Dredging.

Today's Tids Issue 4,206

For keeping a lid on it:

When I want to relax, I conjure up this vision I’ve saved from days past. Sitting on the bow of sloop nestled calmly in a peaceful cove, the sun easing down, shadows long. I look out and see a couple, one of years, sitting quietly in their catboat. Lateen sail full of the late evening breeze. The waters are still, at ease from a tumultuous day, save the flowing ripples as the bow knifes through. The two appear entirely serene; downwind, gently tacking, effortlessly jibing. I don’t know who they are, but somehow, I have never forgotten them; he in that floppy white hat with his arm around the rudder; she her graying hair pulled back held firm with a red and white wide ribbon, sitting opposite. He seems to be staring at her beautiful face, and she him. I could only imagine the smiles on their faces from what must be their nightly routine. And, I smile with them

Americans have been going soft ever since they gave up husking their own corn.

It appears that the pragmatists are gaining an edge over the hardliners in Iran. That’s what happens when the economy sinks. The people look for solutions instead of chants.

Eating a clock is time consuming.

The Question:

Who was the first black Supreme Court Justice. Hint: It wasn’t Hugo Black.

The Headlines:

--US-Canada Looking For New Trade Deal By Friday.

--Markets Could Open Soft This Morning.

--Trump Suspends US-South Korea War Games.

--McCain Moved To Arizona Statehouse; Sarah Palin Not Invited.

--Green Bay Packer’s’ Aaron Rogers Signs Richest NFL Contract.

--Polar Bear Kills One Mauls Two Other Hunters; Black Bear In Cal Mauls Hunter After Being Shot With Arrow.

--CNN Ignites Blistering Attack On President After Misreporting Trump-Tower Knowledge.

--Consumers Gearing Up For Labor Day Car Deals.

--Construction Industry Clamoring To Find Enough Quality Workers.

Do you know what is disappointing? It’s buying what you think will be a refreshing ice-cold Diet Coke and it turns out to be warm. Can I say Ice?

Realtors are finding that people are looking for detached, or separate entrance units on homes, which can be used to house those colleges kids still at home, In-laws, home offices, kids playrooms or as income producing rentals. Homes are not simple any more.

Just because new technology gives people the means to dig up dirt on people, it doesn’t mean we have to do it.

Personally, I always liked Sarah Palin.

So what if I don’t know the meaning of the word apocalypse? It’s not the end of the world.

Husking corn in the early evening is more relaxing than a good martini.

AGT had its selection show last north. I was quite happy to see Us the Duo, a very nice singing twosome beat out the energetic but only modestly talented Hans. I also wanted the fantastic fiddler Brian King Joseph, and he made it. Others on my list who made it were the excellent Michael Ketterer, Daniel Emmet and the super dance group Zurcaroh. The eerie magician Aaron Crow and the ok singer (To me) Christina Wells, also made it through. Next week begins the semi-finals with Zurcaroh, Us the Duo and Michael Ketterer joining Duo Transend, Makayla Phillips, Amanda Mena, Samuel J. Comroe, Voices of Hope, Junior New System and the fabulous magician Shin Lim.

I have this arthritis in my ankle which is pretty damn achy at times. But like the magic Frosty found in that old black hat, I find the same when I put on the old Footjoys.

I’m surprised I’m not musically inclined because as a child, I was always told to sing a new tune.

I just don’t recognize many names in the tennis world any more.

It seems after seeing the cable TV ratings, that CNN is doing a lot to improve the public image of MSNBC, which has zipped past the old news station.

When a new channel is dredged, a lot of crap is pulled up to the surface.

The Answer:

Let’s hope everybody knows Thurgood Marshall. Forgetting important parts of the past seems to be a national malady. Or, is it a convenience?

You know, peeps not knowing much about former American high officials produces an intriguing phenomenon. It is particularly interesting when people with little knowledge of the past have an innate ability to vote Donald Trump is the worst President “ever” in history. How do they know?

Dredging is the new national pastime. People don’t seem to know a lot about history or even how the American system works, but they certainly know how to drill down into a person’s past to find reams of apparently dreadful activity, an ill spoken word, a mental lapse, which have the power to change outcomes of elections, or avenge a perceived interpersonal muggings.

Destroy your hard drives.