Who can glory too much in the Lord?

Therefore, let us glory, yea, we will glory in the Lord; yea, we will rejoice, for our joy is full; yea, we will praise our God forever. Behold, who can glory too much in the Lord? Yea, who can say too much of his great power, and of his mercy, and of his long-suffering towards the children of men? Behold, I say unto you, I cannot say the smallest part which I feel. Alma 26:16

To praise the Lord with love and cheer

is what will keep His spirit near.

The Father of our being knows

how to protect me from life's blows;

and when an evil mischance falls

and God ignores my doleful calls

like Job of old I'll raise my voice

not in complaint but to rejoice.

Like ant to mighty pachyderm:

His vastness makes my faith more firm.

Return of the Frozen Dinner -- A Tweet from Trump -- Ralph Lauren -- Escaping Poverty

Frozen dinners are on a hot streak.

Sales of microwavable meals are rising at the fastest pace in a decade, drawing attention from food-company executives otherwise struggling with falling sales for well known but outdated brands.  WSJ

Eating frozen dinners is a perilous pursuit;

most of 'em taste like a bit of unrefined raw jute.

But if you undercook 'em, you can have 'em on a stick --

But either way the end result would make a caveman sick.

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Apple prices may increase because of the massive Tariffs we may be imposing on China - but there is an easy solution where there would be ZERO tax, and indeed a tax incentive. Make your products in the United States instead of China. Start building new plants now. Exciting! @realDonaldTrump

Make it in the USA or you will foot the bill

to keep the country going and not crash to a standstill.

I'll give you tax incentives if your widgets you will coin

not in Chinese sweatshop but a plant down in Des Moines!

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NEW YORK — At the end of his 50th anniversary show in Central Park, Ralph Lauren cried, and the audience stood and applauded. At the beginning of the elegant dinner that followed, Oprah Winfrey toasted the powerful symbolism imbued in his work, reflecting not only his own American success story but that of so many others. By the time guests drifted off towards the hazy lights of the city, they had the undeniable sense of how big, how defining and how magnetic fashion can be.

WaPo 

I've never been too dernier cri; I dress more like a slob.

I've never had relations with the fashionable mob.

I buy my clothes at Goodwill or some other cheap thrift store,
so Ralph Lauren can take a flying leap out past the shore.

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We keep hearing about an economy that’s referred to as robust or rip-roaring, which leaves a lot of people wondering how they missed out on the recovery. Earlier this year I began taking a closer look at how a state that’s leading the boom has 20% of its children living in poverty. In L.A. Unified, the number is 80%, and at one elementary school I’ve been taking a look at in the San Fernando Valley, 20% of the students are homeless.  Steve Lopez in the LATimes.

Real poverty is a gulag,

that follows you round like a dog.

The struggle to rise

only ends when you dies --

it's how we got to demagogue. 

tender behemoths

I know elephants

from Thailand and the circus --

tender behemoths

tree trunks like bread dough

tree trunks like bread dough

kneaded on the warm green grass

mixed with its own seeds

brown wood and green leaves

brown wood and green leaves

on a sunny afternoon

make the best shadows

A Tweet from Trump -- The Woodward Book

The Woodward book is a scam. I don’t talk the way I am quoted. If I did I would not have been elected President. These quotes were made up. The author uses every trick in the book to demean and belittle. I wish the people could see the real facts - and our country is doing GREAT! @realDonaldTrump

I wish that the people could see

how pleasant my presence can be.

I am so polite

that children delight

to sit on my unyielding knee.

Scooter use is rising in large cities. So are trips to the emergency room.

In Santa Monica, Calif. — where one of the biggest electric-scooter companies is based — the city’s fire department has responded to 34 serious accidents involving the devices this summer.  WaPo

I do not like to take the bus or walk so very far,

 my work place has no parking space for my own little car.

And so I find that scooters are a fast and easy ride;

the breeze whips through my thinning hair as through the streets I glide.

It brings back childhood memories of happy wheeling trips;

when a folding push scooter brought smiles unto my lips.

and if today it happens that pedestrians I clip,

and cause them to collapse in pain or do a full back flip,

I don't think it is reason for them to begin a scene --

after all, my scooting helps to keep the city clean.

I wish there were more bike paths so I wouldn't knock 'em down;

but who needs road construction in the summer here in town?

As for wearing helmets, there's no law that says I must;

so in my navigation skills I place all of my trust.

A pratfall is not in the cards for drivers smart as me;

I barrel down the boulevard, in attitude carefree . . .

But when the brakes did fail me and I crashed into a wall

I found my joy in scooting smothered with a painful pall.

The doctors say I'm better now, although I must take care

as I cross the curbside in my motorized wheelchair.  

A Tweet from Trump -- The Anonymous Coward

Are the investigative “journalists” of the New York Times going to investigate themselves - who is the anonymous letter writer? @realDonaldTrump

Anonymous contributors should never be allowed

to make an accusation that will stir an angry crowd;

At least when I make statements that cause people up to jump

I'm mighty proud they know that they're from me -- old Donny Trump!

ant on the sidewalk

ant on the sidewalk --

brown piece of the puzzle;

will autumn be hard?

A Tweet from Trump, and Other Nonsense

Isn’t it a shame that someone can write an article or book, totally make up stories and form a picture of a person that is literally the exact opposite of the fact, and get away with it without retribution or cost. Don’t know why Washington politicians don’t change libel laws? @realDonald Trump

Isn't it a shame that books are published all the time;

that all their information isn't treated like a crime?

If I were made the President, I'd make those authors scram.

Oh wait, what am I saying? The Chief of State I am!

In that case, have a care, you swine, that publish such malarkey --

My apparatchiks will find you; and they can be quite snarky.


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Schools in multiple states are tearing out water fountains and old faucets after finding elevated levels of lead in their drinking water.  WSJ

The reason that Johnny has read
nothing of late is the lead
from school water which
his brain does bewitch --
no wonder his parents see red.


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Nike revealed on Monday that Colin Kaepernick — the out-of-work NFL quarterback who generated controversy for kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice and police brutality — would be featured in its 30th anniversary “Just Do It” campaign.  WaPo

There once was an athlete named Colin
who liked on his knees to be fallin'.
Such rank sedition
brings to fruition
a bank account with greenbacks crawlin'.