What a difference an ‘S’ makes

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12-2 Today!

As inept as Rhinos are with counting, We are just as poor with days of the week. This is partly because weeks make no sense to Us. There are seven days in each one, so We immediately lose interest; too many days. Months are past any conception of ours.

Rhinos were very fond of Tuesday for a long time. But it turns out that We had that wrong too. We thought it was a new spelling, or an olde spelling, of Today. Today We can grasp. Today reverberates in our consciousness. It’s where We are right now.

We usually recall Yesterday, and have an inkling of what’s involved in Tomorrow. Three days, and We’re all counted out. That leaves us Soon and Then, and they have little practical application for Us.

Our approach works for Us. We recommend it.

Here AND There

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12-1Visionz

As We meander through our days, Rhinos are often amazed at the range of alternative realities available to Us. We can concentrate on the grass in our mouth, or assign our attention to other internal imperatives or longings. So much to receive, and these visions play nonstop inside there somewhere. Each version addresses its own view of matters. Some in color, others in black and white. No subtitles needed.

No popcorn necessary to enjoy the shows.

Black Rhino

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11-30 BR&Acacia

Back in Africa, We are the Black Rhinos. What We lack in size (We are about half the size of White Rhinos: 11-28-15), We make up in Pizzazz. All Rhinos have the same amount of RhinoHeart, so imagine it informing every cell in a Black Rhino; That’s right, there is a compression factor because We are smaller, so it makes Us that much more Dynamic! Whatever you can be full of, Black Rhinos are twice as full of it!

Shown is part of our secret formula. This is Us eating an Acacia bush. Note all the thorns? Right! We gobble these up, sorting them with our agile lips. Oh yes, our lips are specially tricky, shaped like a hook for selecting prime bits and pieces.We roam, nibbling as We go. Occasionally some grass, but mostly shrubbage.  This diet makes Us feisty.

Who could ever get too much Feisty, right?

The Doctor is In

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11-30 SelfMD

In the Wild, We Rhinos have to take care of ourselves when We feel poorly. We medicate, invariably with either diet or hydration, more or less. The Inner Rhino Medical Department knows what to do.  So We just follow IRMD orders, and things usually realign themselves. Please recall: We don’t have other options.

Our system is not 100% foolproof, but then, what system is?

One thing that does recommend it is 50 million years of road testing.

White Rhino

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11-28 WRhino

Hello from Africa, where We White Rhinos share the continent with our cousins, the Black Rhinos. Just to clear up an obvious issue: We are actually all the same color of gray.

The term “white” comes from a foreign word meaning “wide”, since our mouths are flat in the front. This is a feature to accommodate our diet of grass. We chomp it off with our lips, not our teeth; this system works better since We don’t have front teeth.

We are the bigger of the two African family branches, weighing in at about the same bulk as our Indian cousins (see 8/17/15). Big, that’s Us.

A distinctive feature of our physique is the large hump of muscle at our shoulders. It helps Us raise our heads from the Graze Position. Big heads to go with a big body.

We like to think of ourselves as Intellectual, but then, who doesn’t?

RHINOCEROS

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11-26 Ionesco

In 1959 Eugene Ionesco wrote a play called Rhinoceros. The play is somewhat confusing, especially if one is a Rhinoceros, which We are. We don’t pretend to understand it, but if it’s called “Rhinoceros”, it must be a good thing. With that topic, how could he go wrong?

So thanks, Mr. Ionesco (whose birthday is today, but back in 1909).

The Also-Rans

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11-24 Winners

Races have an interesting feature: they are comprised almost entirely of losers. One critter wins, everybody else doesn’t win. Easy as that.  The same is true of teams. One winner and everyone else.

We are surprised by this fact every time We encounter it, however logical it is. If We did our best, We feel like winners.

And why not?

Documentation

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11-23 Proof

There are many ways to prove something, but for Us, in the Wild, few of them seem relevant. Stamps and seals and registrations are  mostly related to ownership. When you don’t own anything, the need of a notary is limited.

In our experience, Systems that legitimize things have no odor. Right? Right. For Rhinos, if it doesn’t smell legit, it isn’t.

That settled, it’s time for lunch.

Proprioception!

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11-17BodyAware

Proprioception is up for RhinoAnalysis today. What it means is knowing where your body is at any given moment, and how it got there and where it’s going next.

It may be that as Big Animals, Rhinos have too many parts or places on ourselves to keep track of without going bonkers. We have to trust to our natural gifts to guide Us around the Wild. Wondering about our elbows and our metatarsals all the time is more than We can manage.

Proprioception apparently requires more disciplined minds than ours.

We admit it.