If you’re tired of summer re-runs and looking for some cheap entertainment tonight, head over to the WDL blog.
I’ll be blogging from the Waxahachie City Council’s budget workshop (if all goes as planned).
Usually budget hearings can be a bit dull and slow, but I’ll try to liven it up for all you folks at home.
Whole lot of shakin’ goin’ on
Before he left the paper, I believe Eric was working on a story or two regarding Jerry Lee Lewis.
I just found this while doing separate research on Wikipedia:
His (Lewis’) mother enrolled him in Southwestern Assemblies of God University, Waxahachie, Texas, secure in the knowledge that her son would now be exclusively singing his songs to the Lord. But legend has it that the he tore into a boogie-woogie rendition of “My God Is Real” at a church assembly that sent him packing the same night. Pearry Green (then president of the student body) related how during a talent show Jerry played some “worldly” music. The next morning the dean of the school called both Jerry and Pearry into his office to expel them both. Jerry then said that Pearry shouldn’t be expelled because “he didn’t know what I was going to do.” Years later Pearry asked Jerry “Are you still playing the devil’s music?” Jerry replied “Yes, I am. But you know it’s strange, the same music that they kicked me out of school for is the same kind of music they play in their churches today. The difference is, I know I am playing for the devil and they don’t.”
Obadiah Parker – Hey Ya
I’ve seen a lot of things in my life – but this is awesome. Mat Weddle of Obadiah Parker sings a cover of Outkast’s Hey Ya. Awesome.
Watch the original video here.
UPDATE: Watch the Scrubs version of Hey Ya
School finance
I was thinking about school finance tonight (for some really odd reason) and thought of this new way to help school finance… what do yall think? Let’s think out of the box here.
Sponsored text books. We already have ads all over our the school stadiums and on score boards. And companies already pay money to have their logo and ad slapped on the text book covers. Why not sell advertising space within the books themselves. Then the publishers can give the books to the schools for virtually nothing and still reap major profits. We could even sell the wrap around ads like you see on DART buses on school buses and on lockers.
Quote for the day
My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am.”
– Unknown
Blogger down?
I haven’t been able to load my page today. Not sure why. The RSS feed is still up – for those of you who have advanced in your blog reading ;-).
Sorry if you’re having trouble. Hopefully it will be back up soon.