April 9, 2012
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Links here are good only for the week of April 9. After that... is anybody's guess.
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Happy Easter -- Happy Passover!
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Easter and Passover are two major holidays that, for the most part, the
uber-secularists have not attacked... yet. So, happy Easter, happy
Passover.
Of course, Easter was yesterday; but Passover (also known as Pesach)
lasts through Saturday.
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The legend of Passover is much less renowned than that of Easter, though
they are connected by more than just the calendar. The celebration of
Passover took place just before the Crucifixion.
Both holidays are about sacrifice, rebirth, freedom, and opportunity.
Passover celebrates freedom, family, and bountiful food -- ideals that
should be recognized, cherished, and celebrated by everyone.
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Last week's Trivia Teaser:
1. First, our current events question: Last week, President Obama
whispered, in what he thought was a private comment, to Russian president
Medvedev, about what?
what he really thinks of George Bush
the maximum price of gas that is OK with him
that he'll have more flexibility to negotiate after the election
when he intends to remove all U.S. troops from Afghanistan
how much he intends to further reduce U.S. nuclear weapons
what he really thinks of Joe Biden
what he really thinks of Nancy Pelosi
who is the real killer of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman
2. In our leading section, above, we wrote "What a world, what a world,"
borrowing a classic line from what famous movie?
"Wizard of Oz"
3. From our Lyrics You Know You Know collection, finish the incomplete line:
"I didn't know if it was day or night,
I started kissing every-thing in sight,
but when I kissed a cop
down on 34th and Vine,
he broke my little bottle of -- love potion number 9."
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Three more coming up, below.
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BBHQ Shorts:
Quick Takes on Items in the News:
04/03: a "strong majority"
03/30: Spike Lee rights a wrong?
03/29: ObamaCare: unintended
consequences/opportunities
03/28: Democrats on the ropes again
Glance at the BBHQ Shorts
here.
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Things to remember:
1) The worth of character;
2) The improvement of talent;
3) The influence of example;
4) The joy of origination;
5) The dignity of simplicity;
6) The success of perseverance.
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-- Marshall Field
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This Monday's title is "June Cleaver Speaks Jive."
Click the graphic for the BBHQ Monday Morning Upper:
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This Week with the Chicowitz
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This week Hershel looks at Law Professor Obama:
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"I'm confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an
unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by
a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress." -- President
Barack Obama, April 2, 2012.
Barack Obama received his undergraduate degree in political science from
Columbia University. He graduated magna cum laude with a law degree from
Harvard University. He was the editor of the Harvard Law Review. As a
college professor, he taught constitutional law at the University of
Chicago.
With that in mind, one would most reasonably assume that his analysis and
prediction would carry a great deal of weight.
Would one not?
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You can read the entire essay here.
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Here are three questions from the BBHQ Trivia Cloud:
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There
are no prizes here... it's all just for fun.
If the submit button does not work for you, you can take the quiz online
here.
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Members can play all of our trivia games in
The BBHQ Trivia Library.
The next
BBHQ Trivia Contest
cranks up Monday, May 7, at 6 p.m., eastern.
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Rebuilding the BBHQ Essay Collection
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This week we feature another story in our "Teach, Preach, and Nag"
series.
Things We'll Learn
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Raising our kids is the most important thing we will ever do. Every
time we delegate some of that responsibility to a day care center, a baby
sitter, a relative, a school, a computer, a television, or a
government... we lose some ability to shape the content of their
character. If we care about our kids, we should fervently guard and
retain as much of that responsibility as we can.
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Click here
to read this story.
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If you are not already a member, please consider joining us. Membership
at BBHQ provides you with access to lyrics to 750 boomer-era songs, a BBHQ
Time Capsule Report, access to hundreds of boomer stories... and lots
more. Come on... it's 9 bucks a year.
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The BBHQ Joke of the Week
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We're all heard the phrase "sweet revenge." We call this one "stinky
revenge":
Wanting to borrow some money to make a six-month tour of Europe, a
man went to the bank with which he had done business for years. The bank
refused the loan.
He went to another bank and obtained the loan without any difficulty.
Then he bought a five pound fish, had it wrapped, and put it in his
safe deposit box at the first bank as he joyfully left for his six-month
vacation.
It's just a joke... don't try this at home, boys and girls.
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Brush Up Your Webster - featuring Madam Red Dot
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"Burger King, the No. 2 burger chain, has quietly begun testing home
delivery of its burgers, fries and other sandwiches since fall at four of
its restaurants in the greater Washington, D.C., area, with an eye on
expanding beyond that."
No, that's not an ad for Burger King. Read it, step back... what do
you see?
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What you saw and should have recognized it a terribly long sentence.
Beyond that, "since fall" implies a considerable duration of time. "Has
begun" implies that the activity began recently.
A first-year journalism student should know better than to write that. In fact,
it was published by a major news outlet. Shame on them!
So... brush up your Webster!
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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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