February 7, 2011
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Links here are good only for the week of February 7, 2011. After that... is
anybody's guess.
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The Pack is Back!
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Is it us, or was the game better, but the commercials not as good yesterday?
We have the solution. Our video spotlight, below, has a link to the
second best Super Bowl ad of all time (the Mean Joe Greene one was the
best.)
Meanwhile, in this week's thrill-packed issue:
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Newsletter Table of Contents
(Yep; each is a clickable link)
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Pretty good response to last week's Trivia Teaser -- most people chose
to type "Biden," rather than try to spell Boehner. No, Nancy Pelosi was
not there. By tradition, the leader of each house of Congress sits behind
the president for the State of the Union speech. That would be the
president of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House; in this case,
Biden and Boehner. Neither Gunther Toody nor American Pie were in
attendance for the speech, though they are the answers to the other
two questions.
Three more coming up, below.
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It is both amazing and sadly ironic that, on the 100th anniversary of his
birth, journalists of all stripes are praising Ronald Reagan. Even Barack
Obama sites Ronald Reagan's accomplishments with great admiration. Yet,
for a decade before he became president, throughout his presidency, and
for a decade afterwards, critics did everything they could to
tarnish and diminish both the man and the principles for which he stood.
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Hershel has updated his essay on Ronald Reagan
here.
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The easiest way to get there from here:
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This Week with the Chicowitz
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This week, Hershel provides the framework for addressing the problem
with our deficit/debt:
In order to balance the budget, we must start by acknowledging that there
may be some projects that look and sound nice, and may indeed help make
our country stronger and better. But the federal government is simply not
the right entity to deal with those projects. Period. And other projects
may be worthwhile; but we simply cannot afford them. They are not worth
the cost of seriously jeopardizing the safety, security and freedom of
future generations. To fund projects, no matter how worthwhile or
well-intentioned, using borrowed money is irresponsible. Period.
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You can read the entire essay here.
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Here are three questions from our most recent BBHQ Weekly Trivia Contest:
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There
are no prizes here... it's all just for fun.
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The next BBHQ Weekly Trivia Contest cranks up Monday at 6 p.m.,
eastern.
Members can play all of our trivia games in
The BBHQ Trivia Library.
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It was back in the good old days.... 2008, to be specific. Budweiser
created one of their best ads. We call this one "Hank":
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It's that time of year again... yep, we're thinking VD. And no, it's not
one of those awkward diseases. It's Valentine's
Day. (It's next Monday, boys and girls; next Monday.
Accordingly, our "Lyrics You Can Share" selection for this week comes
from a wonderful love song, written by Rod McKuen. Frank Sinatra made it
a hit. This is from "Love's Been Good to Me":
I have been a rover
I have walked alone
Hiked a hundred highways
Never found a home
Still in all I'm happy
The reason is, you see
Once in a while along the way
Love's been good to me
There was a girl in Denver
Before the summer storm
Oh, her eyes were tender
Oh, her arms were warm
And she could smile away the thunder
Kiss away the rain
Even though she's gone away
You won't hear me complain
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You can listen to a clip from the song near the bottom of this week's essay. Click
here,
scroll down the page, and listen to our "Lyrics You Can Share."
BBHQ members can also play 200 oldies, 24/7 in our JukeBox. Think of
it as your own boomer karaoke machine.
And of course, you can buy this music and all kinds of stuff -
please! - using our link to
Amazon.com.
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The BBHQ Joke of the Week
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It's not MasterCard... but it is priceless:
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With fire alarms blaring at my mom's apartment complex, she
grabbed her favorite bathing suit and ran out.
"A bathing suit?" I said later. "Of all the priceless things
in that apartment, that's what you chose to save?"
"Material things come and go," she said with a shrug. But a
one-piece suit that doesn't make you look fat is impossible
to replace."
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Brush Up Your Webster - featuring Madam Red Dot
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When was the last time you recited the "Pledge of Allegiance" or
sang the "Star Spangled Banner"? Do you think you remember the words...
just the first verse... of our national anthem? Let me refresh your
memory:
Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed, at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night, that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave?
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I sure wish we had done this last week. It might have helped Christine
Aguilera, who performed our national anthem near the start of the Super Bowl
game on Sunday, but fumbled the lyrics.
Click the picture above to watch a replay.
So... brush up your Webster!
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Uncle Jay is one of our favorite boomer... artists.
Last week Uncle Jay explained the uprising in Egypt in simple, boomer
terms:
Click the pic, above, to view a short clip of Uncle Jay's take on the news or
visit his web site to watch the complete video.
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Have a great week. We'll share the fun again next Monday.
- the Boomer Crew at BBHQ
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