Today is National Donut Day.
We assume you were done with this post after Sentence #1, going for the car keys.
Gotta do your Patriotic Duty, right?
Category Archives: Rhino Nifty
Big Buzz
You Readers may be surprised to learn that Rhinos were there when Dr. Ben Franklin did his experiment with a kite in Philadelphia. We were camping in the field above which he looked for Lightning. Happy coincidence. (By mutual agreement, he always left Us out of the story; he had the risk, so he got the glory.)
This all happened in June, but neither he nor We were keeping track. It was 1752, We’re pretty certain. That’s what he says. It is June now, FYI.
What Dr. Franklin discovered was relatively tame, but had the experiment gone better, he would have been toasted. That’s what We are told, and how else would We know?
Who wants first-hand experience with Electricity? Really.
Digital Readout-ing
Phrenology is the practice of Bump Reading of the head or skull or something. For Rhinos it is a secondary course of action, at best. We get our information, current, hot and tidy, through our noses and ears.
Nature provides Rhinos with plenty of lumps, you may believe. We get lots of them accidentally.
Charts seem as though they should be reassuring, but We find them more decorative than meaningful, day to day. We made this one for you Readers, featuring numbers and letters, which make it Official. The more colors, the better, is the Your Inner Rhino approach.
Expecting Unexpected…
Rhino gals often forget that the reward of an afternoon’s excitement is 15 or 16 months of pregnancy. Toward the end of these preparations, things can wear thin.
Fortunately, Rhinos don’t count and have weak time concepts, so We just put up with it, and hope it will be over sometime soon. Eventually, our hopes are fulfilled.
The good news is that Rhino babies seldom weigh much over 100 pounds, so that’s a relief!
Ms. Carson’s Birthday!
Today Your Inner Rhino felt We should celebrate the work of Rachel Carson, whose books The Sea Around Us and The Silent Spring did so much to raise public awareness of global pollution and what might be done to stem it.
We Rhinos, all critters, the air, the earth, and the seas are indebted for her active interest.
Thanks, Ms. Carson.
Hoofers Unite!
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.
Stress Conservation
When We Rhinos find ourselves embarking on an Endeavor that could get Prickly (botanically or personally), We take Precautions.
Rhinos embody a remarkable combination of sensitivity, awareness and insight; so in our planetary interactions We risk getting our Feelings Hurt.
But get this: We sidestep that hazard by only taking one Feeling with Us, leaving the others safely behind. That way, at worst only one can get bruised! Brilliant!
Primitive?
Today is Henri Rousseau’s birthday. We Rhinos like his style. It seems immediate, direct, a very personal approach. No invisible formality or expectation.
M. Rousseau was self-taught, which is Very Rhino. We only gravitate to situations or academies where things keep moving. A healthy glance at M. Rousseau’s work and you know he was not trying to please anybody else; he was doing his own thing.
What other ‘thing’ is there to do?
The Lawn Ranger
Edwin Budding invented the lawnmower, and partnered up with John Ferrabee to manufacture them on this date, in England.
Before 1830, people mowed their grass with scythes, which are pretty demanding utensils. Why people didn’t just ask Us to help with the mowing is a riddle. We White Rhinos could have grazed those lawns in jig time. Munchin’ Luncheon.
Pip Pip!
Hypothetically Speaking
Rhinos are enthusiastic Conjecturalists. We like to take situations and debate the contrasting virtues of one position or the other, usually both. Exercise is good for our minds, at least We think so.
Is it better to live in a hot air balloon or in a small sporty boat? Obviously question #1 is ‘what will I eat?’ Then, what is the weather like? Who is going with me? Are the calla lilies in bloom again? So much to contemplate!
We can ponder these puzzles for days, though in Sumatra there are other demands on our attention. As you can imagine.
Your Inner Rhino 