meaning? Or,
are there just too many lawyrers.
In a study to
determine cars involved in most deadly crashes, the three least safe cars
were the 2011 Kia Rio, Nissan versa and Hyundai Accent. The safest cars from
the same study were the nine that had a death rate of Zero: Audi A4 4WD, Honda
Odyssey, Kia Sorrento 2WD, Lexus RX 350 4WD, Mercedes GL 4WD, Subaru Legacy
4WD, Toyota Highlander Hybrid 4WD, Toyota Sequoia 4WD, Volvo X90 4WD. Of course
the cars don’t drive themselves. A study of the demographics of drivers might
also be interesting.
Somebody driving in
front of me had a license plate that read “IQ 11”. If they knowingly put
that on their plate, then it is probably true.
How to feel aware
again reading People mag, Department:
If you like keeping up with pop culture, here are five lady
actress considered to be on the rise; five names you will soon see displayed at
your local supermarket check out lane: 1. Olivia Cooke (A&E Bates Motel;
Movie: Me & Earl & the Dying Girl)
2. Lola Kirk (Mistress America; Amazon Pilot -- Mozart in the Jungle;
Motel dwelling hillbilly in Gone Girl)
3. Bel Powley (Diary of a Teenage Girl)
4. Melissa Rauch (Big Bang theory; Playing Tonya Harding in “The Bronz”) 5. Anya Taylor-Joy (Bit part in Viking Quest;
Teen accused of witchcraft in movie The Witch). The fact that I found them
means they’re going to be somewhere, someday.
So, is Friday
when hard drives crash?
A reader sends in
this street sign: “Weiner Cutoff Road”. Ouch.
The Internet allows
too many amateur economists like Y-k-w to flood the cyber world with opinions
based on nothing. But then, how accurate have real economists been over the
years? And do we need economist for the stock market anymore now that computers
are getting so smart?
The Answer:
The biggest fine of $1 Million was to Steve DeBartolo for
political corruption. The rest are Denver
Franchise $950K for Salary cap, jamal Lewis $750 for drugs, SF Franchise
$500K Oenership laws, Bill Belichick vidoegate, $500K, Bob Irsay $500 K drunk driving,
Cleve’s Shaun Rogers $400 K drugs, SH Exec Caren Policy Salary cap, NE
Franchise $250K for videogate, Ray Lewis $250 K murder, Texas owner Bud Adams
$250K flipping Bird at Buffalo fans, SF Franchise Salary cap, Agent Liegh Sienberg
Salary Cap and Ndamukong Su $100K for generlza all arounf a-Hole behavior.
Even though there
were many heartfelt SB commercials and barely any dwelling on boorish, sophomoric irresponsible behavior or
intense sexuality, the first commercial that got to me, and probably my
favorite was the Coke commercial promoting harmony among people. There is just
so much bitterness, between kids, people politically and people in general for
no significant reason, that I think It should be a theme for the next
generation. We have lost our ability to understand kindness, to see the good in
others. I may switch from dietPepsi to
diet Coke, unless of courese Pepsi is cheaper.
Oh yeah, and the
half time show was tamed down and actually decent even though I knew none of
the songs.
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