Christmas Music
Yesterday, at my "Train Your Brain" session, one of the puzzles worked on was related to songs of the season. The chore was to decipher the following sentences to come up with the names of some of these songs. I'm not going to give you the answers.
Advance hitherward the entire assembly of those who are loyal in their belief.
Nocturnal hours whose stillness is unbroken.
An emotion excited by the acquisition of the expectation of good bequeathed to the terrestrial sphere.
The Christmas preceding all others.
I observed the Bishop of Myra osculating with my maternal parent.
Spatially and temporally removed in a feed box.
A juvenile dance based on the hollow metallic vessel that resonates with a fine sharp continued clinking.
Hollow cuplike metal objects of a lustrous grayish white hue.
Minute juvenile of the male sex carrying a percussion instrument.
(Did you get them all? I missed one.)
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Bloomberg Views
Bloomberg, thinking I am rich, sent me a nice new copy of the "New Money" issue of their magazine. The subscription cost is a bit much for something I would probably seldom read.
Meanwhile, I did read this issue, and was surprised to find that they do not think much of our newly elected President. However, I do remember that he bashed Bloomberg during his campaign.
Bloomberg Up:
Delta Air Lines banned for life a passenger who yelled and swore at his fellow plane passengers. He let them know, in no uncertain terms, that he was a Trump supporter.
Bloomberg Down:
Lapo Elkann is a Fiat heir and a fashion designer (never heard of him). Lapo was arrested for allegedly faking his own kidnapping and demanding a ransom of (only) $10,000. I guess he didn't think much of himself to ask for such a piddling sum.
Bloomberg Media:
In an article, the magazine discussed the problems between Kellogg and Breitbart. May I quote:
"Brands that advertise on Breitbart have drawn flak in recent weeks, with activists saying the website espouses racist, anti-Semitic, and misogynistic views. That's spurred some companies to abandon the site. The latest to pull its ads is Kellogg..." In retaliation, "...the site has called for a boycott of Kellogg."
No comment.
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Funny Times Views (January 2017 Issue)
Funny Times Up:
Bruges, Belgium has built a 2 mile pipeline to funnel beer from brewery to bottling plant. (Harper's)
Abruzzo, Italy has opened the first free and flowing "wine fountain." (Shepherd)
A golf club in England has issued a special rule allowing for patrons losing their balls to Merlin the cat, who "snatches" six balls a day from the 14th fairway. (Shepherd)
Funny Times Down:
It is legal to text while driving in four states. (Harper's)
The United States bombed six countries over a three-day period in September 2016. (Harper's)
The estimated value of religious institutions in the United States is $1,200,000,000,000! (Harper's)
Is that "quadrillion?" Just think if those places could be taxed.
The High Frequency Active Aural Research Facility, run by the University of Alaska at Fairbanks is being looked at closely by a couple of guys from Georgia who would like to attack the facility and release peoples' souls that are trapped there. (Shepherd)
Funny Times Quotes about Children:(Jon Winokur)
W.C. Fields: "There's no such thing as a tough child. If you parboil them first for seven hours, they always come out tender."
Phyllis Diller: "I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them."
Rita Rudner: "We've begun to long for the pitter-patter of little feet, so we bought a dog. Well, it's cheaper , and you get more feet.
Gore Vidal: "Never have children, only grandchildren.
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