Today's Tids Issue 5,400
Love is Love:
Happy Hanukkah Everybody. Hanukkah is Dedication, meaningful to all. It celebrates the rededication of the Temple by the Maccabees. It is festive, with the lighting of candles to commemorate eight days of the lantern. It's about the rededication of hearts to love and values of religion, It is an eight-day celebration all about brightness which in these days of darkness and hate we need more than ever.
I just don’t open anything more or answer any phone calls. If it seems like something I should know, I call or go to my own app to see what is happening, or if anything is happening at all. Yes, I am IP -- Internet Paranoid.
The phrase “Student Athlete” is a thing of the past. But any athlete who gives up the student opportunity is a fool.
The Question:
Who are Arthur Fry and Spencer Silver? Bonus: What was the original name of Zimbabwe? I know what you are thinking... Zimbabwe wasn’t always Zimbabwe?
The Headlines:
--Unemployment Surprisingly Declines; Wages Up 4.1% Over Last Year; Stocks Fall on Good News.
--Hunter Biden Indicted on 9 Related Tax Charges in California.
--US Embassy in Baghdad Targeted in New Rocket Attack.
--University of Pennsylvania Loses $100,000,000 Contribution after President Elizabeth McGill’s Antisemitism Testimony Performance Before Congress.
--Gaza Refugees Finding Less and Less Space in Which to Live.
--Senate in Bipartisan Talks linking Southern Boarder Concerns to Freeing Up Funds for Israel and Ukraine.
There are 450 players in the NBA. There are 540,679 basketball players in High School. 18,816 are playing in the NCAA. 60 will be drafted by NBA Teams. Go to class.
When you pay $20 for a lunch sandwich, they should at least make their own hand cut fries with Northeast potatoes. I wonder what kind of chef specializes in deciding on the best mass made frozen French fry?
You know the old “where there's smoke...” phrase. Well, Hunter Biden is immersed in it.
“I am lazy but I am so paranoid I end up working hard.” -- Seth Rogan.
America's heart was enlivened when the USA Hockey team beat Russia in the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, It was a moment, whether or not you like sports. 1980 ended with a revitalization when Reagan was elected president. Yes, 1980 became something refreshing. But, alas, John Lennon was shot, Mount Saint Helena blew and American's inferiority complexes grew... When Rubik's Cube hit the s toy stores in May. Ted Turner pushed CNN's start button and it was a big hit. A marvel at delivering News. Though now, Repubs are singing the blues. Congress passed the Windfall Tax law to reduce oil Company profits. Oil got squeezed in the Middle East when Saddam Hussein ordered his troops to invade Iran. But typically as some wage war, life is just life beyond the events for most. Well, not exactly. Inflation was at 13.57% and Fed interest rates were 21.3%. Holy Chokehold, Batman!! The US population was 226,504,000. Where on earth would we put all those people. We knew who shot Lennon, but who shot JR? That was all that really counted. ABBA was coming on strong in the music world. At the Movies, “Airplane" really made me laugh. I liked Coal Miner’s Daughter, and Private Benjamin was OK. I still use phrases from “Blues Brothers”. It was a fascinating movie to watch, The Shining scared us all, but I really never thought Cheech and Chong were the least bit Funny, I guess I was never high, Caligua was terrible, but Dressed to Kill was a good thriller. And Friday the Thirteenth kept the slashing alive. Blue Lagoon was boring but nobody cared because they all wanted to see Anne Margaret, I also remember well enjoying the movie The Rose. So, 1980 was a year when things began to look up for a lot of people. As long as you weren’t looking for a mortgage. I had daughter in college. And it was just as expensive then as it is now.
Last night the Patriots looked like a team that hadn’t totally forgot how to play offense.
A good friend advises me that if I ever go to a Christmas party that features carrot sticks, to turn around and immediately leave and find another party with rum balls.
Paranoia is the door to loneliness.
The Answer:
Fry and Silver invented Post-It Notes. How great were they? Bonus: Before Zimbabwe, it was Rhodesia. I could have asked that about a lot of African countries.
Have a great weekend, E–v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!!
Frankly, there weren’t many songs in1980 that thrilled me. But I always liked this one.
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