Your Inner Rhino is reliably informed that yesterday had no post. Why this is or was We cannot recall, but We are on the trail.
If our investigation pays off in some way, We will let you know.
Our recommendation: Don’t hold your breath.
Monthly Archives: December 2016
on reflection…
Sir David Brewster was born today in 1781 in Scotland. He was very clever and made strides in the Sciences. Sciences use numbers to establish something, so Rhinos are mostly out of that loop. We applaud, but have minimal concrete input.
Yes. What Sir David did (that We can embrace) was to invent the Kaleidoscope. You look in the little hole, and there are patterns that change if you shake it or twist it or point it somewhere else.
Obviously Sir David was a fellow who provided many Happy Birthdays over the years. We say Happy Birthday back, and thank you.
Ingestmentation
Many critters just eat, or so it appears to Us.
We Rhinos, on the other hand, have made an Art Form of Dining, a gustatory approach and technique of chewing, salivating, grinding and ingestion that would be the envy of any connoisseur, whatever the area of discerning application.
We honor our meals with our undivided attentions, unless We have things on our minds, which does happen. Then We have to split the difference.
Derangement
On the rare occasion when one of Us decides to tidy up, We gasp at how dreadful everything looks in the process. We start the project because things are out of hand, but as We plug on, things seem worse and worse until the final five minutes.
And then, Voila! Rhino Order.
Possibly it wouldn’t be such a mess if We acted sooner in the first place. We’ll probably never know.
Strikes!
Now and then Rhinos are simply knocked sideways by Affection. Something sets Us off, and We appreciate the critters around Us, Rhino or not, here or there or now or then.
And in those moments, We realize We could have been feeling that way all along.
Marvelous.
Finnish Lines
And here We are, celebrating Finland’s Independence Day, all day. Also, Flag Day. Rhinos everywhere salute Finns everywhere.
Finland separated from Russia in 1917, so this is their 99th Birthday. (Obviously, somebody told Us that, given our R counting issues.)
After some debate, YIR decided a joulutorttu was more fun as a birthday cake, as opposed to a muf-Finn. Heh, heh.
Naughtiness’ Reward
The fellow in the picture is the Krampus, a Bad Behavior Expert. He spends his time locating erring Bavarian children, and then either sweeps them away, or thrashes them with his birch switch. He deals with the Naughty, while St. Nicholas treats the Virtuous.
This is Krampusnacht, his night for delivering Correction. Sensible children quake.
His mission might also recommend improvement for our Readers- any who are tempted to stray, if such there be.
Pan-acea
Music is so appealing! It soothes and stimulates, all at the same time. Pretty nifty.
Rhinos both enjoy it and make it. The Natural material of Music is all around, waiting to be appreciated.
We take note.
Gadzooks!
Popular impressions to the contrary, not every day is completely Rhino-Friendly.
We grimly try to reconfigure these experiences into Learning Opportunities, and occasionally We manage some satisfaction via realigned perceptions.
But not always.
Littering
Is there anything to be said in its defense?
Nature gives Us brains so We do not have to be thoughtless.
Happily, in the Wild, We own nothing with which to deface the environment.
Your Inner Rhino 