April 19, 2010
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Links here are good only for the week of April 19. After that... is
anybody's guess.
We're doing some tweaking with our newsletter distribution coding...
spring cleaning, of sorts.
We're trying to keep some of our newsletters from being falsely rejected
by overly-eager spam detectors. (Every recipient of our newsletter has
specifically requested a subscription. We never send any unsolicited
e-mail -- never. And we never make the data you enter at BBHQ available
to anyone outside of BBHQ.)
So, if this newsletter does not look familiar, it is because your e-mail
software had been blocking it.
Welcome back.
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Eye remember when some TV commercials were fun to watch:
This is a still shot from a commercial titled, "Take it off; take it all off."
Yep; national TV... late 60s.
You can watch the commercial
here.
It's really very clever.
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Here are 3 questions from the last BBHQ Weekly Trivia Contest. The first
three questions focused on current events:
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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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This season (09-10), we are featuring quotes from a "must-read" book for
all freedom-loving people, "The 5,000 Year Leap," Principles of Freedom
101.
The 19th principle deals delineating the powers of government. On page
223, the author writes:
No principle was emphasized more vigorously during the Constitutional
Convention than the necessity of limiting the authority of the federal
government. Not only was this to be done by carefully defining the powers
delegated to the government, but the founders were determined to bind
down its administrators with legal chains codified in the Constitution.
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Think about it.
This is serious stuff, folks!
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You can purchase your copy of "The 5,000 Year Leap"
here.
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Our Must-Read Book List is
here.
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Our "Lyrics You Can Share" for this week come from a great Neil
Diamond hit, "Solitary Man":
I've had it to here
Bein' where
Love's a small word
Part-time thing
Paper ring
I know it's been done
Havin' one
Girl who'll love me
Right or wrong
Weak or strong
Don't know that I will
But until I can find me
The girl who'll stay
And won't play games behind me
I'll be what I am
A solitary man
Solitary man
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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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From the beginning, we knew, generally, where this one was going. But
even at that, we got a big kick out of it.
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A group of second and third graders, accompanied by two female teachers,
went on a field trip to the local racetrack to learn about thoroughbred
horses. When it was time to take the children to the bathroom, the girls
were instructed to go with one teacher and the boys with the other.
The teacher assigned to the boys was waiting outside the men's room when
one of the boys came out and told her that none of them could reach the
urinal. Having no choice, she went inside, helped the boys with their
pants, and began hoisting them up one by one above the urinal.
As she lifted one the last one, she couldn't help but notice that he
was... unusually healthy. Trying not to show that she was staring, the
teacher said, "You must be in the third grade."
"No, ma'am, " he replied. "I'm the jockey riding Silver Bullet in the
seventh."
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Brush Up Your Webster - with Madam Red Dot
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Note below, the Wikipedia entry for Eyjafjallajokull:
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Yep; it's a real word... though we suspect it is an escapee from the
"1,000 monkeys typing on 1,000 typewriters" scenario.
(Yeah, it did not pass our spell-check, either.)
It's the name of that glacier turned volcano that is going to destroy
global warming by actually cooling the earth's temperature!
Respectfully, to the good people of Iceland, this is why you should
consider the international implications for names of cities, rivers, and
glaciers.
Actually, "Eyjafjallajokull" is a proper noun. That is our real
point here. Proper nouns are the names of individual people, places,
titles, calendar times, etc. As such, they should be capitalized -- even
if it appears that they are escapees from 1,000 monkeys.
So... brush up your Webster!
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Uncle Jay is one of our favorite boomer... artists.
This week, Uncle Jay and Uncle Jay debate the left and right of Supreme
Court nominees to the music from "Deliverance."
Click the pic 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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This Week with the Chicowitz
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This week, Hershel yields the stage to actor John Voight, who explains
the Tea Party movement clearly and passionately.
The American people who understand exactly what is taking place have come
together in the thousands, vowing to try to stay together as a unit of
love and freedom for all men and women, from all walks of life, shivering
to think that this once great nation will be a third world country.
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You can read the entire essay here.
As a newsletter subscriber, you can watch the accompanying video
here.
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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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