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Today's Tids Issue 4,348

The Last Straw:

Upsets are what make the NCAA basketball tourney so interesting, so much fun for so many. Cinderellas fulfill dreams of those who wish they could. Basketball excellence ignites the memories of those who did. For the most part, though, the basketball playing tends to take on a sameness. It is the promise of surprise and drama that holds the interest. The chase to the Final Four is more than an idle curiosity for a few. Employers say that they will lose $13.3 Billion in productivity due to the annual madness. Yeah, but for a couple of weeks they will be happy employees.

Spring break mania comes at that time when students desperately need rest and recuperation from all the drinking and partying in the dorms.

The daffodils are popping through. There will be fields of yellow for miles to see, waving in breezes above the seas, as frothy waves tumble ashore.

Do you know how to make a hotdog stand? Take his seat away.

This decade’s “Between a Rock and a Hardplace” Award should go to Theresa May. She was against Brexit, but now that she is PM, she has to make it work in a new environment when nobody seems to like it.

The Question:

What jobs aren’t worth the cost of their college degree? Bonus: Give five ways assorted news and reporting organizations have spelled the last name of the former Dictator of Libya.

The Headlines:

--The Fed Says No More Interest Rate Rises For 2019; Stock Expected To Wander Listlessly.

--Devastating Midwest Flooding Could Get Worse.

--Key GOP Senators Irate Over Trump’s Uncivil Attacks On McCain.

--DoJ Issues Subpoenas In Criminal Investigation Of Boeing.

--Germany’s Merkel Ready To Step In With Support For May As

She Requests An Extension.

--Australian PM Jacinda Ardern Institutes Immediate Ban On All Assault Weapons.

--Levi Strauss To Go Public.

--Fox News Hires Former DNC Chair Donna Brazil.

--Kelly Ann Stays Loyal To White House Job As Hubby Lobs Insult Bombs.

--Meanwhile, The Crisis In Venezuela Continues.

There are nights when what is reported as “news” is well beyond my comprehension.

I can’t tell the difference between the Progressive Insurance Company singing box and the Cologuard talking box.

I think that seagulls are incredibly beautiful birds. It’s too bad they foster their bad reputation.

You have probably noticed that from time to time I write a poem intis morning mess. When I’m finished, I often sit a back say most of the time, I should really go to poetry writing school. There is really a difference between poetry and words that rhyme.

As marijuana steamroller gains momentum, a lot of citizens will lobby for back yard growing. That would bother a lot of neighbors, who would see these gardens of happiness as open to attacks from weed gatherers from the still very large Black Market.

Did you hear about the guy who came from a family of failed magicians? He had two half-sisters.

A lot of Democrat Pols use the tribalism to split the country, creating a vacuum that demands a new kind of leader for a new kind of USA. Hmmm. as I remember, it was Muammar Gaddafi who rose to, and kept power for decades by promoting tribalism over unification.

President Trump’s unrelenting disparagement of a national war hero, now deceased for seven months, is probably the straw that will break the resolve of those who waded through the endless tweets and misstatements to remain loyal at least to an agenda in which they could believe.

I always have to look up the spelling of the word “Subpoenas”.

Yesterday, AT&T and Comcast announced a new “Robocall-proof” technology. Cheers! In San Fran yesterday, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson was onstage talking to an economic group. You guessed it. His cell phone rang. It was a robocall. Yikes!

The Answer:

Number one is “Human Services Worker. Degree - $161,700, Average Salary $28K; Day Care Ceter/Teacher - $171K/$31K; Fine Arts Painter/Illustrator - $182K/$$35K; Graphic Designer - $182K/$36K; Associate Pastor - $190K/$$40K. The Next five are Chemical Dependency Councilor, Elementary School Teacher, News Reporter, Corrections Officer and Religious Educator. And there are lots of people who come out after paying a lot in tuition who probably shouldn’t have gone in the first place. Bonus: For starters, his first name has been spelled Momar, Muammar and Moammar. His last name has been spelled al-Qaddafi, Gadhafi, Khadfy, Khadafi, Gaddafi in organizations ranging from YouTube to Huffington Post to Wikipedia, to Britannica, to NYT.

The kidnapping at school started to snore.

Today is the first full day of Spring. I have spring fever. I like spring fever. It gives me an excuse for drifting.