October 3, 2011
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Links here are good only for the week of October 3. After that... is
anybody's guess.
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Here we go again... messing with success. A few years ago
our newsletter contained just plain text. We looked it up; it was about
four years ago that we began pumping up our newsletter.
Well, we're at it again. We're tinkering a bit with both the format and
content. Some features we will enhance; some will not appear every
week. Our objective is to keep you entertained, informed,
involved... and coming back for more, every week.
How are we doing? What should we add; what should we eliminate?
Click reply and tell us. We're having a lot of fun here. We don't want to
share the wealth; we want to share the fun.
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Last week's Trivia Teaser:
1. The U.N was in the news last week.
World leaders did what they do best: make speeches.
Which of the following is true:
A. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas
said he is adamant about not recognizing Israel as the Jewish state.
B. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
said he is adamant about not recognizing a Palestinian state.
If you generally follow the news, you could have
guessed this one even if you had overslept. Though Israel is usually
depicted as the "bad guy," it is always.... always, the Palestinian
leaders who refuse to accept Israel.
2. From our "Lyrics You Know You Know" collection, finish the last
line:
"Try to see it my way,
Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong.
While you see it your way
There's a chance that we may fall apart
before too long."
3. From our "Places and Locales" collection, pinpoint this one:
"Time in New England,
took me away;
Long rocky beaches, you by the bay."
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Three more coming up, below.
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BBHQ Shorts:
Quick Takes on Items in the News:
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10/01: And Here's to You, Bank of America
9/29: Humpty Dumpty Christie
9/28: Cain Supporters are Racists
Glance at the BBHQ Shorts
here.
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A kiss is once again a kiss:
The Lead Kisser got married over the weekend. Eye remember when Kiss was
mostly heavy metal:
Now... he's a married guy.
Everything old is new again.
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This Week with the Chicowitz
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This week, Hershel reveals that he has been dumped... yet again:
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I've been dumped... yet again.
And no... it does not get any easier as you get older... not the third or
the fourth, or the fifth time. It is every bit as painful this time as it
was the others; perhaps more so. I'm not as buoyant as I used to be. I do
not have the emotional energy that I did when I was 25.
Oh, perhaps you have the wrong idea here. I'm not talking about the woman
of my dreams, the elusive butterfly of love, the love life of my libido.
I'm talking about my hair stylist. She done ripped my heart out and
stomped that sucker flat. Again.
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You can read the entire essay here.
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Here are three questions from the cloud:
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There
are no prizes here... it's all just for fun.
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Members can play all of our trivia games in
The BBHQ Trivia Library.
The next
BBHQ Trivia Contest
cranks up on today at 6 p.m., eastern.
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Rebuilding the BBHQ Essay Collection
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You may have noticed that many of the essays listed on our web site
follow the bridge to nowhere. They lead to a dead end. We have hundreds
of original essays written by our Boomer-in-Charge, Hershel Chicowitz. We
are busy adding multi-media content to these essays and cleaning them up
to make use of current Internet capabilities. It's going to take a while.
As we progress, we'll feature some of ones we have upgraded.
That Dirty Dancing:
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I am a big fan of "Seinfeld." I can relate to Elaine, who thought that
she was a good dancer. I, on the other hand, suffer no such delusions. One
afternoon, I hid out in the shed and taped myself dancing after
competing a major woodworking project. I had hoped that the
elation of a successful endeavor would boost both my spirits and my
ability. No such luck.
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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.
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The BBHQ Joke of the Week
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We love surprise endings. This one got us:
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I was out at a bar, celebrating the weekend. At the end of the
evening, I was totally wasted and decided to take a bus home. I
arrived home safe and warm, which surprised me because I had never
driven a bus before.
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Fortunately, we cannot relate to that. But it is funny.
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Brush Up Your Webster - featuring Madam Red Dot
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Last week, North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue said this:
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You have to have more ability from Congress, I think, to work together
and to get over the partisan bickering and focus on fixing things. I
think we ought to suspend, perhaps, elections for Congress for two
years and just tell them we won't hold it against them, whatever
decisions they make, to just let them help this country recover. I really
hope that someone can agree with me on that.
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Now, I'm not commenting on the content of the good governor's statement.
That... stands on its own. But the way she phrased part of it implies
that she was either unsure of herself, indecisive, or wanted to soften
her message:
"I think we ought to suspend, perhaps, elections for Congress for two
years."
"Perhaps"? Wait... does she want to suspend elections, or not?
She wanted "someone" to agree with her on that? Only one person?
I'm sorry; the way she stated it is awkward. She sounds weak. Her
statement, at the very least, lacks the aura of leadership.
Politicians, please take note. As for the rest of us, let us hope that
absolutely no one agrees with her.
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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