HAPPY COLUMBUS DAY, at last!!

Very best wishes,

the Staff of Your Inner Rhino

Farmyard lesson, learned, or at the very least, taught.

These things happen.

Rhinos get over it, wherever and whenever possible.

There’s a special kind of Patience which involves saying less, or nothing, when there are Witnesses hanging around.

Under these circumstances Rhinos wait for another opportunity to erupt. Such restraint may involve some wear and tear, but Rhinos find it pays off, generally speaking.

Warning: this particular form of Patience can be grueling. That said, there are often fewer regrets the next day.

“Be patient because things will get better. It may be stormy now, but it never rains forever.”

Nobody seems to know who wrote that, but it lines up with Rhino Logic and Experience, so it’s unquestionably a Rhino source. We mean, that much is Obvious, right?

A solid recommendation for Patience, yes?

One of the advantages of not telling Time is that Rhinos aren’t bothered tapping our toes or waiting for ‘develoments’. We just hold on until Whatever-it-is shows up.

An associated advantage is that We don’t have to bother to know what the Whatever-it-is is likely to be. We discover what delight We can when the Whatever arrives. It is surprising how surprising things can get.

Feel free to exercise your imaginations. No fair rushing.

Any stray thought can develop in multiple ways, as We Rhinos can attest. So what if this version of the Idea derives pep from a predecessor? Yeah, So What?!?

A little belligerence is sometimes called for to quell the rioting masses, say We Rhinos. Why should those masses have all the excitement?

BINGO!!!

Born 1622, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin took up the theatre, making his stage name Moliere. He wrote social comedy, pointing out the shortcomings of the audience itself. His plays are easy to see as mildly silly, but they were not recieved in that humor. The issues of his society, 400 years ago, were painfully center stage.

17th century France, under the rule of Louis XIV, was energetically concerned in setting dynamic social norms, urging those who could almost afford it, to get on the bandwagon. It is not easy for us to understand, but the economy of France was part of this discussion. Yes, very different times. Being fashionable was not entertainment; it determined social position, influence, and survival.

Moliere died around 1673, a hugely influential man of the theatre.

Crocodile Tears are supposed to be the real deal among the critters We know. But Rhinos have also found (and this is the part nobody mentions) that they are not easy to collect. Rhinos have tried, but the reason nobody says what they are good for is that few have successfully gathered any. Or lived to tell the tale. Crocodiles, when not weeping, are moody.

On another topic, the band-aid was invented by a Mr. Earle Dickson, employee of Johnson&Johnson, patented in 1921. He needed them for his wife who was somewhat haphazard in the kitchen. Happy ending: get some today, particularly if you plan on going to the zoo (see above).

Back to tear collection. You might ponder the need for these C.Tears, as We can promise you you will know all about Rhino tears after the experiment gets underway.