Slump day

Today's Tids Issue 4,323

Tomorrow is thump day:

There’s just something about that lumbering camel in the Geico hump day commercial that makes me laugh every time.

Today is the day that Pitchers and catchers report to spring training. Can you hear the ball pounding into mitts; batted balls knocking off outfield walls. Ahh, the sounds of heaven.

A wire fox terrier name King won Westminster last night. It is a fine-looking dog, but personally I think terriers look better before they are groomed formal for shows. Also, I think the name King is a little too regal. I might have named it Brillo.

The Question:

The great astronomer and intellectual Galileo was arrested and sentenced to prison for heresy. What was that all about? 

The Headlines:

--Markets Up; Whole Foods Raising Prices.

--Trump Excepted To Sign Compromise Agreement To Avoid Shutdown.

--Convicted El Chapo Expected To Spend Rest Of Life In “Alcatraz Of Rockies.

--7 Million Americans Behind On their Auto payments.

--US Manufacturers Want Congress To Get Busy On Immigration Reform.

--Union Leaders Warn That Green New Deal Could Lead To Broad-Based Poverty.

Mitch McConnell Wants a floor vote on the incoherent “Green New Deal” so he can put democrats who support it on record.

I have one of those head colds that is helping Kimberly-Clarke stock go through the roof.

Particularly annoying to me are these new omni classifications like “Toxic Masculinity.

Speaking of femininity, Barbie turned 60 today. I imagine some woman turning 60 would like the idea of a little old mold maker back in the shop making alterations on a daily basis.

If you wanted to see liberals at their worse, you should have been on The Grammy red Carpet when Joy Villa revealed her dress -- brick wall on the front and in big, big letters, on the back – “Build the Wall”. It was a full expletive entrance, as apoplectic photogs and hangers-on screamed unprintable epithets in her direction. Joy thinks Conservatives are making a lot of progress in Hollywood. I would think that a lot of celebs would prefer being grownups.

The sky is about as grey and disheartening as it gets. I have to dig down deep into my cache of optimism to see the blue beyond the grim. Tomorrow I expect it to be thoroughly heartening.

One of the better all-time moments on talent TV was Susan Boyle’s debut on Briton’s AGT. You probably all know the story. She repeated her “I Dreamed a Dream” in the finals of tis current “Champions” AGT event. It never gets tried.

So, it looks like Cory Booker is working to lock up the Vegan vote. That would be about 3.65 million of voting age. Or lower…or higher, depending on who is doing the survey.

Do you know why vegetables are grown in faraway fields well beyond human ears? So people can’t hear the screams as razor sharp blades slice thought their lifeline stems.

Spartacus ate meat before every big battle.

The Answer:

Galileo supported the Copernicus theory that the sun is the center of the universe, that the earth travels around the sun – heresy at the time.

Tids is a little short today. Should be back at full strength tomorrow.