Don’t give up on the past

 

Today's Tids Issue 4,983

The Importance of being human:

 

77 years ago, 15,000 American Soldiers marched triumphantly up the Champs Elysée to the applause and cheers of thousands of grateful Parisians in celebration of the Liberation of Paris from the Nazis. Remember pride in America? The soldiers always fight hard and honorably, and have from before that momentous day and now. It is just the politicians who have become less honorable.

 

This is the first day of the last week of official Summer. It seems to get here faster and faster.

 

Confucius did not say: Wise man does not keep sledge hammer and slow computer in same room.

 

Think of all the kids who will find their summer romances coming to an end in the next several days as school days come around again. Life can be a bummer, and nobody but the kids in love know it.

 

Rewriting is when writing really gets to be fun... In baseball you only get three swings and you're out. In rewriting, you get almost as many swings as you want and you know, sooner or later, you'll hit the ball. --Neil Simon

 

The Question:

Name five Neil Simon Plays.

 

The Headlines:

--At Mid-Morning S&P and Nasdaq Reach New Highs; Dow Comes Off Early Morning Lows; Consumer Confidence Index Being Eyed Closely As Delta Variant Encroaches.

--Ida Makes Landfall With 150 Mph Sustained Winds; Storm Surge Described As Catastrophic; Barges And Ferries Seen Floating Free In River, Crashing Into Bridge; New Improved Dike System Seems To Hold. Power Outages Widespread; Ida Now Tropical Storm Veers Off Towards Carolina.

--President Biden And Forst Lady Jill At Delaware Dover AFB To Honor Returning Bodies Of Heroes Killed In Kabul Bombings.

--Giant Caldor Fire Very Difficult To Fight; Just Two Miles From Tahoe Basin; Tourists Leaving Rapidly As Smoke Gathers.

--Rocket Hits Close To Kabul Airport Day Before End Day.

--Israel Increases Booster Shot Activity.

--Patrick Cantlay Beats Bryson Dechambeau In Tense, Historic 6-Hole FedEx Golf Playoff.

 

I always respect the deceased because I know I’m going to be one. But I read a line from an Obit that struck a funny bone, “She will finally fulfill her dream of being in medicine. She is donating her body to the Brown U Medical department.” Maybe it is just my sense of humor. Depraved.

 

Never underestimate the stimulation of eccentricity. --Neil Simon

 

This maybe the laziest week of the laziest month. I may have an excuse for missing typos. Heavy eye-lidded head rapidly falling on laptop key board

 

How horribly odd was it that Ida would ravish New Orleans 16 years to the day that Katrina raped the Crescent City.

 

Do you know what I worry about the most? The loss of the human factor in the digital homogenization of society

 

While the inane arguments bout Covid vaccinations go on and on, we have to get ready to inoculate against regular flue season. Don’t forget regular flu season.

 

When you look at a storm like Ida, and have knowledge of New Orlean’s precarious lowland geographic positioning on this Earth. You have to wonder if that City has a chance of surviving in the future.

 

Today is National Frankenstein day. I call it Monster Monday.

 

Confucious did not say: Lady who goes camping with man must beware of evil intent.

 

Why is there such a gap between the last FL exhibition game and the beginning of the NFL season? In case you missed it, Tampa Bay will meet Dallas on September 12^th. My beloveds, The Pats, don’t play until two weeks. Oh the ache in waiting.

 

I love living. I have some problems with my life, but living is the best thing they've come up with so far. --Neil Simon

 

This is a week when a lot of Wall Street denizens take little time off before the big September reawakening. So, what happens this week may not be very indicative of anything, but hold on to your earnings reports around September 9^th.

 

The Answer:

Simon was one of the greatest of all Broadway playwrights, and before that, he wrote some of the funniest stuff for the most popular TV comedy shows.  For a number of years playgoers just existed waiting for the next Simons comedy, romantic tale to appear. The Odd Couple was one of his most memorable. But h people loved Barefoot in the Park, Come Blow Your Horn (His first), Sweet Charity, Plaza Suite, Good-Bye Girl, Last of the Red-Hot Lovers, Prisoner of Second Avenue, The Good Doctor, California Suite, Chapter Two, Biloxi Blues, The Sunshine Boys, Brighten Beach Memories, and Lost in Yonkers These are just 15 of 32 plays he wrote. Actually, I b never really liked Lost in Yonkers.

 

But I did like Good-Bye Girl, the romantic comedy movie, with Richard Dreyfuss and Simon’s wife at the time, delightful Marsha Mason.

 

Simon always had people laughing, We good use more of that.

 

“If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.” --Neil Simon

 

Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian. --Dennis Wholey