Today's Tids Issue 3,508
Opening Stuff:
Ok,
now we will see the real Iran. You have to believe
that more than anything, the old country that was Persia wanted it’s $100
Billion unfrozen. Regardless of all other pronouncements, that is it. The word
in the backrooms is that Iran has been negotiating using the prisoner release
as leverage ever since the threat of sanctions for lobbing a missile in the vicinity
of a US Naval ship. In addition, the UN has given the rogue country the Good Housekeeping
Seal of Approval. They’ll have the money shortly, and then what? Today, it is
only conjecture about a new peaceful Iran, that still avows to wipe Israel off
the map. And, their pal Russia has all that enriched Uranium. It will be the
most opinionated topic of the week. Israel and the Sunni countries have already
chimed in with regrets about the newly enriched Iran. Now it will be opposing
opiners in the USA. You just have to understand who is writing or saying what
so all of those opinions can be put into perspective. Op-Eds will go from
calling for the canonization of The “O”, to the released prisoners being Manchurian
candidates or worse. It’s just the world we live in.
Speaking
of the warming of relations that aren’t, Paul Ryan is firmly about
180 degrees apart from everything that 0-Man espouses, despite what the WH spox
say.
One
of the great coastal thrills is to watch “Trap” fishing
off Sakonnet Point RI. This technique, going way back into the past, is pure
manpower (Plus one woman), grind it out fishing. It is ballet like ritual at
sea, especially when you put music behind th videos. But don’t tell that to the
fishers with calloused hands.
Give
me an ocean vast, uncluttered grassy fields of the past.
Let me open my mind, let me wander in gleaming sunshine. I do it flying down in
slick fluffy snow, or sitting calmly watching flowers grow. I like to innovate,
so long as doesn’t affect my time to contemplate
The
Question:
Name 4 sports that begin with the letter “S” with adjacent
double letters in the spelling. (Note: Spelling isn’t one of them.) Bonus: What well known General proposed
setting aside 400,000 Southern state acres to give slaves 40 acre lots. What US
president nixed it?
The Headlines:
--USA Celebrates MLK Day; Markets Closed.
--Three Americans Missing In Baghdad; Apparently
Kidnapped While Visiting Interpreter In Brothel.
--Clinton/Sanders Fight It Out In Last Dem Debate
Before Iowa.
--Gamblers Accused Of Fixing Pro Tennis Matches In
Leaked Report; Report Names Dozens Of Players Rigging Matches For Cash; Federer
Wants All Names Released To Public.
--ISIS Massacre In Syria Kills 300.
--NFC Playoff: Arizona Versus Carolina With #1 And
2 Al Pro QB.s; AFC: Denver Versus New England With # 1 And 2 QB’s In Hall Of Fame.
--Tids Editor Rejoices On News Of LL Bean Move To
Rhode Island.
One
of the great things about having really smart friends is
that you pick up cool stuff like Synchronicity, which it just so happens to
explain a lot about a lot.
I
eat the same things today that I ate after my pabulum years
beginning in the late 1930’s (Still clearly remember gagging on an apricot on a
Fall day in 1943; My last apricot). My body always knows what is coming down
the hatch, leaving all of those aging organs quite contented. Trendy foods,
healthy one year and harmful the next surprise your body forcing it to readjust
to new assaults, healthy or not. Trendy foods will never pass into my mouth. I
don’t startle my body with experiments, and it always says thanks. I ike who I am.
There
are lot of pretenders out there claiming to know how to
make Mac n’ Cheese the way mom did. The majority of these creative chefs don’t
even come close.
Remember
how in the past brides who weren’t virgins had to wear
off-white? Maybe accused tennis riggers should have to wear off-white at
Wimbledon.
I
think Handel should have continued the opening power of
Zadoc the Priest about 30-45 seconds longer before hitting the Alleluias. But,
who am I? I didn’t write The Messiah.
If
you enjoy having your wristwatch telling you that you’re
lazy, here are the top Fitness Trackers for 2016: #1 is Withings Pulse O2
Activity. The rest in order are Moov M1507-b, Fitbit One, Samsung Gear Fit
Smart Watch, Fitbit Flex, Garmin Vivofit, Misfit Shine Activity (And Sleep) Monitor
and Polar Loop. I could go for a nap monitor.
Some
people think an ideal Hollywood marriage would be Jane
Fonda and Sean Penn.
Sean
Penn loves in a world not visited by many on this earth. And
it will never be a give-away trip on Wheel of Fortune.
On
of the things I like about skiing now is while riding up a
lift watching the parents work patiently with their kids. It does your heart
good to see the care they give, sometimes skiing with kids between the legs or
other times with kids tethered to harness ahead of them. And it doesn’t take
long before they are running free! I remember the says when teaching my kids, the
struggle to get them thought the grueling, “I-hate-this” first moments of walking
with boards on their feet, knowing that once they did they would have something
they could enjoy as long as their bones and muscles still worked. And they did,
and do.
I
think I know why the New York Football Giants fail so miserably
in the latter parts of games. You see, just resigned coach Coughlin always kept
the clubhouse clocks 5 minutes fast. You have to figure that all of the time
management miscues this year was because coaches and players always tough they
had five extra minute to perform. You never know.
The
government seems really hepped-up about taking the human
out of the drivers seat. What is the nasty surprise behind their giving new age
auto makers $4 Billion for research on the development of a driverless car? Just
think, they could control where you go and lock the doors at a whim. Talk about
the potential for taking away freedom. I may join the ACLU.
All
of the big auto shows are all about technology, and
little about cool driving. I, and many I know think all of the slick techno
stuff in the new car is overrated and basically a nuisance -- Especially the
radio, which used to be really easy use.
Remember
the great old song, “Don’t fence me in”. In this new world
of publicists and political spinmeisters, it should be “Don’t suck me in.”
College
basketball is beginning to be more like the “On-any-given-Sunday”
NFL. There are good coaches everywhere who can get any number of the growing
reservoir of good players who want ot be the leader of a team instead of a cog
in a dynasty. Frankly, it is great for fans who will get better games and more
hope of a victory from their favorite team.
Is
there a less objective news person than Andrea
Mitchell. At the Dem debate she was irritated that Sanders described Bill’s sexual
entanglements as “deplorable”; as “Totally disgraceful and unacceptable.”
The
Parking Lot: Chapter 40 continues…
Nancy
looked away from the chaos to see another car speeding towards them as they
rounded the corner, about a hundred yards from the lifeless Jackovic and
friends. She shouted to Jared to stop. The old brakes creaked and groaned, but the
Sentra eventually stopped.
Then other
car headed directly to the mess, and perhaps didn’t notice Nancy and her one
man gang. Nancy watched closely, injecting a bullet into the chamber. She was
in the seat behind Jared, and he felt the barrel slide near his left shoulder through
the window, he moved to his right and now all that an outsider might see would
be a muzzle directed at the driver’s side of the newly arrived car.
The driver
jumped out and seemed to notice the apparently empty car up the street. He stood
and looked at it , then turning his head towards the damaged car and the body
of the driver half way out onto the street.
“Call the
police,” ordered Nancy who’s eyes never left the face, the really ugly face of
the gunman.
Before
Jared finished talking, telling them he heard gunfire near the building on East
Cross Street, the sirens sounded in the distance. Somebody probably called after
the explosion Nancy thought. Jared clicked off the phone before finishing. The
he turned it off.
The man
had moved over to Jackovic and Jerry, they weren’t stirring. He turned his head
towards their car. He stared intently, and now back down to his inert pals. He
stood and walked cautiously towards them, stopping evry few steps to stare more
intensely. He started a bit faster. Nancy squeezed the trigger. He started to
raise his gun hand just as his heart area turned red.
The
Answer:
The four I’m thinking of are swimming, softball,
soccer and skiing. Bonus: You can
call me Ray and you can call me Jay, but don’t call me Johnson. Yes the first of
our two impeached US presidents, Andrew Johnson, nixed the land give-away deal proposed
by the Atlanta burning William Tecumseh Sherman.
I
have a couple of great Tids readers who also happen to
be Denverites and super Bronco fans. I’ll have to be careful what I say.
Don’t
fence me in, Bad spelling ain’t no sin.
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