Pigs in Pink?

Happy Friday evening. It’s an early evening as I prepare for a busy weekend. Hence NO coffee. Still, let me point out that in one short week I’ve fallen in love with Cuban coffee (it’s almost a reason to move to Little Miami).

Marcia – surgery went well. Full anesthesia and still an out-patient procedure had us arrive at 7:00am last Monday and home shortly after 10:30 in the morning. My brothers mailed her a set of kneepads to help her get ready as her desire to scrub the floors returns. The ‘reveal’ as of today

Quote – “Never murder a man who’s committing suicide.” ~ Richard Nixon (37th President of the United States of America)

Our current President’s call-out was to return the nation to normalcy, this after the turmoil of the Trump Presidency and the pandemic. Might be good to take a close look just to see how well the new ‘normalcy’ is working out.

Building on all the aforementioned is a statement by psychologist and tenured Professor Jordan Peterson weighing in on the college campus happenings by saying: “The situation at the Universities is far worse than you imagine….The parasites and scavengers have taken over the whale carcasses.”

The Kentucky Derby – is always full of hype and hoopla. Louisville, being our downstream neighbor means we get a heavy stream (pun) of both.

Personally, I am tolerant of the sport. Throw a ‘Derby’ party and I’ll be there, if not, I might just forget that the event happened.

What I will complain about is our media’s proclivity to blur over the video with an ongoing, hyper and ‘uber’ loud, audio stream by the announcers, i.e., non-stop prattle – this goes for most any sport. Watch the short video to see how much more interesting a horse race is when the announcer remains a bystander who is merely conversant:

Jazz on First – was last Sunday. As time moves on, I find myself appreciating Jazz more and more, especially as performed by our local core of Maestros. Last Sunday the afternoon’s intimate performance setting was named: “Springtime in Paris.” This in honor of a French singer, Valérie Graschairek, a keeper of the great tradition of swing and scat. She’s an amazing and mesmerizing chanteuse. Valérie sang popular American traditional pieces, some of the best from Brazil done in Portuguese, and of course great French tunes in her native tongue. It really was a joyful afternoon:

Gladys the Gorilla – Last week you were treated to see how the broken arm of the Zoo’s gorilla, Gladys, was set and had her broken arm placed in a printed, titanium, cast. Here is the rest of the story.

Eleven-year-old Gladys, born and human raised at the Zoo, got into a ‘kerfuffle’ with a pair of younger females (still called a ‘cat’ fight?). The result was a break at her elbow.

This week you’re treated to see just how the situation was managed. Along with a few words from the medical team members – both Zoo and Children’s Hospital:

This ‘Ramblings’ is being posted Friday evening. Earlier I picked up my ‘bib’ for my Saturday morning 5k race, which is a precursor of the full Flying Pig marathon which runs Sunday morning. The full ‘Pig’ will have about 20,000+ runners and is rated as being the nation’s best. For the full marathon, Adrianne, Vai, and I will be at the Start line at 6:00am to volunteer both the Start and Finish.

And to close this week, an advertising billboard Marcia spotted – just to leave you with a smile.

May Peace prevail! Shalom.

Dirk

BONUS POINTS:

The wearing of pants, ubiquitous today, was considered uncivilized in what countries?

1) Rome
2) Scythians
3) Greece
4) Persia
5) Gaul
6) Lydia