TIDBITS 05/16/09

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Here's the thing of it. One of the Fridays of my past reared its head. Time for Tidbits. Vacuousness pervaded every pore and hollow of my being. Nothing to write about. The hunt was on. And then I found it ... whatever it was. And with it came the dilemma. Should I write first ... should I scan first? This is a process I go through with regularity. Without turmoil there can be no clarity.

But the gods like to play with me. When I find the topic ... as I'm ready to scan ... my book ... my magazine ... my periodical ... my bloody reading material opens to a new page as if guided by an unseen force. And there's a new image ... beckoning to me. It's great. Here's what I'll do. I'll scan it now ... write about it at a later time ... when things are dry. Only problem ... by the time I'm ready ... the source and all memory of it has evanesced into the evening mist. And this is where I am today. I have an image of a lion ... I'll tell you about him in a minute. But I have no gem info. He's from a past when his image fell upon me ... like the burning meteors of distant pasts ... erasing all memory of the source much as those ancient meteors erased the living creatures of their time. So bear with me ... and then enjoy the image. It's worth all this inane hoopla of an introduction.

He's made of gold ... of this I'm sure. He has a diamond mane and diamond claws and a diamond tail tip. He has emerald eyes and a ruby tongue. He has a textured body. He is bold. He is fierce. He is a clown.

It is said that if one wears the eye of a lion under one's armpit savage beasts will be kept away. I find this concept rather quaint for I wonder how much experimentation went under way before this placement was discovered. Here Sidney. Try wearing it there and surely the beasties won't bother you when you go hunting. Oops!

Did you know that in order to cover its tracks it is believed the lion erases all traces of his paw-prints with his tail. This can come in handy if there's a rooster in hot pursuit ... for the rooster is the one animal the lion fears. Don't ask me why. A rooster in hot pursuit doesn't scare me at all.

All this of course makes no never mind. The question at hand is: Have you ever seen a comical lion brooch made of gold and diamonds and ruby and emeralds? If not ... go with haste to you know where. I assure you delight.

For those of you who are new to this thing called Tidbits...may I direct you to my home page at

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where you will scroll down the left side menu till you get to the area that says Current Tidbits ... and you will see represented on our pages a comical maned feline brooch whose sole purpose was to bring a smiles to your face.

And there ya have it. That's it for this week folks. Catch you all next week. Benjamin Mark

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