Today’s Topic is Anger and Why It Can Kill You
Anger buildup can cause your neck and head muscles to tense up, delivering a so-called tension headache, Anger modifies your ability to focus and you become impaired and probably destined to make mistakes in judgment. Normally you would assess the consequences of your actions, but anger inhibits you from accurately processing events and information. Your prejudices are amplified, witness the recent events resulting from anger and prejudices that have left almost 600 people arrested and charged with insurrection on January 6. Now almost every arrested person says anger played a huge part in their actions and they regret letting the anger and prejudices overcome them.
Anger can actually elevate your blood pressure and increase your body’s stress and anxiety levels. A Harvard Medical School study discovered that men carrying around the most anger are three times more likely to have a heart attack.
Remembering a Fun Novelty Song
Does Your Chewing Gum Lose its Flavor (On the Bedpost
Over Night?) Lonnie Donegan
Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?)” is a novelty song by Lonnie Donegan, and the most popular “skiffle” song is the US. Released as a single in 1959, i5 was Donegan’s greatest chart success in the US, reaching number five on the Billboard charts in 1961. Skiffle and Lonnie Donegan were great music influences on the Beatles among many other famous UK musicians of the 1960s. The term skiffle originated in the UK in the 1930s, but became a universal term for music played by young folk who didn’t have enough money for expensive instruments.
Memories of a Book
All The King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren is the story of Willie Stark, a southern politician clearly modeled on Louisiana’s Huey Long. The book won the Pulitzer Price and the subsequent movie with Broderick Crawford won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Remembering: All Beatles All The Time
My personal favorite Beatles song, written by Lennon and McCartney but mostly Lennon, is Help! Here is a live version manifesting the Beatles at the top of their performing game. Both guitars, bass, and Ringo’s drumming are in synch, as are all four Beatles. I’ve always liked the song for the back-and-forth harmony singing, not exactly call-and-response but perfect nevertheless.
Getting Old Ain’t for Sissies 