Today's Tids Issue 5,685
Mindless input:
Music has always defined the way generations have changed.
Yesterday was definitely a sinking feeling kind of day. The market fell through the bottom, dropped far too much which just proves again how manipulatable the stocks can be. It's a hard to project the marker based on realism. It seems all about fads, manufactured or real.
Stock Market Report
Helium was up, feathers were down. Paper was stationary. Fluorescent tubing was dimmed in light trading. Knives were up sharply. Pencils lost a few points. Hiking equipment was trailing. Elevators rose, while escalators continued their slow decline. Weights were up in heavy trading. Mining equipment hit rock bottom. Diapers remained unchanged. The market for raisins dried up. Balloon prices were inflated. And toilet paper touched a new bottom.
The Question:
Yesterday I ended the Tids with Leroy Anderson’s Christmas Festival, a good one for the season. But Anderson a former director of the Boston Pops and semi classical composer also had several popular hits records in the late 40’s early fifties. This was music that younger people today would not comprehend at all. Name five of his well-known tunes.
The Headlines:
--Market Looking to Rebound form Irrational Downturn.
--Amazon Workers Strike at 7 Locations During Last days of Christmas Rush.
--Government Shutdown Looms; Misk Interjects himself into Congress; Trump/Vance Undermine Support for Johnson and Razor Thin Repub Majority with demands for Dismissal of Dem Giveaways; Plan Scrapped.
--Cal Gov Sets Up Emergency Rules over Advancing Bird Flu.
--In Nigeria, 35 Children Crushed to Death in Christmas Fun Fair; 5000 People Mobbed Event Lured by Promise of Giveaway Cash..
--Largest French Fry Producer/Supplier (80 Million/Day) Stock Tumbles as Consumers Pull Back Food Dollars.
Tids pickin’ had some pleasant highs last week, but even but mishunching contributed to disheartening losses. We were 11-5 bringing the Tids Pickin’ team to 145-66 (69%) There are few tough picks and even fewer really key games. Oh, maybe they are key games for one team but also easy pickings for that team. The really important games that are also good markups are Phill/Skins, Minn and Seattle and Pitt against Baltimore. A fourth game that has ramifications is Denver against The Chargers, two teams trying to hang on to their wild card positions. Denver has been one of the great surprises and their play lately makes them even more respectable than just lucky. The Chargers looked great and after Brother lost to older Brother, they have faded a bit. I’ll stay with the Broncs. Minn is playing pretty well and Seattle, though pesky, is playing without Geno. I'll take the Vikes. Philly is on a roll but the Commanders they will face are showing they like Denver are more than just a surprising lucky team. This will be a great one and I go Eagles. The last of the four will be rhyming the war. The battel fro first in teh AFC North. They are both tough teams who don’t like each other very much and who are fighting for the same Prize. I'm leaning towards the Ravens... reluctantly.
Buffalo is playing for number one seed, but they are probably happy it is against the Pats. Buffalo will win no matter how hard the Pats try. And I have to pick Atlanta, who are still hanging around, over the Giants who are playing for a high draft. The Jets squeaked one out last week, but the Rams who get better each week will continue against the Green. Detroit has a lot of injuries, but Chicago seems to be getting worse. I don't see the Lions losing here. Cleveland and Cincy will be good as usual. But Cleveland has big QB problems, and the Bengals don't. I'll take Cincy. One of the biggest guesses will be in the Jax versus the Raiders game. Jax has been a little tougher so I'll go with them. Tampa Bay is going somewhere but Dallas isn't. Yet Dallas will show up. This is another squeaker, but I’ll go with the Bucs. KC and Houston are both looking for something big. Is Mahomes injured or not. They say now he will play this weekend on a bad ankle. Hmmm. I don't have a lot of confidence in Houston. I think ill go Chiefs. Green Bay is a good team, and New Orleans is questionable even as they play better. I'll go Pack. Arizona needs a win this week but Carolina maybe better than they think. The Cards come out a winner in the end. Miami is another disappointing team. I actually am happy when the Dolphins lose. So, I'm putting my pick out San Fran's way. Probably bad pick. Tennessee and Indy would have been a big one in years past. I think it is a tossup, but I'll give an edge to the Colts.
The stock market shouldn't be as risky as it is. It is the hysteria of the daily player that makes it what it is. Uncivilized
When apps and software make updates, things usually get harder regardless of them telling me, “we are doing this for you.”
What is the fastest way to make a million dollars in the stock market? Invest a Billion!
There are 33 basically meaningless bowl games coming up with some of the craziest corporate sponsor names ever. Maybe in all these lesser bowls games between Alabama/Michigan, BYU/Colorado and two others are interesting. There are 11 matchups in big playoff games but the first four on this Saturday don’t have bowl names. The quarter finals and Semis have all the good ole traditional names -- Fiesta, Peach, Rose, Sugar for the Quarters and Cotton and orange for the semis. The big championship is a no name bowl of significant importance.
Hey, I'm sorry for all the Football talk lately and especially today.
There a growing recognition that the demand by streamers is reducing the quality of good TV drams. Everything's formula driven and Wall Street loves the cost cutting. I read that creativity is being replaced gloss, glitz, A-List Casts and high-level production values trying to turn mediocre stories into something watchable. How many movies had I turned off after a few minutes of so seeing nothing going nowhere. If it it got glitz, and musical visual interludes, you will sometimes wonder why you are watching. A Netflix exec was heard saying since Wall Street put the clamps on they that they were commissioned to developed “Gourmet Cheeseburgers”. The new term for the entire genre is "MidTV” and was probably inspired by the Dance that began Perfect Couple. Make it lush and watchable but don't worry about being memorable or respectable. Here's why it works. TV’s prime objecting is to help people unwind after a crushing day's work. And lush and insignificance helps them do that,
Btw, notice how all sports are becoming glitzier and lusher. And it is cheaper for the streamers to pay sports leagues than to produce endless TV shows. All they have to do to make it pay is to play sports appealing to non-sprots lovers.
I find that most two-hour new TV movies can be easily reduced to at least an hour and a half or more likely an hour based on meaningful content,
The other day I talked about the reasons why people are sion cavalier about killing a fellow human being. That stat yesterday reported that only 62% of voters find the murder of Brian Thompson unacceptable. That may tell you something. Love thy neighbor as thyself.
The Answer:
Anderson's Top selling record was Blue Tango. Also popular were The Typewriter Song, Sleigh Ride (For Christmas) and The Suco0ated clock. A few of the others which people have enjoyed are Sandpiper Ballet, The Jazz Pizzicato, Fiddle Faddle, Trumpeter's Lullaby, Serenade, Buglers Holiday and Promenade.
Yes, in 1952 “Blue Tango” was number one on the Billboard charts. No plaintiff words, anger, insults or death threats there, just something pleasant to listen to. Gid, were we boring, but happy.
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