Many YIR Readers probably have accomplishments, one way and another, Acknowledgements of extraordinary Achievement. For our Readers, these are satisfying and exciting.
While We Rhinos applaud anything that pleases our Readers, We feel We should mention that a Rhino Accomplishment is directly related to our being here Today.
Living in the Wild is not a picnic. Rhinos make the best of a tricky bargain daily. Grim reflections set aside, We just say ‘Thank You’ and press forward.
In 1912 Arizona became the 48th State in the Union, the last state until Hawaii and Alaska joined 47 years later. There are huge areas of desert with many impressive geologic sites.
Shown is a Native American Hopi clown, in a festival outfit. These clowns traditionally poke fun at the more conventional wisdom of their culture. In these celebrations, both the wise and the foolish have roles to play.
This is the sort of wisdom Rhinos can appreciate: respecting tradition, while recognizing the convolutions of perception.
Smell is the Rhino primary key to functioning. Having noses of such elaborate sensitivity and discernment is mostly great. We don’t show off, but We can sniff like nobody’s business. We are used to sorting one aroma from another, as the Wild is made up of thousands of different whiffs, each bearing mucho info.
That does not mean that every breeze is delightful.
Rhinos have our own version of “Yuck”, and need it.
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?!?
Being sorry after the fact does not count for much with Rhinos. It only works if the criminal was truly unaware of the issue prior to the transgression. Seldom the case, that.
Those who cannot behave themselves must go without dessert. Them’s the Rules.
Today is National Chocolate Cake Day, which makes Us Rhinos skip and gambol.
There is an old saying, “You can’t have your cake and eat it too.” The idea is that you can’t eat it and still have it around the house. The Rhino approach to this is to ingest the cake as fast as We can, and then hope another will show up when We least expect it.
You can imagine how many chocolate cakes Rhinos run into in the Wild.
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?
Rhinos try to be Patient. We are relatively good at it, and We get lots of Practice. Naturally.
This does not mean that We are insensible to Temptation.
Now you know.
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!”.
Connecticut became a state on January 9, 1788- one of the first thirteen (which comes after 3 and before a thousand.)
Connecticut has always had a high standard of civilized behavior, and was the first state to impose a speed limit for automobiles. That was in 1901.
Every craze starts somewhere, as any Rhino would tell you. Why not Connecticut?
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