ON this date in 1956 - Elvis Presley filmed his first Hollywood screen test.

Also there was Bun Man and Mr. Purple, hoping to be movie stars too.

Bun turned to Purple and said, "They make so much of those shaking hips, we need to learn that move."

The Boyz busted their move with the 'hippy-hippy shake', but Elvis got the movie gig.

ON this date in 1987 - U.S. President Reagan told doctors in Philadelphia, "We've declared AIDS public health enemy No. 1."

Bun Man and Mr. Purple, Delaware Senators and summer residents of Rehoboth, and who had may friends who were afflicted, had championed the cause to Reagan.

Because Reagan was Republican, he declared it a public enemy but didn't do anything about it until it became politically expedient.

ON this date in 1789 - The U.S. House of Representatives held its first full meeting in New York City.

Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania was elected the first House Speaker.

US Rep from DE Bun Man, ably assisted by his chief of staff Mr. Purple, was there and he was shocked when the first order of business was guaranteed pensions for U.S. Reps.

Bun Man thought there was more important national business, but other Reps told him "No, this is our business..."

The Boyz had positioned themselves successfully in the marketplace, however, when Bun Man's wife asked if he was noticing her weight coming off, and he replied, "Not yet...", well, the next thing he remembers is waking up in the ER.

Mr. Purple always the quick learner feigned laryngitis when his wife asked if her dress made her look fat.

Hold your head up, moving on, Keep your head up...

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ON this date in 1946 - Weight Watchers was formed.

Bun Man and Mr. Purple, always the entrepreneurs, actually had a precursor company to Weight Watchers.

The Boyz decided they would try their new 'concept' out on their respective wives, so they put their spectacles on and began their company's operation.

The company was short-lived.

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IN THE WORLD OF MANY THINGS, DON'T BE A FLAT SQUIRREL...

It is the internal and the invisible that is of value.

True beauty is elusive and hidden somewhere in the fabric of your complex being, and everybody possesses it in his or her own way."

-Sabine Reichel

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#minhowkinmoments

YOU, YOU HAVE YOUR OWN SPECIAL WAY...

Saw this on a FAB and liked it...

""The fatal thing about chasing beauty is that it's a grueling journey outside of yourself, and therefore can never be successful or satisfying because the target will always be a shape-shifting phantom and a mystery.

There really is no external form of beauty for you to be at all costs.

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CONSTANTS AND VARIABLES

#pups4peace

Ken-Dogger: Et tu, Brutus?
Brutus: Shite just got real and you’re throwing Latin on me?
KD: IKR, seems like a lot of peeps calculating now.
B: Yep, I’m so over the excuses…
Bro, it’s time for action.
KD: It is, and calculating risk.
B: I’m cool with my risk assessment, it’s those others aren’t doing that concerns.
KD: That’s the problem with containment, there are too few constants
B: Well, I’m constant on no risk.
KD: Me too Brutus, me too…

Today, the World will come together and realize we will not make it if we keep fighting each other, if we keep looking for enemies when we should be making friends, if we keep forcing economies to make winners and losers, and if we keep just pushing problems to the next generation.

Today, the World will awaken and say, 'We are Adulting our way through this.'

#AprilFools

#minhowkinmoments

Today, I'm searching for LET...Low Emotion Talks, you know where you just talk about how you feel about something without the need to feel like you have to prove yourself or win someone to your side...just a decent conversation with another human, that's all I'm seeking.

LET it be...

And when the broken-hearted people
Living in the world agree
There will be an answer, LET it be
There is still a chance that they will see

LET it be, LET it be

LET it be, LET it be

Morning Peeps,

While it's April Fool's Day, I do think Marvin is on to something.

"If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else."

- Marvin Gaye

Who had both Men's and Women's North Carolina State basketball teams punching their ticket to their respective tournament next stops on their Bingo Card?

Looking out from my new work location.

MUSICALS INSPIRE

ON this date in 1943 - "Oklahoma!" by Rodgers and Hammerstein debuted on Broadway.

The original title was "Away We Go".

Bun Man and Mr. Purple, Pals of R&H, were the inspiration behind 'Kansas City' after the Boyz came back from their trip there and were singing about the BUR - LES - QUE and 'she went about as far as she could go'...

They still look bedazzled when they talk about that trip.

DON'T RUN OUT OF DOOBIES

ON this date in 1982 - The Doobie Brothers announced their break-up.

Bun Man and Mr. Purple had been Roadies for the band for a number of years and were deeply saddened by the turn of events.

So, the Boyz went home to China Grove and there they would spend many days.

Asked by Rolling Stone years later to account for the band's demise, Bun Man replied, "We simply ran out of doobies, what else could they do?"

When told this Wilson replied to the Boyz, "Snap, what am I going to do w/ all these Secret Service libidos?"

The Boyz recommended diplomatic visits to many countries thinking there would be ample virgins in these places.

Thereby creating a practice which continues to this day...

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ON this date in 1917 - The U.S. purchased and took possession of the Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million.

President Wilson recommended this purchase, and he sent Delegates Bun Man and Mr. Purple to the Islands to oversee the transition.

Woodrow was terribly disappointed when Bun reported the island was not exactly full of virgins.

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Somewhat stunned, Mr. Purple and I were left aghast at that last statement from the Bun.

Then the righteous dude illuminated again...

"Just tellin' you dudes, this is a truism...if she ain't happy, ain't nobody happy..."

Mr. P looked at me and said "The dude abides..."

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ON this date in 1776 - Abigail Adams wrote to her husband John that women were "determined to foment a rebellion" if the new Declaration of Independence failed to guarantee their rights.

Bun Man just turned to me and said, "I loves me some Abigail Adams, that woman got balls..."

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