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Today's Tids Issue 4,365

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It is one bea-u-ti-ful day here today. In every way. So, I will suffer a modicum of guilt this afternoon when I settle into watching the Masters. It is one of those more comfortable four-day respites of the year. If there is one thing I have learned in life, it is how to squeeze the most out of green, flowered hillsides, shots soaring with eagles, tense, anxious putts and relaxed chips. Cleansing. Cleansing.

Film producers love stories about the small guy against the big ugly corporation destroying the world through devious uncaring business practices. O soul there, for sure. I’ve got another one – how about an average mom and dad with a nice family fighting the impossible uphill battle against a megalith corporate giant filmmaker that’s polluting the minds of their children.

I will be keeping an eye on the two new female congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rahsida Tlaib, for they why there are the canaries in the coal mine.

I think this generation will have to go into separate rooms and text each other to work out their problems.

I was listening to a passage from a symphony by a guy named Dohnanyi and actually got up and went to the window to feel the calm.

The Question:

Name the last Ten Master’s Champions, in order. in 15 seconds. Bonus: Who is Lucky Vanous?

The Headlines:

--Markets Feel Looser After Brexit Extension; Stocks Fade After Midday. Canopy Sales Expected To Miss High Mark By Wide Margin.

--EU Leaders Agee To Extend Brexit Deadline to October 31.

--Ecuador Ends Asylum After Discourteous And Aggressive Behavior By Assange; Britain Arrests WikiLeaks Disrupter; US Charges Assange After Arrest.

--Sudan Army Ousts Bashir.

--3 Additional Repub Senators Planning Vote Against Herman Cain.

I think the H&G homebuying shows have jumped the shark. How often can you hear somebody say, “Like the way the Light comes in the windows”, “How about that Backsplash”, “I love the open concept so I can see my family while I cook”, “We can do a lot of entertaining here”, “I can put my grill here” or, “We can get the whole family around the large island”. How many times can you hear about hardwoods, master suites, man caves and bonus rooms for children…plenty of yard room for Fido! They need better writers, or it’s over.

BTW, Chip and Joanna Gaines are going to debut their own Magnolia TV Network in 2020. I mean, she’s nice and he’s kind of pleasantly goofy, but a network?

From California to Connecticut, I see tax proposals on everything but the air we breathe. And when you see that canary peel over, you know they got the air too.

They should be taxing Elizabeth Warren more wampum as she reports her $900K income. Actually, what interested me about her returns was the $400 K her husband made as a professor at Harvard. No wonder the cost of a College education is so high? And why profs like colleges sports that produce millions.

There is no truth to the rumor that Nike is coming out with a new line of ties for Professors. 

If you’re too busy to fix a flat tire, you need to look for some spare time.

How many times do you think that we will see the clip of Julian Assange being dragged down the steps of the Ecuadorian Embassy?

What’s In for retirement: Living in place; Out: Aging in place.  In: Gigs – For social awareness more than money; Out: Full, uninterrupted vegetative existence. In: Discovery and experience; Out: Isolation. In: Having manageable debts; Out: Being mortgage free. So, there you have it from Vera Gibbons – founder nonpolitical views dot com

I’m keeping an eye on the next generation Nuclear reactor concepts which among other things is looking to eliminate one major issue for older iterations – spent fuel. In fact, some new advances have spent fuel becoming new usable fuel. There are myriad minds at work on this project for the future, because is is just that important. When it gets there, it is for sure the best answer for the cleanest, most efficient energy production system available. Solar and wind are warm to the heart, if you can afford them.

I think that Magic Johnson left his job as President of the Lakers because his view of being President was smiling radiantly and shaking hands vigorously, not making heart-wrenching gut-tearing  decisions. I’m glad he woke up, figured it out, and left.

The Answer:

Actually, it took me 38 seconds to get to the list on Google, not bad considering I was correcting several typos along the way. Last year was Patrick Reed. The rest in order were Sergio Garcia, Danny Willet, Jordan Spieth, Bubba Watson, Adam Scott, Bubba again, Charl Schwartzel, Phil Michelson and Angel Cabrerra. The next ten just for fun were Trevor Immellman, Zach Johnson, Phil again, Tiger Woods, yet Phil again, Mike Weir, Tiger again, yet Tiger again, Vijay Singh and Jose Maria Olazabal. The first ever winner in 1934 was Horton Smith followed by Gene Sarazen and Horton, again. Bonus: I don’t know who Lucky is either. But he is a celebrity for today in media land who seemed to make a decent name for himself as a model in Diet Coke commercials. Then he had few parts on TV series and Soaps. I only did this because news is so hungry these days that it will publish something about probably a nice guy named Lucky with obviously enough celeb credentials to get listed somewhere. Before his modest star career, Lucky, was highly successful US Army ranger. But, there’s no news in that.

If it wasn’t such a nice day to watch the Masters, I’d be up on the Mystic River Bridge in Boston with other Red Sox fans waiting in line, heads hung low, ready to jump into the icy river below. Alas Say it isn’t over, Yaz?