Tids Weekend Edition Issue 3,297
Opening Stuff:
Well,
it’s time to set your clocks ahead (Remember “Spring Ahead”) tonight before
retiring. And tomorrow evening you can remark to each other, “It looks like
Summer outside>’ Except, it will be in the twenty degree range across the upper
USA and not so warm in places where it is supposed to be very warm. So enjoy
the sparkling sun bouncing off the glistening white countryside, but don’t take
the downy quilt off the bed.
Sign
seen at Sam’s Club in the Grand Piano department:
“Limited to 3 to a customer”
Have
you ever noticed when walking a beach in the deep
south how all of the beach chairs, and the brown bodies in them are facing
exactly in the same direction towards the sun – like a pagan cult. Weird. Can
you say Marshall Applewhite and Hale-Bopp?
Wall
Street went bananas Friday after the good news about the
addition of over 200K jobs for the 6th straight month. And, the
resultant reduction in the unemployment rate to 5.5. It’s bad news for the
financial geniuses because it may herald a sooner than expected FED rate increase,
and, as more people are hired, business will find itself paying more to attract
the smaller pool of capable employees.
On the other hand, the counter interpretation of the news says that the roles of
people not seeking employment (Never included by Gov stats as unemployed) has
grown to its highest level, Also, the workforce is still far below what is defined
as full employment because wages are barely creeping upward, meaning that value
of those employed is significantly lower than it should be. So basically, WS is
using the date to play with the market. It should bounce back on Monday.
The
Question:
Here’s a question that could be controversial
among opera lovers. Who are the ten best all time female opera singers -- The
Divas?
The
Headlines:
--Emails Reveal That Clinton Aides Ran Damage
Control Within Hours After Benghazi; “What Difference Does It make, Anyway”
(Wave Hands For Effect).
--Bombs Blast Restaurant, Market In Nigeria.
--US Senator Menendez Facing Corruption Charge.
--IS Destroying History.
--GWB And BO To Celebrate Selma Bridge Incident.
--Snow Strands Thousands On Kentucky Roads; Snow
Over A Foot In North Maryland.
--Lac of Snow In Alaska Firces Iditerod To New
Location.
Too
many machines are being developed to help people do
things which they could easily do themselves, and be better for it.
Duh
Headline of the day:
“Hillary Supporters Defend Her Use Of Personal
Email.”
Saudi
Prince Faisel echoed the opinions of US Defense
Department leaders saying he is quite concerned over Iran’s influence in the
Iraq efforts against ISIS in Ticrit. Kerry says, everything is going along
fine. So, there you have it, Secretaries of State say things that don’t make
sense..
One
of those eternal questions in my mind is why people don’t
swim in those aqua green waters of the Gulf. I go to the beach to swim, which
seems to make me less than 1 per cent of the majority.
Did
you see where they announced this morning that
Apple will be kicking Mother AT&T off of the DOW. And this, today, on the
day when Alexander Graham bell received his patent for the phone in 1876!
Yikes, we’re getting Apple Pie, but we’re losing Mom.
Peyton
Manning has become some kind of celebrity hero because
of doing something for the first time that Tom Brady has been doing throughout
his career – altering his own income so the team can pay the players around
him. But then, media always has its favorites.
Personally,
I think the circus is better with elephants. Frankly, I
always thought they looked pretty happy, probably because they didn’t have to
worry about the poachers in the wild seeking to ravage them and steal their
tusks. If Peta Says something, then 99% of the time I’m believing that who they
are crucifying is probably Ok.
This
may not mean much to most of you, but I’m rooting
hard for Daniel Nava to stay with the Red Sox. And, Brock Holt too. I like guys
who hustle.
Heard
in the RI State House yesterday: “RI has a small
window to become that leader…” The Rep is referring to RI becoming the first
New England (Northeast ) state to allow “recreational” marijuana. The state
legislature has forced great industries away from the this one time creative
business powerhouse, and can only think of one solution which is to get the
people high.
I
know, you believe that your state reps are more
mindless than ours.
Reading
Between the Lines Movie Reviews:
--The Second Exotic Marigold Hotel isn’t particularly
creative but still has the stars that made the first one so enjoyable for many.
More of the same, and if you liked the first issue, you’ll probably be ok with
his. Reviewers are all over the place with 2 ½ stars being an average.
--Chappie is a robot film by a robot film maker
who seems to have run out of ideas. This cop robot film seems to have stolen
the best of concepts from the various popular robot style movie of the past 25
years or so, and while cute at times, is really not worth the money..
--The Big loser is Vince Vaughn’s new “comedy”,
Unfinished Business” which should have followed the advice in the title anf left
it in the can. It is below even the most sophomoric of films and barely rates a
1 star. Avoid, if you have brains.
The
Answer:
Number ten is Beverly Sills. Next is Diana Damrau,
and then Anne Sofie van Otter, Mado Robin, Cecelia Bartoli, Birgit Nilsson,
Joyce DiDonato, Leontine Price and Maria Callas. #1 is Edita Grubnova. Of
course then there are Renata Tebaldi, Joan Sutherland and Phyllis Curtain, long
time artist in residence at Tanglewood and native of Clarksburg West Virginia.
Have
a great rest of the Weekend, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!
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