Rhinos have many Natural Advantages. One of them is our ability to Appreciate and Admire things without any idea of owning them.
Once We get a firm hold on the Idea and Essence of a thing, it is with Us always.
So Rhinos are spared the need of hat boxes. Now if that isn’t a Natural Advantage, what is?!?
We Rhinos are not famous for taking a hint. We get the message, but find ourselves mostly inspired to ask questions and test the limits. Who put up the message? Does it apply to me and if so, how often does it apply? etc…
Maybe Rhinos have Authority Issues; who’s in charge here, and why? We have limited interest in Limitation by Decree.
Rhinos would rather not be governed.
YIR wanted to help our Readers get a head start on celebrating the Chinese New Year. 2020 is the Year of the Rat.
Rhinos are all for helping with Festivities, except for firecrackers, which are too disturbing.
Good Fortune to one and all, with cookie or not. Tomorrow and all the other days too.
Rhino Rep can become an issue, but We Rhinos feel it’s a waste of everyone’s time. Frankly, who cares what you think of Us? Do you stay up nights fretting about what Rhinos make of you? No.
Rhinos are Self-Satisfied. And why not? We mean well, even if We sometimes err. Now and then.
But if Rhinos aren’t satisfied with ourselves, who else is going to attend to it for Us?
Despite our polished demeanor, Rhinos occasionally get frayed around the edges. Our nerves become frazzled in the face of Life’s Eccentricities. Edgy, that’s what We get.
At such times We make the honest effort to pull ourselves together.
Other times, We nap and hope for the best.
We are all aware that Eratosthenes of Cyrene was a brilliant astronomer, mathematician, poet, geographer and music theorist. All very impressive, his accomplishments.
What you may not recall is that he was also the Chief Librarian of the Library of Alexandria in Egypt. Obviously the sort of place where Rhinos are influential.
In fact, it was Eratosthenes who is famous for inventing the imperative suggestion shown, the Greek equivalent of “Shhhh!”.
Rhinos have been around, in one form or another, for 50 million years. We get comfortable, then Nature shakes up the recipe; We split into various new looks, scents, and capabilities. And colors.
It’s exciting being Us, and has been for longer than even We can recall.
Rhinos are grateful for our opportunities. We strive to deserve them.
It is not always easy for Us Rhinos to derive meaning from Art. Even when honest efforts are made to explain it, We often have to mosey along, thinking, “huh?”.
Or, when the day is over, We might want to wander back and take another look.
And then We might think, “hm-hmmm.”
Alaska was admitted as the 49th state on February 3, 1959. It is the biggest state by far; it is twice as big as Texas, and you could toss in New Mexico as well. It gets a lot of light, or a lot of dark, depending on the season.
Alaska has the highest mountain in North America, Denali. It used to be called Mount McKinley. Before it was called anything, it was simply a really high mountain, which was fine with the critters who lived there.
Rhinos can’t quite understand how the impact of this Natural Phenomenon could be enhanced by one title or another.
To the extent that Rhinos can conceive of a decade, We welcome the 2020s. Years ago, there was a 1920s, one full of Pizzazz.
So anyhow, it was a Hot Time, and that is always good, until things went Haywire.
So YIR is happy when you get happy. But there is the Limit, and Time will give you a demo, We promise. It did in 1929.
Your Inner Rhino 