"Crayons!" ... Happy Birthday, America!
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If you’ve read “Evan & Elle,” particularly if you liked “Evan & Elle,” please compose a few lines and posting on amazon. Doesn’t have to be fancy. “Loved it!” will do. But only 10 bona fide readers have reviewed it, all assure it’s a joyful book. For comparison, a real downer of a book by an Austrian author has 32,666 reviews. The book, “Mein Kampf.” I mean, c’mon!
Blog post #1 … “Who stole my American flag?”
(related video) “Steal this!"
Blog post #2 … “Tweets of the Month(s)”
Today’s theme … “America”
.• Argue at Fourth of July picnics America could end world hunger if for just one summer everyone agreed to cease all competitive eating contests.
• There are still many pockets of America where "Do you think rasslin's fake?" is considered a sophisticated pick-up line.
• Always have a handy list of your three favorite Americans. It makes a great conversation starter and reveals as much about you as it does the U.S. Always include at least one of the following: Ben Franklin, Dorothy Parker, Mark Twain or Bugs Bunny. Colorful people use all four and justify exceeding just three.
• Refer to negative seekers of political office who think America is no longer capable of achieving great things as cantidates.
• Because I enjoy seeing the fundamentalists get all excited, I hope I live to see the day when America has a First Lady named Eve.
• Colorful believers in American equality do not miss Jim Crow. Believers in great American folk music do miss Jim Croce.
• Call a current events talk show and ask the host if he or she thinks the CIA considers it a red flag when countries choose to fly red flags.
Randos …
• If the love of money is truly the root of all evil then I must be one of the world's most virtuous men. Money and me, we're barely on speaking terms.
• I guess it's because the name seems both generic yet familiar, but Rolls-Royce was founded by Henry Royce & Charles Rolls. Who knew? It's like learning my favorite music genre was founded by William Rock & Todd Roll.
• Many of us try & include some exercise to keep firm & appealing. But as we age, gravity & disposition lead to key muscles we rely on to be appealing to atrophy. Abs? Butt? No ... face! Try smiling without provocation. It's not easy. There oughtta be an exercise. Now, gimme 10!
• I advise everyone to dream big. Outlandish, colossal, preposterous big. Not because big dreams will all come true. Dream big because with big dreams even the falls are more fun.
• We live in an era where many men and women boast they say what they think. They fail to realize the real virtue is to think what they say.
• Today I'd like to complain about the misuse of the term "movie star." With all due respect to guys like Brad, Leo & Johnny Depp, they do not star in movies. They appear in them. Now, Burt Reynolds. There's a man who starred in movies.
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!