Layng quietly in fields

Layng quietly in fields
Glstening lights

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Some days it’s asterisks.



Today's Tids Issue 3,4213
Opening Stuff:

The world can appear complex at times, but if you back away you tend to find that it is really quite simple. The answer to just about everything is chocolate. It rids you if tension, relaxes you after vigorous numbing activity in work and play, compensates for frustration. If you’re mad, it makes you happy. If you’re sad it makes you smile. If you are deflated it energizes. Disparate world governments, republicans and democrats, union and management will agree if there is a chocolate to be shared across the table. Red Sox fans would root for the ya-ya-ya…well maybe not that. A first date meal goes perfectly with chocolate at the end. A 60th wedding anniversary is special when chocolate has been the glue over the years. Some will tell you that humus is the elixir. But, don’t believe them. There is only one perfect food, and it is chocolate. Sweet and dark and wonderfully succulent chocolate.

There are artists who can draw well, and then there are artists who create. There are no borders in art.


The Question:
What was the name of the man who started General Motors? Bonus: What Four (Of 10) Fortune 500 Sectors are considered the best for your focusing on stock purchases?

The Headlines:
--Wall Street Has All Ears Tuned Into Yellen Hearing On Potential Rate Increase.
--US Turns Its Eyes To Second Repub Debate.
--Rain Brings Hope to Firefighters And People In Northern California.
--China Stocks Rally Most In Three Weeks.
--H-P Spinoff To Lop Off 25-30,000 Jobs.
--China Said To Be Constructing “FaceBook” Of Hacked US Federal Worker Data
--Joe Biden Blasts Trump In campaign Style Speech.
--Hungary Actively Repelling Refugees At Border.

So, last night we witnessed the finale of the America’s Got Talent. While the judges went berserk over some less than great performances (To me) like comedians and their so-called show stopping Regurgitator, I thought the best of the night was the singing duo Craig Lewis Band. I was also amazed by Oz. How did he do that?  The biggest disappointment was nice guy Derek Hughes who’s rope tricks were lame and his normally pleasant humor was not firing. I like the little acrobat Uzeyer, and I was throughly entertained last night with this injury forced performance. I also like a lot Benton Blount, who sings the kind of music I like best. Piff can be catching and he manages to entertain in a somewhat disjointed way. Gary Vider was lame, amnd I have trouble listening to Drew Lynch. (Does that make me a bad person). I think Paul Zirden and his puppets is a good act, and I like him The male judges were over the top again with support of a comic, any comic, regardless of the laugh-o-meter. Personally I believe the Howards were unfair (Especially Stern) to several good to excellent performers in their overzealous support of their own favorites, especially some pretty meager funnymen. The final Ten was in general somewhat mediocre and frankly I would not pay to see any of them. I would vote as #1 the CraigLewis Band, 2 Oz, 3 Paul Zirdin and 4 Brenton Blount. After that I would rank them Piff, Uzeyer, Drew Lynch, Derek Hughes, Gary Vider and the Regurgitator (Only becaue I never watched him so I really don’t know whether he was bad or good or just unwatchable.

Bring on The Voice.

I have committed myself to doing a talk on Pakistan. Does anybody know anything about Pakistan? Where is it, anyhow?

Uh oh, maybe the Mormons* are right. Kim Jung Il just announced that he is ready to launch a nuclear attack on the USA.
*See yesterday’s Tids – Mormon splinter group predicts end of world.

A good reader sent in this contribution for our watchdog column: “Middle East Vigilance Department,” another Tids service which monitors White House strategy in the hotbed of terrorist action: “Oman’s Axiom: Wishing will make it so.”

Howard Stern has somehow become famous because lots of people seem to like the way he says boob.

The Parking Lot: Chapter 14* continues…
*The previous two episodes of The Parking Lot were mislabeled as chapter 13.
   The faces of the tribe were stoic as Jeremiah was paraded into the center of the camp like tonight’s meal. His neck was painful, but all he wanted was to catch the eyes of Elizabeth who stood rigid by the side of her father at the head of the community. She was beautiful but here eyes seemed elsewhere. As he neared he tough he saw a reaction in her face. Maybe he was only hoping that she felt his humility and feared for his future.
   His nameless captor gave one more yank on the rope and he stumbled falling before the feet of Joseph, his cheek scraping along the gritty soil. His hand went up to loosen the binding rope. His neck burned now as the moist air hit the broken skin. His eyes teared, but he knew he must be strong. Why wasn’t Elizabeth rushing to his side?
    He saw her feet to his right near his hand. He looked up hoping she would be staring down in disbelief over his treatment. He pushed down on his hands to raise up is aching body, to stand tall as he always had in this camp. He was tall for his age but no whwr h=enar the imposing height fo Joseph. “Joseph, what are you doing, we are your friends. He turned, “Elizabeth…” He reached to touch her hand. She looked down now. He heard a murmur from the crowd.  His fingers started to open, and Elizabeth did not move her hand away. Suddenly he felt Joseph’s gabbing his wrist and pulling it away.
    “Stand still, Jeremiah,” he said in a low tone. “We will talk, but this is not the place.” Joseph nodded to Red Shoes who had come up to the line of men and women in the front. Take him to the tent and guard him.
   Finally Elizabeth turned. “Be careful and not wild like you can be. Trust me Jeremiah.” He felt the warmth in his heart and loins.

The Answer:
!. William C. Durant founded the GM Holding company. He was joined in then founding By William Smith and Louis Chevrolet. Durant, a Boston boy, was an early car Skeptic. His middle name is Crapo, which is somewhat descriptive of the cars that led to a company downturn in the late eighties and nineties. Bonus: The four top industry sectors fro investment are Consumer Discretionary, Health Care, Financials and Information technology.

Open a package of chocolate. Pick put a delectable chunk and take  a bite. Feel the vibrations that will soon take over your body as the richness of the nectar surges through your veins*. And then click below and you feel like you are in heaven. https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-006&ei=utf-8&fr=ytff1-yff16&p=chorus%20handels%20creation&type=

*This is particularly noticeable for diabetics.

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