Office Party

Today marks the One Thousandth posting, art and text, for Your Inner Rhino.com! If this landmark takes you by surprise, imagine what it does for the Staff!

Thanks to all you Readers, without whom the whole business would be mighty hollow.

And many affectionate thanks to Elias, Liz, friends and family for the support and encouragement. It keeps the Staff cheery.

Going Up!

On May 29, 1953 Mr. Edmund Hillary (b.1919) and Mr. Tenzing Norgay reached the top of Mount Everest, the first people to do it. Many had tried and failed, so it was a Big Deal.

Everest (aka Chomolunga, Sagarmatha, Zhumalangma Fegn) is treacherous because of weather, terrain, formidable winds, and thin air at the top. It’s not a climb for the faint-hearted. Or for most Rhinos either.

(see: May 24, 2017 Your Inner Rhino)

Vive la France!

Given the astounding expertise of this French Mime, it seems unnecessary to point out that this is a performance of the Fall of the Bastille, a notorious Parisian prison. It fell in 1789, kicking off the French Revolution, which was a really big mess.

Still, the French people celebrate Bastille Day annually as a day of national pride, and although Rhinos don’t quite grasp the idea, We don’t want to rain on anyone’s parade.

Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite from Your Inner Rhino, you French people. (We do not know how to add accents, so don’t complain, s’il vous plait.)

Anchors Aweigh!

Today, in 1405, Zheng He led a mighty Armada of 300 ships and 62 Treasure Ships off to sail around Asia, as shown. It took 7 separate trips, but he logged lots of nautical miles over the next 28 years. Why he went is a bit hazy to this day.

His ship was 1.5 football fields long (450 feet) and 60 yards wide. Nine masts, and housing 1,000. This presented ideal circumstances for Rhino stowaways, since We blend into crowds with ease. Cagey, that’s Us.

Rhinos are not natural sailors, so We would get off and walk, whenever possible. Sumatra and Java are always R party countries.

Out of sorts?

Rhinos generally appear even-tempered, as Readers must realize. Nature has a system to guarantee an upbeat demeanor. It is called Aromatherapeutics.

Whichever way We turn, Rhinos (even disgruntled Rhinos) are greeted by stimuli and energies, bouquets of scent delivered by the breeze. How could We stay ornery when there are riches galore, tickling our fancies and priming our pumps?

Being grumpy is not a viable Rhinoption.

Better Choco-late than Never

This is the day credited with introducing Cocoa Beans to Europe, 1550, arriving from Mexico with the thugs who plundered the Aztecs in Mexico. In Central America, Cocoa Beans were a semi-precious commodity.
Rhinos don’t eat Chocolate, as it gives Us the Heebie-Jeebies, but many of our Readers are fans. So today you have a good excuse to go nuts.
Rhinos don’t wait for excuses to go nuts. We just pack and go.

Bull in a China Shop

Some critters don’t belong in a Kitchen, like, say, Rhinos for instance. We are not meant by Nature to cook, within the conventional definition.

Yes, We like to eat, Bigtime. Lots and lots. But We would snarf up all the ingredients long before any other kitchen-y process got underway.

Why wait around?