Wondering on Wednesday (v201)

Ready... Set... Wonder!

Let's dive in and get some wonderful-filment, shall we? 

I can't help wondering what the president is really going to do if a governor "doesn't treat him well" but at the same time, comes knocking for federal help. Do you think Trump will get away with not helping? Do you think we're that partisan, or have we come together with love for each other as True Patriots and Warriors against this, horrible, SAD, invisible ENEMY? He's the guy, remember, who during that same Fox Town Hall meeting, shared a debunked conspiracy theory about my Sonofa Gov, Andrew Cuomo, and some mysterious 15,000 or 16,000 ventilators he should have bought several years ago.  I wonder, does Trump really even knows what 'nice' is?

Speaking of the Sonofa Gov, it seems his response to the COVID-19 outbreak here in the Empire State is drawing raves not just from regular folk, his peers, and many pundits. Nope - there's a whole nother thing going on: the #cuomocrush - seriously! I'm not really wondering why this is happening, just that it's covering such a broad demographic. Take a look. 

How could I not fall in love with him? He doesn’t use notes or screens, he’s smart, his voice is strong,” said (one woman)... I’m almost 85 and finally think I know about men. He’s a keeper.”

In addition to that, we've got the Brothers Cuomo comedy show, which we got a peek at earlier when the Gov appeared on his brother's CNN show for the second time in a few days.  

Throughout the roughly 20-minute interview, the brothers struck a balance between weighty and sometimes grim conversation about the coronavirus outbreak sweeping the nation, with New York particularly hard hit, and keeping each other’s egos in check with teasing, slinging mock insults in a practiced manner befitting two guys who have spent decades honing their skills.

Here's my favorite comment from the article, which made me chuckle, not wonder.

After the coronavirus thing is over, can we please make @ChrisCuomo & @NYGovCuomo a nightly TV show?” one person tweeted. “The Cuomo Comedy Hour would be like an Italian family reunion rap battle. 

Other wonder-full things?  As we wait for a vote in the Senate on the stimulus package (there'll be plenty of time to wonder about that later), here's a scattering of good things that are happening, all over the place, during this time of social distancing and non-gathering.

• The National Cowboy Museum put the head of security in charge of social media, and it's one of the nicest things you'll read this week, I kid you not. He's engaging, he's sweet, and he's learning on the fly how to "engage" with his audience. 
• Animals in shelters across the country are being placed with foster families "in droves" even as shelters are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
• Right here in my neck of the woods, a small business is now 3D printing face shields for health care workers - and have recruited thousands of others to do the same. 
• A Lodi, WI kindergarten teacher delivered hand-painted signs to her students, telling them she missed them, since they didn't have time to say goodbye before schools were closed due to the virus. 
• Neighborhoods are stepping up to entertain children who are getting their daily exercise; many are holding bear hunts. 

There are tons more of these good news stories -- I wonder if you can share some?

And finally, I'll leave you today with the Rotterdam Philharmonic's socially distanced version of Beethoven's Ode to Joy. If you ever wondered if there's any benefit to that 'thinking outside the box' thing, here's proof that it sometimes works.