June 20, 2011
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Links here are good only for the week of June 20, 2011. After that... is
anybody's guess.
We absolutely love summer! And traditions. For sports fans, one of the
great traditions is the U.S. Open, a major, annual golf tournaments.
This year, the match was played near the nation's capitol. On Sunday, NBC
television prepared an appropriate opening montage to lead into the final
round:
Click the picture to watch the video
It was very moving. The videography, the mix, the history... was
excellent. But it would not take a golfer with a single-digit
handicap, nor an advanced-placement civics major to see that something
significant was missing from the colorful presentation. See if you can
spot it. More importantly, see if your kids can spot it. Click the
picture, above, to watch the short video clip.
When you're done, tell us what you think.
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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We published our newsletter early last week so that we could attend a
special session of the U.S. House of Representatives House Ethics
Committee.
We had hoped to be able to share pics and stories with you
today. But... it was a dud... worse that the 2007 TV series "Cavemen,"
starring the refugees from the GEICO TV commercials. (In fact, there were
many similarities between the two.)
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All we learned from our brief return to Washington is that the term
"House ethics" is one huge oxymoron.
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The easiest way to get there from here:
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It's summertime... we're going "light" in the summer, with less-than-serious quotes.
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Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is
beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but
the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.
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-- Dave Barry
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This Week with the Chicowitz
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This week, Hershel reminds us of some of the lyrics we know we know:
We are so fortunate! When we were growing up, the hit songs had
lyrics -- real words; words that meant things; words that did not need a
warning label; words that were fun; words that tugged at our hearts;
words that we could sing out loud -- even if they were kinda' goofy:
"Get your motor running;
Head out on the highway;
Lookin' for adventure;
In whatever comes our way."
And whoda' ever thought that, 35 years later, we'd remember the lyrics,
and be singing them to our kids.... and to the whole world?! What a
trip!
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You can read the entire essay here.
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Our Lyrics You Can Share for this week come from a song evoking
nostalgia, "Old Days," by Chicago:
Old days
Good times I remember
Fun days
Filled with simple pleasure
Drive-in movies
Comic books and blue jeans
Howdy Doody
Baseball cards and birthdays
Please take me back
To the world gone away
Memories
Seem like yesterday
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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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Bruce Lind is retired, but he has taken several odd jobs to make a
little extra money. One of his jobs was that of a taxi driver.
The cab company required a sign posted in all their cars
saying, "Your driver is: ..." and the driver's name.
Bruce always got a kick out of watching his rider's
reactions when they read, "Your driver is: B.LIND."
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Brush Up Your Webster - featuring Madam Red Dot
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This week Madam Red Dot has another entry in her series
"Vocabulary Death Panel" -- words and phrases that have outlived their
usefulness, or whose usefulness is exceeded by their misuse.
This week, I officially condemn "shovel-ready jobs." Of course, there are
no "shovel-ready jobs" funded by the government. Elected officials,
including President Obama, have promised them numerous times.
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A while back, President Obama acknowledged publicly that there is no such
thing as "shovel-ready jobs." I should have executed the term right then
and there. Last week, President Obama tried to make a joke out of it,
saying that the "shovel-ready jobs" were not so ready, after all. The
attempt at humor failed.
I apologize for my neglect. "Shovel-ready jobs" is now and forever
after... banned. Let's, at the very least, be honest.
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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