Layng quietly in fields

Layng quietly in fields
Glstening lights

Friday, February 10, 2017

Snow Storms and Chicken Pot Pies.




Today's Tids Issue 3,794
For Good Pairings:

Something’s just go together perfectly. A flaky crusted chicken pie (with no vegetables), just pure unadulterated chicken absorbing the flavors of wonderful creamy yellow gravy is the prefect counterbalance to a gale force winds and rapidly declining temperatures. Sublime comfort versus howling bitter cold, a perfect fit. Seems like people could get along better too, if they wanted to.

There is nothing better after a giant snow storm than snow blindness the next morning. Waking to that amazing glittering lily pure landscape, with lazy city streets now just ruts through mounds of white. It gets the heart thumping in all the right directions. Just one breath cleanses body of all the bad boy treats ingested for a week or so. It is a wonderful world if you don’t sit around and mope about what God sends our way.

Just when you thought that all of the news was negative, George Clooney announces he and wife are having a baby. How great is that!  The USA unites again. 120 million voted, but 250 million will follow the 9 months of pregnancy. Meanwhile, Kardashian will look for a new scheme to retake the publicity spotlight; and tweeters will tweet, and Snapchatters will snap – and we will all be at peace again. Halleluiah! Thank you George.

Talk around the White House is that Trump Is regretting some of his earlier irrational exuberance. Now if he would, just stop tweeting and talking in public…

The Question:
Here’s a little game for you all: See if you can come up with a second line for these punny sounding one liners. 1. How does Moses make tea? 2. A cartoonist was found dead in his home.  3. I know a guy who is addicted to brake fluid…  4. England has no Kidney bank, but… 5. I changed my IPod’s name to Titanic.

The Headlines:
--Trump Calls China’s Xi; Says US Will Honor One-China Policy.
--US Markets Up; Trump Talking New Tax Policies Helping With Enthusiasm;
--Social Media Postings Help French Police Track Down Four men And 16 Year Old Girl In Bomb Making Operation In Southern France.
--Cabinet Progress: HHS Secretary Price Voted In Along Party Lines; Dens Refocus Aim At Labor Secretary; Munchen Expected To Be Moved Out f Committee.
--US Citizens Renouncing Citizenship Up 26%, Mainly To Avoid Taxes When Living outside Country.
--Humans race To Save Hundreds Of Whales Stranded On Remote South Pacific Beach; Malissa McCarthy Not There Yet.
--Border Wall Estimates: $21.6 Billion; 3.5 Years To Build; What President Will Cut The Ribbon To Open It?

Contemporary or modern architecture will eventually always show its age, but architecture true to classic historic designs just seems to last forever.

National Accounting Day, Department:
Isn’t it interesting how Nordstrom and several other giant department store chains decided that last weekend was the perfect time to look at their sales and profit records. 

Duh Headline of the Week:
9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco nixes Moratorium Immigration.

The general consensus among constitution watchers is that the Supreme Court, liberals side and all, would overturn the 9th Circuit Court decision as pure political gambit. Empty anti-moratorium rhetoric like “Against immigrants ‘Constitutional rights’ is plain and simple a false argument. But then, you know the 9th Circuit Court.

Help me society. The Tids used to be fun.

Who has the best Killers on their side – that is the question. The left is accusing Trump of being friendly with “mass murderer” Putin. For their effort, the US left has been rewarded by picking up killers of their own, the Russia ally country of Iran who said last night we are with you US left. It’s a Topsy-Turvy world.

See, as I said in the beginning, some things just go together.

I wonder if the ole’ groundhog has room for me in his cozy den. I need to get away from the madness.

A local upscale community has decided that they won’t publish in the local paper the names of honor roll students in their Middle School. In a statement they say, “from elementary school to middle school ‘All of a sudden’ have to start worrying about grades. “All of a sudden”? Maybe if they thought about achieving early they wouldn’t notice any change, be surprised by the prospects of accountability. Way before attending middle school, parents have sent these kids to sports camps, computer camps, music camps and you name it camps…just to get an edge on their playmates. The world has lost its mind. Wait till Betsy visits the school!

RI is always ripe for great conspiracy theories, mainly because so much unimaginable stuff has actually occurred in the past. The state AG just closed the Big 38 Studio’ case, saying the State police have stopped investigating, the day after the new State Police head was sworn in. Were her relatives making money on the side because of the original legislative action. Or is the AG, who was one of the Legislators at the time voting for the somewhat surreptitious approval of funds, trying to flush it all away before he runs for Governor. Everybody in RI is connected somewhere, so the possibilities for a creative story are always endless; the conspiracy theories just seem to drift up. But, that’s just living in RI.

If you have been reading this mess every day, the you know that I am 100% against the chaos resulting from a policy that condones illegal immigration. Illegal is illegal, as in law breaking, as in infecting an orderly society. But, I am skeptical about this massive wall thing. Have been since the beginning of the debate.

Anti Trumpism is getting silly. According to the Boston Globe, several big annual donors to the world renown Dana Farber Cancer charity are declining the next big fund raiser, which they have always attended, became it is being held at Mara largo, as it has for years! How nutty is that – not helping cancer because of blind hate.

I’m still open to talking about the Super Bowl game at any given moment just so long as it isn’t infected with politics.

The Parking Lot: Chapter 76.
   I’ve been through this before,” smiled Nancy after they jumped into the car. They felt safe, at least Alex did. Nancy knew that these people whoever they are, never give up. And the monster is no dummy when it comes to tracking her down.
   Nancy started her car, backed it up and turned around to head back out. But, before hitting the main road, she turned right sharply trough a cut in the tall hedges onto a dirt road. Nancy knew just about everything there was to know about the lands of Sakonnet and Little Cromwell on the coast. At some time, one of her two main families probably owned it all.
   She drove the car about a half mile until it narrowed and wound  into a wooded area, well off he beaten path. We will spend the night here,” she beam. “Did you bring a candy bar?” She smiled again and he laughed.
   Alex was beginning to like his new partner in survival. “So, what do we do? Dance, sing?” He looked at her expecting to keep the clever repartee going, but she was not smiling any longer.
   “No, we continue with your story. But first, I just thought of something where you may be helpful.” Nancy took out her phone, scrolled around the screen and then pressed an icon, “A voice came on, “Hello who is this”, the same voice she heard on her phone after the murder of the AG McGuire.”
  Alex’s head turned quickly, his eyes staring at the phone. “I know that voice.”


Reading Between the Lines Movie Reviews:
--John Wick: Chapter 2 is one great thrilling, non-stop fun movie. Hitman Wick played by Keanu Reeves is forced out of retirement by an associate to help him gain control of  an International assassins guild! Say what? I think you get the picture. Everybody likes this one.
--In the well done United Kingdom, a white English woman falls in love with the King of Botswana and they marry. Besides the parents, also against this mixed marriage in 1947 is the British and South African governments who find the notion of a biracially led neighboring country abhorrent in the face of apartheid. Big international incident film.
-- The Lego Batman movie may be the best of the Batman movies. Fun for all.
--Ok, the sex scenes in the sequel Fifty Shades Darkener are so outrageous that people think the movie is a comedy. But it appears that a lot of people like stupid comedies because they are going and rating it well despite ugly critical reviews. From a movie point of view, terrible. The audience is truly punished in this one.

The Answer:
How does Moses make tea? Hebrews it. 2. A cartoonist was found dead in his home. The details are sketchy. 3. I know a guy who is addicted to brake fluid, but he says he can stop anytime.  4. England has no Kidney bank, but it has a Liverpool. 5. I changed my IPod’s name to Titanic. It’s syncing now.

A nice juicy slab of prime rib with a pop-over would go very nicely with this robust Winter’s day.

If I were you over this pleasant February weekend, I’d just stay away from listening to the radio, reading newspapers or watching TV and just enjoy ten scenery around you. It doesn’t talk back, and has no commercials!

Have a great weekend E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!





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