Suicide Prevention Saturday - Fun with Stamps

I gotta go live just like this. Sorry guys, I had to go back and, uh, whatever that's called, hit my mute thing over on my YouTube thing because otherwise you're gonna hear the replay again. Um, not the replay, the intro. There we go. Oh, good morning everyone. Oh wait, it's good evening. Well, replay viewers might be good morning, I don't know. It is Saturday right this very second in real time, not on the replay, or maybe, I don't know. I suppose you can still watch the replay a little bit later today. All right, so hi everyone, it's been a rough start. So it is Saturday, it is Suicide Prevention Saturday. Why are we here? Because 2 out of every 3 gun deaths that the CDC will tell you about, of those roughly 30,000 deaths a year, Roughly 20,000 of those are suicides by gun. And if we want to save lives, we need to actually work on suicide prevention, which means it's a mental health game. So I think maybe you read the description here and it says, uh, Suicide Prevention Saturday, fun with stamps. And I asked you guys if you have ever heard of Sheldon Cooper. So I want to know first, uh, well, actually, should I say hi to everybody? I don't even know. Um, I will, I will go backwards actually, because I don't know that DJ can hear me anymore. So I've got that problem going for me right now. All right, so we've got Tactical Fudd, we've got DJ with all sorts of whatever they're called, tech problems. Uh, got 2 Live Moo, Mike White, and I already said Tactical Bud said Moo. I know my white— oh, Crabby Turtle! Crabby Turtle was first in the room with his pink hand waving. So guys, my question to you is, have you ever seen or know who Sheldon Cooper is? And, um, and Fun with Flags. And yes, Moo is the first one to let me know that is Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory. It is a funny geeky show And the reason I wanted to play off of the fun thing of The Big Bang Theory is that we need to have fun. So just so you guys all know, um, the, the thumbnail is this set of stamps with the puppies and the kitties and the hearts. And who doesn't love puppies and kitties and hearts? So hopefully just the thumbnail alone gives you a little bit of a smile. So first fun with stamps is puppies and kitties. And oh, and it says love in case you didn't already know, because hopefully love will also make you happy. Oh, DJ, thank you for reminding me about— so if you are on the YouTube side, DJ did just put up in the comments this information if you're in crisis. And you need help, you can call 988 now, or you can do 1-800-273-TALK. If you don't want to talk, you can text 741741, and someone will help you out with that. All right, so fun with stamps. So mental health— how does, how does fun with stamps, Sheldon Cooper, Big Bang Theory all go into mental health? You need to watch stuff that makes you laugh. Uh, oh man, I feel extra special honored here. Mr. Charlie Cook from Riding Shotgun with Charlie is in the house. Dude, you better hit that like button, or wait, the thumbs up button. Yeah, you're actually on the YouTube side. Um, and Charlie and I were having a discussion earlier about ice cream. I just need to update Charlie, let him know my husband is out getting me ice cream. So when I'm done here, I am getting my ice cream. So happiness, fun with stamps. We started with love, right? Here is my next fun with stamps for you all. I don't know how old all of you guys are, but this makes me think of my childhood, and it makes me think about fun things of my childhood because Chief Standing Bear is who I think of when I think of being a kid watching TV with my grandma, because he was on commercials. I think he was crying because he was crying over like, um, uh, the litter in the woods or something like that. But even though he was sad, it is a happy memory of my childhood with my grandma. So my hope is that, uh, y'all have some happy childhood memory that you can think about whether it's something like— one of the ones that cracks me up is I think I was 6 or 7 driving over a rock with my minibike, a little thing you could buy from Sears. So we're talking like 1976-ish, and you put it together and it was bright orange and had black fenders. And I hit this rock and flipped it over. I was wearing a helmet, so no concussion, at least not that time. And I got on the bike again and I hear, oh, I'm like, oh, it got all fancy now that it got flipped over. I was thinking my bike had grown up. What had happened was the fender in the back got knocked under, so it was now hitting the, uh, the wheel. So, you know, like you used to put bicycle cards— put cards in your bicycle wheel so they'd make noise. Well, I had a plastic fender doing that. So Grandma watching TV, and happy childhood memories. So what's one of your happy childhood memories? And so I swear I saw this twice, but anyway, uh, Go-Go ice cream flavor. I don't know, right now I am in a peanut butter phase. I've never been in a peanut butter phase, but like all of a sudden I'm like all over this peanut butter chocolate ice cream thing, and I've never been a peanut butter chocolate ice cream person. So normally it'd be vanilla or strawberry with like chunks of strawberry in it, coconut. Those are the ones that are normally my go-go ice cream, but not this time. Um, I'm sorry, Charlie. Next time. Oh, I'm sorry, Charlie. There's another perfect childhood memory, because who here ate tuna fish and Who would always say, I'm sorry, Charlie?

I don't remember, but sorry, Charlie. It was like a foghorn. So, um, I want to share a happy childhood memory, um, this evening, and it's kind of goofy. I've been a goof all my life. I like to make people— I like to make people smile. But this one was for me, um, when I was about 4 years old. I took a Sesame Street songbook straight out of the house and I was naked and I climbed on top of my father's Volkswagen. It was green and I played a ukulele and I was just so happy in that moment. I can actually feel a little bit of that vibe in those moments, stepping up on that separate bumper, you know, crawling up, sitting. And the conclusion of that, should anyone wish to know, was that a neighbor called my parents and they retrieved me from the street kind of thing. It was a small town. But yeah, that's, that's one that always makes me smile. And I got a little, a little laughter out of it too. You know, there are plenty of things that we can reflect on that are positive, that made us happy, that made us jazzed. If you're in a bad mood or something's really bothering you, those things often do not have the power to overcome the darkness. That's what I call it. And I do think that the exercise of the recollection is a good one. And I also want to recommend something that I've done before, and that's just freestyle writing. You can get a lot of emotion out with a pen and a piece of paper. You can also do a lot of your creative thinking in the margins, which is what I do in a spiral-bound kind of thing. And if you continue to promote— pardon— if you continue to promote that idea for yourself and what is passed on to others is of inestimable— I almost got that one— value. And I had an opportunity this evening while I was out Friend took me to dinner and I had a great dialogue with the server. I've worked in food and beverage before and MCK, I haven't seen him or typed his initials recently, but he inspired me some months ago now, I imagine, to get people to smile as you're walking through your day. And so Renee was the name of my server tonight and I gave her the compliments that she justly deserved for being a great waitress. And then at the end, it was just little questions because I wanted to have— I not only was a little bit curious, but I wanted her to feel that someone was interested in her beyond, can you get me a Coke? These fries are bad. I've, you know, having worked in the industry before, it's really easy to go into a darker place, into a dark mood, especially when you're busy, you know, anger, you know, or frustration, like I should have said, you know, frustration will often breed more negative emotions. They kind of stack on top of each other. Nothing's right. This doesn't work. You know, da da da. And each one of those da da das is that much more weight on your shoulders, your head, your heart, whatever it is. And so having to give up some of that because we don't, a person doesn't focus on those positive things, give it a try. I mean, come on. You know, smile doesn't cost anything. And I mentioned MCK, I riff on what he says, and I said it to my server tonight. When you get two days that rub up against each other that you have off, please spend your time in the company of the people that you love, sharing food, music, and laughter. And then there's that pause, as most often people will look at me, some quizzically, some get it right away., and I love that, but I love both of them because I do know that at some point the other person may, just may realize what it was later, kind of like, ding, that's what he meant moments. And so I kind of anchor those that, um, that walk away and didn't, you know, have a great conversation with or whatever, hoping that they were inspired at least to continue their line of reasoning or our conversation at a later date. I really don't care how long it is. I like it to be at more recent., but if, if those things happen at all, that's a contribution. It's butterfly effect. Look at what happened. You pass and, and then I say to her, if you, if you're walking through, if you're walking around in your day-to-day life and you see somebody who's not wearing a smile, make one. And it's so easy to do. Do a little experiment. You know, like I recommend this next time you're at a restaurant or on a bus or whatever it is, diligently make people interact in a positive way with you. And it's not forcibly that, that smile that I mentioned. Flash a smile to somebody who's not. More often than not, that face sprouts a smile. I can't go— I don't want to go into the minutia of how much that would affect everything and if You know, we, I started to think of We Are the World actually went around in my head and, you know, can we, why can't we just get along? And a lot of other of those now basically axioms, they will be chestnuts in about 30 or 40 years. So Brooke, as I pass it back to you, finding those moments where you can explore past joys will often help you out of that rut, that ditch. That hole or that darkness. And to further recommend, spend as much time as you can in the company of the people that you love, sharing food, music, and laughter. What could be better? Can I pass it back, Brooke?

Are you muted? Yes, I was. Thank you very much. Well, I didn't know that you could still hear me yet. All right, so food, family, and we'll go to the next stamp collection— fast cars. Because who doesn't like that rumble of a nice strong, I don't know, 8-cylinder, 6-cylinder muscle car? Um, you know, these are some of the pony cars. I at one point actually had a Mustang Cobra, and that was a fun car. So, um, the thing about cars, it's not that I like going fast, I like getting to high speeds quickly. So that push back in the seat as you floor the accelerator, and that's why fast cars make me happy. My dad was a race car driver and so grew up around tracks, dirt tracks and that kind of stuff. And so just the rumble of a good solid, you know, 8-cylinder, 6-cylinder, something's got a lot of torque, they get you 0 to 60 really fast. I really don't care if it gets me to 110, I just want that 0 to 60 super fast. Now, Mike White talking about going out hunting, family going rock hunting and snake collecting. Um, did you keep the snakes is my thought when I read that. And, um, everybody's got something different. I was watching Hillbilly Up, uh, channel earlier today, and he was talking about how he's hunted all of his life. Skateboarding, third grade. Wait a second, I wish that— can I get it to actually focus? I'm gonna go with no. Apparently I can't. But I love these stamps because to me it was skateboarding, but it also looked like Hawaiian shirts and being on an island, going to the ocean, which I know DJ often likes the idea of going to the ocean even though he is landbound. Um, so this is like vacation to me. Also catching some air. Uh, I remember third grade, we were big skateboarders back then, mostly banana boards though, not like what they got now. So what else, what else, what else? Oh, life imagined. You know when I get into those, those times when I'm talking to you about taking that breath in and then letting the air out and just all the crazy stuff that's happening in your body? And let's see if I can figure this out. Yeah, so right there, that one right there, that's a mouse brain neuron.

Right?

So if all you do, because DJ was just talking about this, smile. Go ahead, put a big smile on your face. I don't care if you're having a crap day, smile anyway. Um, when you do this, when you put that smile on your face, regardless if it was for you or someone else, your little neurons, your happy neurons, actually start going off. Then what else do we have? We got some, some crazy stuff. Pollen. But here's the thing, to me, all of these little— these are magnified, right? Obviously no one can see a mouse neuron with their naked eye. There you go. So magnification, magnify the amazing miracle that life actually is, and it looks really, really cool. All right, what else? Oh, here— oh, wait, wait. So just like DJ is talking about share a smile, I have cards here that I've written random notes in that if you want to send me your address and tell me which stamp you want on them, I will send them to you. Now here's the deal. I only have 3 right now. So the first 3 people who want to send me their address, I will just, I will pick, I already wrote stuff in there. I don't know who's gonna get what. So they're all nice things. So this won't be bad, but you are welcome to do that. And that means I'm putting my email on here to make it easy for you, right? Is that the right way to do this, DJ? I hope that works. All right. Oh, whoops, I only sent that to the Facebook side. Hold please. I mean, not the Facebook side. I didn't do all destinations. All right, so yes, random note from Brooke. Send me your email— no, send me your physical address, and then tell me, do you want a party piñata or do you want Day of the Dead Oh wait, so ready? Day of the Dead. Let's talk about this since DJ is talking food. Here is family. One of the cool things about Day of the Dead is that in Mexico they build these altars and they put pictures of their grandparents and those who are dead who have passed on. And for, um, for the Day of the Dead celebration, you are actually talking to or remembering your family. So that is— this is our familial unit. There we go. All the folks who came before us, all of our ancestors, all of those who have walked the earth before us and left before we are gone, um, we have those memories with them. Do we have all good memories with all of our friends and family? No, that would be unrealistic. However, Usually most of us, once someone's been dead for a while, even if they were a total jerk, we usually just remember the good stuff. So that's kind of a fun thing with Day of the Dead, and it's just kind of a really cool tradition. And the more you know, there are more resources that you have. These ones are not going to be— they don't seem to want to focus at all, but these ones actually say thank you. They're for thank you cards. They're just kind of shiny and stuff, so I don't have a good way to get them to you guys. 'You could always get a thing.' Oh wait, I can almost see 'thank you,' but it's really fancy writing. And gratitude, like DJ is talking about. So a smile, giving one and receiving one. We are always giving because we like to give. Charlie, for example, Charlie likes to give rides to people and take them places so they will talk to him. So, um, But yeah, so giving a smile, like you said, it doesn't cost anything and you will often get it returned. And even if you don't, uh, certainly do your best not to ever take it personal because I know I've been looking straight into somebody's eyeballs and I'm sure that they see me, but then later it might be someone I'm talking to and they did not see me. So just know, all right, we got critters. Uh, I used to have a ferret. I don't have any ducks or cougars or anything fun like that, but you know, uh, endangered species, marmots. That guy looks like a— what is it, what's his name? Phil. Punk's Tawny Phil. It's like Groundhog. Animals. How do animals bless our lives? We talked about that. Was it last week or the week before? I don't remember. And having an animal to care for can also increase our general happiness. All right, we're almost done with stamps. There's only 3 more stamps. So just know, if you want a letter, a random letter, it literally just has like a saying on it, um, send me your address and I will. Oh, so DJ, yeah, I have food. There, there's popsicles and ice cream and cupcakes on this one, and it's got a bunch of things like cheers, you're the best, hooray, you know, those sort of things. So you can have a stamp plus a you're the best, cheers, or a star or something along those lines. So I found some food for us. So if anybody wants a food stamp— that just sounds wrong. Not that kind of food stamp, but this kind of food stamp. And last two, nature. Trying to do so there's no glare or less glare. The waterfalls in my backyard, we have a little waterfall. And hey, Tara. Um, and it's obviously not as big and grandiose as this, but one of the things you can absolutely do for your mental health is go outside in nature. Tara, for example, um, and her new, uh, channel—

she—

that is Tara, right? Like, for the love of God, I don't even think straight. But anyway, Tara's got her new channel where she's got her GoPro on her camera, her GoPro on her camera, her GoPro on her helmet while she's riding out on the, on the streets. But mental health, outside— the more time you spend outside the happier you are, because connecting with nature is super important. And then finally, the last stamps we have are Celebrate. I don't know if you guys can read it or not, but Celebrate. Celebrate every moment that you're alive. Are you going to be happy every moment you're alive? No, but you can be thankful and you can celebrate the friends, the family that you have, the food that you just ate. While you're talking to that waitress, right, DJ?

Indeed.

And, um, just realize that, you know, life is a gift, and we don't celebrate ourselves often enough. We forget that our friendship is something to celebrate. The fact you guys check in here on a Saturday night at 9 o'clock at night Eastern time, or that you watch the replays or any of that, and then tell me to keep doing what I'm doing, I want to make sure I'm celebrating you guys because without you, I would stop showing up. I'm not going to lie. If no one was watching, I would not be here. So celebrate the fact that you matter to someone else. DJ here with all of our technical difficulties earlier, guy that comments, I don't know if there's treasure behind the waterfall, but if you go and find out, you don't have to tell anyone, but just going out and adventuring is another reason to celebrate. All right, sir, that's it. That's what I got. That was the let's have fun with stamps.

What's your favorite stamp? And we did. Well, my favorite stamp is in an album somewhere because I started—

the ones that I showed tonight, dude, the ones that I showed Stay on target here.

Oh, pony cars. Okay, here's one. You got this one.

Hold on, I dropped all of them. I do not have Hot Wheels. I do. Okay, Hot Wheels.

What about Hip Hop?

I don't have Hip Hop.

No. What about— what about Woodstock Anniversary?

No, I, I showed most of them. Okay. I don't know, I was just kind of themes. Oh, I've got— I do had more. I did have more, uh, childhood stories, but we kind of got into the story things.

Andrew Wyeth, and then this Star Trek. Oh, and then—

oh, I need the Star Trek.

This Star Wars. And because we're in movies, Black Cinema. The Black Cinema one is just amazing. It's like, it's the classic era. It's like film posters, essentially. Um, of classic films, FM Classics, and I just love that. And I'm not sure that you acknowledge that MCK is out there and he's got a question out there for me. And I'll say, yes sir, I did, thank you very much, and it was very interesting. We should talk sometime. What I want to—

that's what I asked you, was MCK, because I know Tara's got a new channel and I didn't know if that was it.

Oh, that was the confusion.

Okay, that was my confusion because I'm like, wait, I don't know MCK. I'm sorry, I apologize.

Straight. Anyway, and here's— and what I'm going to do is I'm going to close out with this one, if you don't mind. And that is, in 1969, the Children's Television Network introduced the world to Sesame Street, and this celebrated the 50th year of said, uh, stamp collecting is something that I did. I was a budding philatelist in elementary school. I really enjoyed doing that. The vibrant colors, the shapes of other countries' things. Absolutely amazing. And little glassine envelopes by the hundreds are filled up with those things. And I don't know where the box is, but that happens to me a lot. Anyhow.

And just so you all know, DJ and I did not actually get to talk before this. So the fact that he actually had stamps, I had no idea.

They were almost within arm's reach of where I sit right now. So, and I was, and I was happy to share those. That was fun. That was cool, you know. And that makes me also think of another thing, because I mentioned that it became more than a hobby. I was actually learning postal history right along. That's why I claimed philatelist. And that is, any of your activities, any of your geeks, any of the things that you really, really like to do or really like to see, whatever it is, you know, there is someone else on the planet, and chances are pretty good it's way more than one that are as into whatever it is as you are. One of the things you can do is you kind of go on that hunt, either actively or somewhat passively. If you never meet that person in your travels day to day as you walk the planet, that's all right. But if you do connect with those people, look what blossoms, look what grows potentially.

So if you don't— to Live Moon, tramp stamp, does it count or not count? Um, Does it only count if you've got a picture?

If it was adhesive, if it was adhesive instead of ink, we might, you might have a deal there, Moo. But no, I'm sorry, and I hate saying no, I really hate saying no to that. But yeah, I see that DM Foss has dropped into the room. Yeah, and he's a lepidopterist, and I knew Miss Patience already.

So, so tell everyone what a lepidopterist is. What, what? What? Yeah, exactly. What is that?

Lepidostratorist. Tourist.

Come on, man, you're always telling me about your vocabulary, dude.

That's— but that, that's a specialized term. I don't have it. I don't have it. I wish that I did.

Do you know the numi—

numismatic? Yeah, numismatic. And then money. Okay.

Yeah, I'm like, I'm thinking, uh, I was thinking like hydraulics is actually what it made me think of. Oh, right on. Oh, all right. Um, all right, I don't even know. All right, so we are all done, I think. I just want to go through all the stamps. I was so excited that you had all those stamps. I had no idea. Um, yes, and, uh, what is it? Uh, yeah, the, the, the, the, the Big Bird ones. I'm like, Sesame Street, that is so awesome. So back to the kids stuff. All right. Aha. DM Foss is gonna enlighten us. So Butterfly Collector, and then we could go through a whole nother rabbit hole about butterflies and the flapping of a butterfly and the chaos theory and all of those things. But I think we will not do that tonight. Uh, as far as I know, most y'all are gonna head over to see Hillbilly Nation on Hillbilly Up. Go see the American Hillbilly. And I am gonna go find out what ice cream my husband brought home to me, and then I'm going to bed because I am teaching class all day tomorrow. So, all right, with that, good night everyone. Thanks again for popping in. Thanks for chatting, all of those things. And we