Looking ahead:

 

Today's Tids Issue 4,928

Grey skies are illusions:

 

Kids graduating from High School is both a sad and happy moment for parents, maybe more than any other event.

 

I was talking to a guy form CarMax the other day and he said it is a great time to sell your car but absolutely the worst time to buy. Especially if you are the kind of person who loves the haggling. Almost all dealers now will be looking past thee bargain seekers to pay whatever it takes to get into a new or used car.

 

According to comic strippers Brookins and McNelly, funeral homes are now accepting Crypt currency.

 

The Question:

Happy Birthday to German Composer, Richard “Not the Waltz King” Strass. He is one of my absolute favorites. One of his tone poems is probably very well known to you, becoming very popular in a 1960’s movie. What is it?

 

Erma Bombeck: "Worry is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere."

 

The Headlines:

--Markets End Week A Bit Higher.

--New Report Show Tax Avoidance By Repub And Dem Billionaires; Expected To Heat Up Anti-Wealthy/Higher Low End Wages Rhetoric.

--The US West May be Driest It Ha Been In 1,200 Years; Rivers To Lake Meade Drying Up.

--Nancy Rebukes Ilhan Omar On Anti-Israel/USA Tweet.

--Texas Governor Abbott Vows To Build Border Wall With Mexico; Illegal Migrant Border Crossings Surging.

--Schiff Looking To Instigate New Probe Of Trump Use Of DnJ.

--Putin/Russia Expected To Deliver High Powered Spy Satellite To Iran Just Ahead Of Biden Meeting; Iran Navel Warships Sailing In Atlantic; Unusual Move Suggests They A Going To Venezuela To Support Maduro.

--Netanyahu Rejects Comparing Himself To Trump; Will Peacefully Transition If Necessary, He Says.

 

Did you know that there has been a “Circle of Slander” on many Web sites? Yes, websites solicit lurid, unverified complaints about supposed cheaters, sexual predators, deadbeats and scammers. People slander their enemies. The anonymous posts appear high in Google results for the names of victims. Then the websites charge the victims thousands of dollars to take the posts down. Unfortunately, we seem to live in anew society where accusations trump innocent until proven guilty to the power of Internet coupled with the gullibility of social network users ruins lives. Accusations stick forever in this new world of rapidly transited lies. (Noy te: Google has vowed an all-out war against the “Vicious Cycle of Online Slander”)

 

Epicurus: “If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.”

 

The low housing inventory versus high demand for housing has the home buying dissatisfaction index soaring. It’s up to 64% now, which is crazy when compared to past standards. Two main reasons are first, that most in hot markets eschewed home inspections, and are now discovering multi maintenance problems that require costly solutions. And Second, the monthly mortgage payments are more burdensome than they imagined when they were more excited about just getting a home at any cost.

 

Biden and G7 were treated to a visit by QEII last night at the Cornwall meeting. The leaders probably had a lot of questions for her from their wives after The Crown. Putin probably asked the secret of her longevity on office. And how many adversaries were in the Tower of London.

 

One thing that has amazed me over the years is the dominance of sneakers and sneaker offshoots as America’s footwear. I may have to wear paper bags over my feet.

 

The Answer:

In 1896, Richard Tarsus wrote a tone poem “Also Sprach Zarathustra which became world famous in 1968 in Kubrick’s Film: 2001: A Space Odyssey. The music was inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical 1883-1885 novel Thus Spoke Zarathustra. The initial fanfare was titled "Sunrise" in Strauss’s program notes. Most Americans probably thought was written by Hollywood Musicsmith John Williams.

 

Epicurus: “We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.”

 

Tidsurious: “Those who wait patiently for a late Tids will be exalted.”

 

Have a great weekend, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!!