Going Courting

May 26, 2016 by Bill Schroder in R Body Beautiful, R Life Lessons, R Outlook | 3 Comments

Rhino dating is a brisk business, geared entirely toward making more Rhinos. We might try to make it seem more romantic, but Spin is not the Rhino Way.

Part One is the girl Rhino letting guy Rhinos know she is in the mood. (It should be noted that the guy Rhinos go berserk once they get this message.)

Part Two is the guy Rhinos thrashing out who is going to do what. Very Physical.

Part Three is getting together. Remarkably Enthusiastic.

Steps Two and Three involve a lot of heavy duty Rough & Tumble, sometimes with catastrophic results for the Participants. Neither sad nor jolly nor romantic- just how it is.

Hoofers Unite!

May 25, 2016 by Bill Schroder in R Body Beautiful, R Lite, Rhino Nifty | 5 Comments

Today is National Tap Dance Day, a Rhino favorite among human holidays. Good times guaranteed.

One thing Rhinos have going for Us is We have three hooves per limb; We have a lot to Tap with. We can tap galore. And occasionally We do.

What We lack in Accuracy, We make up for in Flamboyance.

Home is where the…

May 10, 2016 by Bill Schroder in R Body Beautiful, R Life Lessons, R Outlook | Leave a comment

Home is where the Food is. Rhinos are as sentimental as the next critter about locations, but when it comes down to it, without something to eat, it’s just chatter.

Food has always been Nature’s way of shifting Us about the world, moving the plants, and Us following along with a salt-shaker, figuratively speaking.

The Rhino clans that decide to stay behind are often left behind, historically.

Follow the Alfalfa, that’s what We say.

Ancient Hissssssstory

May 4, 2016 by Bill Schroder in R Body Beautiful, R Life Lessons, R Outlook | 5 Comments

Medusa was pretty dissssagreable, but then, she had a lot on her mind. Ba-rump-bum!

Real Rhinos are not vain, which is what got Medusa into Trouble. No actual powder puffs for Us. Just Natural Glow.

It’s a gift.

Boterismo

April 19, 2016 by Bill Schroder in R Body Beautiful, R Lite, R Outlook | 4 Comments

Today We are saluting Fernando Botero. He comes from Colombia, which is in South America. His famous artworks concern themselves with figures of bulk, ultra 3-D, sensuous.

A Rhino kind of guy. Hence the homage, heartfelt if pale-by-comparison, above.

Happy birthday, Mr. Botero!

Our own Estimation

April 10, 2016 by Bill Schroder in R Body Beautiful, R Life Lessons, Rhino Nifty | 2 Comments

First Impressions are very important to Us Rhinos, and always have been, though for Rhinos those First Impressions are achieved by nostril, not eyeball. Still, the general idea applies. How do new acquaintances respond to the Rhino in question?

No critter wants to be considered sub-standard. That is why Rhinos always galvanize the Public; We employ that extra little something.

We call it Sumatran Sunshine.

Appearances can be…

March 26, 2016 by Bill Schroder in R Body Beautiful, R Life Lessons, Rhino Nifty | 3 Comments

Deceiving. Some Readers may think that Rhinos are descendants of the dinosaur Triceratops, probably because of the horns. This is not so. Triceratops must have been splendid, but no Rhino Records exist for them.

In our ramblings, Rhinos had seen plenty of big bones here and there, but imagine our surprise when the bones were figured out and strung together! Hello Triceratops, the most important dinosaur of all, in our humble opinion. Alas, they were extinct before Rhinos got going.

That horn similarity business is intriguing; Nature never scraps a brilliant design. Rhinos just happen to be the Big Winners this time around. Thanks, Nature.

(For more illuminating data, see Archive for January 13, 16, & 19 of 2015.)

The Salad Bar

March 24, 2016 by Bill Schroder in R Body Beautiful, R Life Lessons, R Mindset | Leave a comment

Rhinos don’t criticize lions for their diet. Why would We? Some critters are vegetarians, some are carnivores, and others scavenge. The point is always the same: What’s for dinner? No dinner, no tomorrow. So simple. Equal opportunity, equal hazard.

No critter decides what to eat. Nature has determined all the options for each critter.

Rhinos are wired to eat greenery only, or fruit on a good day. Beyond that, it’s a “no-thank-you-so-much”. Is there a problem here? Not with Rhinos there isn’t.

Buon compleanno, Signore!

March 6, 2016 by Bill Schroder in R Body Beautiful, R Lite, Rhino Nifty | Leave a comment

Michaelangelo’s birthday seems special. Like all great works of art, the Artist transforms awareness of the universality, magnificence and complexity of Creation with his talents. His accomplishment glows with Inner Rhinoness.

Of course, if a Rhino had been wielding the chisel, the results might have been different, but Michaelangelo got there first. He was 21 when he got started on The David.

Rhinos were otherwise occupied in the early 1500s. Otherwise, who knows what We’d all be gaping at in Florence?

Music for Wigglers

March 2, 2016 by Bill Schroder in R Body Beautiful, R Lite, Rhino Nifty | 2 Comments

Bedrich Smetana wrote The Bartered Bride back in 1870 or so, and that did big things for Czech opera. We are glad he took the trouble.

The story of this opera is fuzzy to Rhinos, but the folk-fervor of the music is tremendous. Makes Us want to wiggle.

Wiggling is always good, and keeps Us fit for our daily assignments, whatever they turn out to be.

Your Inner Rhino

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