Over the weekend, the ‘Your Inner Rhino’ Staff went There. Had a good time, saw folks, enjoyed ourselves,Then.
But now We are Here and Now, which can never be taken for granted. Rhinos are a tiny feature of a Great Big Picture, doing our Best, as Best We can.
It’s worth thinking about. For Us, Today is the Accomplishment.
DO NOT PEEK AT THIS UNTIL SATURDAY.
You were warned.
The Staff of ‘Your Inner Rhino’ is taking off for a few days to reconstitute ourselves, exploring ill-defined goals, and like that.
We are leaving you Readers with our Fond Regards and Very Best Wishes, until Monday at the latest.
We would be presumptuous to tell y’all to Behave until then, but We do point out that it is One Option.
Rhinos, like most critters, pass our days Expecting things to be a certain way, to organize themselves consistently. If it’s this way today, it was mostly just like that yesterday, allowing wiggle room for interpretation.
But We Rhinos are keenly aware that this Expectation runs the Hazard of Disappointment. It’s what makes things interesting.
Was that way, but today, hmmm, not so much. Time to regroup.
In the Wild, Rhinos can only sleep with their Alarm System engaged. That System is hooked to one nostril or the other, wired to jolt our Rhino into consciousness.
At that point, the Rhino can analyze matters, and decide to Take Action, or roll over for more winks. But, still with one nostril cocked.
That way, the off-duty nostril gets a good night’s sleep.
Being Robust Critters, We Rhinos are aware that there is only so much Space to go around in the Wild. Some critters take up Much Space, and some Less Space. But here We all are, a crowd of sorts, busy, busy, busy.
Being aware of Natural Limitations, We Rhinos try not to spread ourselves out all over the place. We keep ourselves condensed, so other critters have room to function.
Seems so obvious, but you’d be surprised how many critters are inattentive to the issue.
Today We celebrate Chocolate Cake Day, tipping our hats to Ms. Eliza Leslie. Her cookery book (1847) is the first in the USA to describe making a Chocolate Cake. It was different than today’s, but it was a genuine article, nonetheless.
The history of Chocolate is interesting. Originally Chocolate was mainly a beverage, but over time it was introduced into foods, one way and another.
Rhinos like Chocolate Cake, as do most sensible critters. Huzzah!
Today, in 1499, Sr. Vicente Yanez Pinzon, a Spanish adventurer, discovered Brazil. A few days later he landed at the red X. He also sailed a bit up the Amazon. A busy fellow.
However, due to prior treaties, he could not claim the land for Spain, so Portugal got it. Probably frustrating, but that was just too bad for everybody, except Portugal.
Rhinos wonder if the discovery of a strange Ship offshore was interpreted as a ‘Discovery’ by the Brazilians. It seems unlikely to Us that Discoveries should work only one way.
Here at ‘Your Inner Rhino’ We chug merrily along, day to day, week to week. But sometimes a Friday shows up, and our Staff experience a certain Satisfaction, an internal Group Hug. A Punctuation to our schedule.
Very pleasant indeed.
No. We only look Smug.
Your Inner Rhino 