Friday, May 3, 2019

2019 - Day 123/242 - Friday...Gordian Knot...

I had the choice of confused cows or another pic of a car wreck on IH-35, so I am going with the confused cows. We got over three inches of rain in the last 24 hours, over four inches in the last 48 hours and it is raining again right now. This is supposed to be over in the next 12 hours or so, but is also supposed to start back up in the middle of next week. Here are my thoughts on this: once the flooding is over, it is going to be one hell of a drought. That's my opinion and I am sticking with it. This picture is of a normally dry creek that was roiling this morning as I was heading to Waco for a Texas REALTORS® meeting with Regions 8 and 15. It was a good meeting, lots of good information shared and lots of smart people there. Now, back to the cows; usually they traverse the dry creek bed to get under the bridge to the other side of the road. BUT, they were faklempt about how exactly they should respond, so they chose to just stand and stare. Not really a bad decision, and it seems the cattle are smarter than many central Texas motorists that just throw caution to the wind, drive through overflowing low-water crossings, and end up dead.

Gordian Knot -- Noun. an intricate problem; especially: a problem insoluble in its own terms. "You're presented with a Gordian Knot of problems that must be resolved, be they technical, marketing, sales, whatever." Sean McDonald, Pittsburgh Business Times, June 21, 2017

Did You Know? According to Greco-Roman mythology, when the peasant Gordius became king of Gordium in Phrygia, he dedicated his wagon to Jupiter and fastened its yoke to a beam with a very complex knot. Centuries later, when Alexander the Great arrived on the scene, he was told that he couldn't conquer and rule Asia unless he proved himself worthy by untying the knot. Alexander quickly solved his problem-and gained a new kingdom-by slicing the knot in half with his sword. Since then, Gordian Knot has become a term for a difficult problem, and the phrase "cut the Gordian Knot" has become a popular way to describe a neat solution for an apparently insurmountable difficulty.

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