US President Calvin Coolidge retired from office in 1929. He was spoken of as “Silent Cal”, being a man of few words, or fewer. He was from Vermont.
His is an approach which might recommend itself to many modern political aspirants.
“Least said, soonest mended”, and all that.
Mr. Poe was not the cheeriest author and poet, but he had much to recommend him, just the same. A sadly familiar point of view, his.
Difficult times command strange bedfellows.
Here is a remark from H.L. Mencken, a newspaper man, known for his no-nonsense approach to the workings of government, plus most everything else. He wrote for the Baltimore Sun.
Mr. Mencken distrusted popular sentiment. He was not universally adored, but then, who is?
Rhino days are packed with involvements, both mental and physical. We are a very busy species. From all this activity, We gain a happy sense of success, one way and another. And why not?! We find our days rewarding.
Also but no less so, We note: the Breeze is our Friend.
In 1841 John Goffe Rand patented the first collapsible tube, designed originally for oil paints, which did not store well when exposed to air. (Mr. Rand was a portrait painter.) Further uses have been found for his invention, as you doubtless know.
Acknowledgement never hurts, albeit in hindsight.
Not every quotation needs to be verbal, and today Your Inner Rhino salutes Mr. J.P. Sousa.
We sometimes feel that his music is so stirring that it overwhelms critical thinking.
Agitation is all well and good, but still… Surely We should use the brains We have been given.
Today Your Inner Rhino kicks up its heel, posting our 700th piece of work. We make whoopee.
FYI, 700 is more than 600 and less than 6 million, so We have plenty of room to expand.
We chug forward.
Your Inner Rhino marches forward, with snappy commentary to prompt Mental Activity. Can’t have too much of that now, can We?
In 1871, Chicago had a Big Uh-Oh!, and a lot of the town went up in flames. The idea was that Mrs. O’Leary’s cow kicked over a lantern, but nobody knows that for certain.
(For similar content, see YIR Archive, September 2, 2016.)
Moral: Fire! WATCH OUT!
How is it that when Rhinos go new places, there are things We know We have seen before? Huh?
Maybe our minds are taking trips when We aren’t paying attention. That would explain it, and our minds would have plenty of opportunity for those jaunts, right?
That’d be “Yes”.
Your Inner Rhino 