Hee Haw salutes my hometown....

I don't know if anyone noticed
the change in the juke box lately
that reflects what is happening in my life right now.
Struggles. Difficulties. Trials.
And I find myself wondering what it truly means,
what it looks like "with skin on" to "count it all joy"......
But the music, did you notice?
That first song was just the first thought that
came to my mind when I thought about
making the music line-up truly pertinent.
That's what I'd like:
for hard times to come again no more to me.
But that wouldn't be life, would it?
Anyway, Lloyd Dobbler and I were sitting here
by the computer earlier and that song came up
and it only took a minute or two for us to get sick of it.
You can skip right over the ones
you don't like, you know.
(I'm sure you know that very well.)

The second song cheers me up.
It's so corny, so dumb,
but it just reminds me of Hee Haw.
You know, I don't remember ever sitting down
and purposely watching Hee Haw in my life,
but I must have watched it because I remember
things about it. I remember that song.
I remember that one that starts out
"Where oh where are you tonight?"
and ends with the singers spitting on each other.
I remember me and my little friends singing these
silly songs when we were kids.
And hearing Archie Campbell's voice at the end just made me laugh out loud the first several times I heard it. It made me go to youtube and find clips of him from Hee Haw to watch. If you've never heard his messed up stories (like Rindercella), you need to find them on there and hear them. Of course this lead to me watching other clips of all those corny jokes and skits they did on Hee Haw. And sometimes it's something like that, so silly and dumb, when you are chin deep in the ugly realities of life, that just seem to be the best stress reliever. I always find myself seeking a laugh when "the world is too much with me." That's how my family always dealt with stuff. No situation was too bad that we couldn't find something to laugh about (well, there were a few, but that's how you knew it was really bad).

Song #4 is most reflective
of my thoughts in general right now.
That is all I have to say about that.

I hope you are pickin' and grinnin' my Dear Reader.
I know we all face big stinky problems in life
now and again, things that we cannot control
or even do anything about.
Isn't it great to know that the message
of Song #4 is TRUE?
It's nice to feel the solidness of that foundation
underneath you when storms come roaring by.
"You are loved with an everlasting love
and underneath are the everlasting arms."
(Did I quote that right?)