I like the word “grin”.

Today's Tids Issue 4,200

For Rhapsodic Giddiness:

Fall like days are creeping in.

The Red Sox continue to win.

I eat gravy and still stay thin.

I long ago gave up my gin.

Writing Tids is my only sin.

The best new snack tasted by the sensitive buds of the Scientists at the Tids Happy Food Research Laboratory is “Utz White Cheddar Baseballs”. You won’t be able to stop eating. Guaranteed.

Tip-O-the-Tids-Tam to new ESPN CEO, James Pitoro, who says his network is about sports not politics. ESPN sports hosts perhaps frustrated in their choice of profession have been moving towards taking sides in national political discussions instead of which team has the better O-Line or Three-Point shooter. Well before the NFL Anthem mess brought it all to a head, people were tiring of tuning into their favorite no-grief pastime and hearing angry shouting about everything but sports. John has stepped up to the plate for ESPN and hit one out of the park in deep “Center” field.

I took my girlfriend out on a first date to the ice rink. It was half-price night. She called me a cheap skate.

People think that the world is in the worst shape ever because social media and 24/7 cable news over loads brains with things that go wrong. The proverbial scrape on a knee becomes a national dilemma.

Grin: A facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually sows pleasure or amusement.

The Question:

Who are considered the “Greatest Minds of All Time”?

The Headlines:

--Markets Expected To Rise Again Today; Trump Complains About FED Interest Rate Increases; Big Home Builder Toll Brothers Raises Estimates For Revenue As Home Sales and Prices Rise.

--Microsoft Says Russians Tried To Hack Into US Senate And Conservative Think Tanks.

--The Catholic Church Has Paid Out Over $3 Billion Due To Clergy Abuse.

--President Rants On Several Investigation Issues.

--EPA Sign Proposal to undo Coal Plant Restrictions.

--Wall Street Talk Says That Continuing Tesla Problems May Open Door For Sale Of Carmaker To Apple.

--Colorado Killer Says His Wife Strangled Kids, And He Strangled Her In Retaliation.

--Malaysia Cancels China Pipeline, Rail Projects.

--Hillary To Be Fund Raiser For Dems In Fall.

--Manafort Legal Team Happy About Length Of Jury Deliberation.

Tids interrupted:

You may see Tids power-outs the next couple of days as I will be on an island off Maine with little access to civilization. But, I will try.

You just gotta love Hollywood thinking they are really important. I saw the new Film Crazy Rich Asians which was a nice little romantic comedy from the tried and true nice little romantic comedy playbook. The studio is touting it as, “A Major Cultural Event”. Movie makers are being paid to entertain us. There’s plenty of BS on cable news. See James Pitoro.

One person’s sarcasm is another person’s insult. It is just better to keep your mouth shut no matter how witty you think you are.

After all of her kids moved out, the old woman sold her shoe and moved into a flat.

Increasing denial noise from the White House may say that something big will be breaking on Mueller front.

It really shouldn’t be news when we learned this morning that the MTV Video Music Awards last night had something negative, often unmentionable in civilized circles, to say about the President. It would be news if Music, TV, Broadway and Movie award shows had nothing negative to say about Trump.

The golf playoffs known as the FedEx Cup begins this week. Love that Liberty course in The Garden State.

Aah, aged cheese! 3,200 years old to be exact. Grab the wine. A large chunk was found in an Egyptian tomb and appeared to be a combination of Goats and Cows milk. Could be delicious, but also was infested with Brucella Melitensis, a bacterium that causes infectious diseases. Maybe the wine will cut it, or render the eater incoherent.

Actual Newspaper Headlines: “Miracle Cure Kill Fifth Patient.” “Bridges Help People Cross Rivers.” “Meeting on Open Meetings Is Closed” “Princess Diana Was Still Alive Hours Before She Died.” “Total Lunar Eclipse Will Be Broadcast Live On Northwoods Radio. Call station if it is Cloudy”.

I see where the local big newspaper has a new contest offering as a prize $5,000 in free ads in Google. Say what? Isn’t internet advertising their biggest problem.

I had a bad day yesterday. I was arrested at a farmers market for disturbing the peas.

BTW, that pun yesterday about the Queen’s changing of the guard should have read “turn of the sentry”, not “Turnoff the Sentry”. Line me up before a firing squad. I’ll take tea first.

A Lot of people say that one of the problems with society today is that too many people try emulate the bad they see in film and on TV; that Hollywood normalizes uncivilized behavior. Hollywood continues to deny that their output is taken seriously by the masses. But, they continually use phrases like that above, “A Major Cultural Event.” Or, “The film that changed minds”.

I may be losing it, but I understand Giuliani saying “The Truth isn’t the Truth.”

The Answer:

Well, #1 is Leonardo, that nice de Vinci boy. #2 is Albert Einstein followed by Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei, Aristotle, Plato, Nikola Tesla, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and at #10, Michelangelo. The next ten are Shakespeare, Darwin, Marie Cure, Socrates, Pythagoras, Beethoven, Bach, Kepler, Steven Hawking and Copernicus. Ben Franklin was #21. Jesus was 28, just ahead of Tom Jefferson. Tom Edison was 35. Mark Twain was 52. Gandhi was 87. #100 was Alfred Nobel, just ahead of Saint Francis of Assisi. Obviously, old guys have an advantage as their thoughts and discoveries seemed more amazing based on performance over ground zero.

I have a nice little grin on my face this morning, not because I thought the this Tids was that great, but just because it feels good to sit back and smile at nothing.

Enjoy the sunny side of the street.