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Sleep Partner?

Posted by GeorgeBruno on Monday, August 03, 2009 10:56:58 PM
 
 
I'm listening to conservative talk radio like I usually do during the day while I am driving and I hear a Select Comfort commercial. You know, the one they call "The Sleep Number Bed"

Then I hear Bill Bennett, God bless'em, reading the script thrust upon him. I don't think this was his language, but he says "You can have one level of firmness, and your sleeping partner can have another." Sleeping Partner? What the heck is that? (tongue in cheek). I could be wrong, but I guess that's the conservatives way of saying guy or gal-pal.
 
Boy ...we've really come far from Ricky and Lucy having separate beds havent we?
 
If that very technology and radio ad were done in the 50's or 60's, the term used would be "wife" or "spouse". But now we are way past the prudish era. We are way past the sexual revolution. Now it is just out there...with no excuse. The post...post sexual revolution. The FWB era. You know, FWB...Friends With Benefits....and I don't think those benefits are referring to medical, dental, and tuition reinmbursement either.
 
I do remember when the term "partner" was being used. That referred to someone (implied) that you were living with or dating or shacking up with on occasion. Everybody knew it. Yeah, intimacy was probably part of it...but there was also some implied committment somehow, someway.
 
God forbid that you have just a plain old mattress. You need Select Comfort so your "Sleeping Partner" can have a good night sleep too.
 
God forbid your "sleeping partner" comes over and sees that their "35 sleep number" side of the bed is now a 42. Things could really get hairy now. Forget about trying to hide the toothbrush, comb the blonde hair out of the brunettes brush, and quickly hide that stray garment. Whatever happened to the good ole' days of non-committment and how easy it was to keep things organized. Now the philanderer has to remember what partner has what number.
 
I can just picture the partner saying "When I left on Sunday morning, my side of the bed was a 35. Now it's a 42. Who was here? Who was sleeping on my side of the bed?! Who is he/she?!
 
You: Uhhh..there was a slow leak in the bed.
 
Them: A leak that went UP?!
 
NOW...you have to remember the sleep number of your Saturday "sleep partner" and make sure that your Wednesday night "sleep partner" doesnt see their number.

Geesh...technology makes things so difficult these days.
 
Reason #5,472 for celibacy in 2009!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Thanks Billy Mays

Posted by GeorgeBruno on Monday, June 29, 2009 7:14:58 AM

 Hi...Billy Mays here!

Yeah..I am shocked. Billy Mays dead. Someone so "alive" and with so much enthsiasm, and so young. Anyone who tries to be him will fail miserably, but I do believe a big hole is now there and is waiting to be filled. Someone has to reinvent that role.
After watching Pitchmen for the past couple months, I saw a different side of him..one that I really liked. I especially liked it when his Dad was on and his son. Neither one was like him though.
He really was the last of a dying breed if you think about it. The younger generation, younger than 40, that is, just thought he was irritating, and I understand.

You probably "got" him, like I did.

That Jersey Shore pitchman/barker was part of our lives.

Billy Mays' "thing" was familiar to us. Anyone from New York or Philly or anywhere in between "got it".

He was a sales type from another era and region.

We could picture him saying "Step right up...see the wolf boy, the bearded lady, and the human rubber band. Real...alive...right before your very eyes!"

 He's not that different than the televangelist who speaks of the miraculous and amazing as if they were everyday occurences.

Yeah, he was an act...even Billy Mays couldnt wake up and be "Billy Mays".

All he needed to hear was "3-2-1...ACTION" and he became the man you either loved or hated. There wasnt alot of room for a gray area. Not a bad strategy for life. No gray areas.
How about being enthusiastic about something?
 
My Dad used to say "Nothing happens till someone gets enthusiastic"
 
Not a bad motto...for anyone. The politician, the preacher, the shoe repair guy, the school teacher, the retired machinist, the parent, sales person, the house wife, the husband, the home schooler, the newly single, the recent graduate...and the list goes on.

I will personally say rest in peace Billy Mays. I did like you. I hope you had Peace and are walking on streets of gold now. I am sure God did not have to introduce you.

He served a purpose here....and did it with an enthusiam we all should respect.

I did not know him personally, but would have loved to have lunch with him, had a cigar with him and picked his brain.

 Admit it or not, there is a hole left in the media world. From being an Atlantic City Boardwalk pitchman to being the icon of enthusiasm, you had an admirable career.
 
What do I get out of this? What can I extract for my life?
 
-He didnt work for his company. He was his company.
 
-He was the CEO of a very successful company called Billy Mays.
 
I am going to put a card above the door that I walk out of every morning that says "3-2-1...ACTION"
 
Maybe I can squeeze one more drop of life out of my life with that reminder.
 
Thanks Billy Mays. I got you.
 

 

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The Iconic Spanish Cedar Cigar Box

Posted by GeorgeBruno on Wednesday, June 03, 2009 10:18:45 AM
 

I ask questions about everything. One time I had it in my head that I was going to build my own custom cigar humidor and I was going to go to my local big box home store and get some cedar wood. A friend told me “NO! ... don’t use American Cedar in a humidor…you must use Spanish cedar” Of course, I had to question that and did some research on the topic.

Here’s what I discovered. Spanish cedar is not really cedar as we know it here in America. It is actually a deciduous tree which means that it has that leaves fall off once a year. It does not have needles like the cedars we know. It has a fragrance similar to our cedar, but much milder. It actually is a very beautiful wood. The grain is magnificent. I once seen a guitar made from Spanish cedar and thought it was the most beautiful guitar I have ever seen…and smelled.

Now if you use American cedar, you will impart a very unfavorable aroma to your cigars. American Cedar is great for your cedar closets and keeping moths out of your wool and silk garments, but not great for your cigars.

It is grown and harvested in Central and South America, the home of my personal favorite cigars. It is beautiful in color ranging from pinkish to orange to reddish brown. Take an old cigar box, sand it with a fine grit paper, and rub Linseed oil into the finish, and you could have something pretty enough to be a gift. A stack of various sized Spanish cedar cigar boxes on your desk or a shelf is a attractive accessory no office should be without.

Every boy should have a cigar box or two on his dresser or nightstand holding everything from baseball cards, jack knives, marbles, plastic army men, and of course, his iPod. All boys remember seeing a cigar box somewhere in their home. Dad may have emptied his pockets into it every night. It may have collected receipts, scratched-off lottery tickets, bottle caps, or nuts and bolts in the workshop. Believe me, it was there…somewhere.

Need a unique gift wrapping solution? Go to your local cigar store and most of them sell their empty cigar boxes for a dollar or two. It’s cheaper than wrapping paper or a gift bag and so much prettier. Your recipient may end up liking the box more than the gift and they will probably hang on to that Spanish cedar box for the rest of their life.

Discover the beauty of the iconic cigar box. Every cigar box is a work of art, courtesy of the Creator who put that beautiful grain, color and fragrance into the Spanish cedar.

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