Brooding Beagles Bombard Broad’s Blacktop

Is there anything more fun than alliteration? 

Hold off with that quick answer, my friend.  This is one of those rhetorical questions you hear so much about.  Obviously nothing – absolutely nothing - is more fun than alliteration. 

That is why – according to the National Association of English Majors - the number one honeymoon activity is ‘clever word play.’  Us English Majors practically invented fun. Come on, baby – lets diagram a sentence!

Anyway, today’s column – in grand Sesame Street tradition – is brought to you by the Letter B.  Why B? 2B or not 2B is hardly even a question.

A lot of great things start with the letter B. Take a moment and think of some of your favorite things that start with the letter B.  Take your time; I will wait right here…

Done?  Nice work - and thank you for keeping it clean.  This is, after all, a family column.

Before we get into the Greendale B’s, let me kick this off with one of my new favorite B things. 

B is for Ballet

Did you get the chance to see Milwaukee Ballet’s Halloween offering?   If not, you missed a world class performance where it was perfectly acceptable to don your Team Van Helsing -  or  your Team Dracula - t shirt.    Take the horror of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, mix in some plies and pirouettes and you got yourself a ballet into which you can really sink your teeth.

Are you new to ballet?  I was too.  Let me share some of the things I learned:

• The “t” is silent.
• Do not bring a wad of singles.  It turns out these Dancers are not as appreciative of a ‘tip on the hip’ as dancers at other venues.
• Dialogue is, at best, weak.
• Only the dancers should wear tights – not audience members. No one tells you this up front.
• Repeatedly yelling “Freebird” at a Lynyrd Skinner concert? Good.  At the ballet, even at “Swan Lake”? Bad.

Okay, let’s get to Greendale’s favorite B things:

B is for Band

It is 11/10.  Greendale, do you know where your Marching Band is?  They are at Nationals, at beautiful Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Seven Deadly Sins never looked better. Rock on, Reif Troop.

B = Best Band Ever.

B is for Broad Street

Do you know why Beagles are Brooding on Broad?  Caesar’s Pets in Greendale is closing.  It is a shame. This is a great pet store owned by great people. 

We need to reexamine our shopping habits. Is Amazon leaving you a little cold?  Have you found Sam’s Club to be, club-wise, a disappointment?  Shop local and feel good about yourself.

The Best Businesses are in our Backyard, right here inside the Bubble: http://www.discovergreendale.com/

B is for Beer

Face it, we love our beer here Inside the Bubble. Check out the recycling bin at our dump.  Alarming, right?

Best beer in my book?  Ice cold Miller Lite. In a can.  It is my theory that the closer beer tastes like Nestle Purified Water, the better.  This theory – often ridiculed – keeps me from having to ever be in charge of bringing the beer to any social event. 

Basically, boring beers become your buddies.

Well, we are arriving at the predetermined 101 B limit, so this fun will have to end. Rules need to be followed.

With rules, 'tis better to bend and brake than to break.

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