I always know God won't give me more than I can handle,
but there are times I wish He didn't trust me quite so much.

God, grant me the Senility to forget the people
I never liked ,
The good fortune to run into the ones I do,
And the eyesight to tell the difference.

Today's country music video for: 
Friday June 20,2008
DAVID FRIZZELL & SHELLY WEST-ANOTHER HONKYTONK NIGHT ON
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhusgZpQeds
The midnight jamboree
watch live
on
http://www.ernesttubb.com/


Sunday morning following t he opry
This week's guest
LEONA WILLIAMS

Thought For Today: This week's opry schedule

Tuesday June 24	Friday June 20	Saturday June 21	Saturday June 21
7:00 – 7:30 Riders In The Sky Mark Wills 7:30 – 8:00 Connie Smith Cherryholmes 8:00 – 8:30 Gene Watson Mark Chesnutt 8:30 – 9:00 Jimmy Dickens Josh Turner	8:00 – 8:30 Jeannie Seely Jimmy C. Newman Point of Grace 8:30 – 9:00 Jimmy Dickens The Whites Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver 9:00 – 9:30 Riders In The Sky Charlie Louvin Jean Shepard Restless Heart 9:30 – 10:00 Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Jesse McReynolds & The Virginia Boys Vince Gill John Stephan	6:30 – 7:00 Jim Ed Brown w/ Helen Cornelius Eddy Raven Kim Richey 7:00 – 7:30 Jeannie Seely Chonda Pierce Mandy Barnett 7:30 – 8:00 Jean Shepard Ernie Ashworth Point of Grace 8:00 – 8:30 Riders In The Sky Jan Howard Danielle Peck Opry Square Dancers 8:30 – 9:00 Hal Ketchum Janie Fricke Gene Watson	9:30 – 10:00 Jim Ed Brown w/ Helen Cornelius Eddy Raven Chonda Pierce 10:00 – 10:30 Jean Shepard Mandy Barnett Point of Grace 10:30 – 11:00 Hal Ketchum Danielle Peck Gene Watson Opry Square Dancers 11:00 – 11:30 Riders In The Sky Janie Fricke Kim Richey

Artists and schedule subject to change.
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A lawyer and a blonde are sitting next to each other on a long
flight
from LA to NY. The lawyer leans over to her and asks if she would
like
to play a fun game. The blonde just wants to take a nap, so she
politely declines and rolls over to the window to catch a few winks.

The lawyer persists and explains that the game is really easy and a
lot of fun. He explains" I ask you a question, and if you don't know
the answer, you pay me $5, and vice-versa." Again, she politely
declines and tries to get some sleep.

The lawyer, now somewhat agitated, says, "Okay, if you don't know
the
answer you pay me $5, and if I don't know the answer, I will pay you
$500," figuring that since she is a blonde that he will easily win
the
match. This catches the blonde's attention and, figuring that there
will be no end to this torment unless she plays, agrees to the game.

The lawyer asks the first question. "What's the distance from the
earth to the moon?" The blonde doesn't say a word, reaches in to her
purse, pulls out a five dollar bill and hands it to the lawyer. Now,
it's the blonde's turn.

She asks the lawyer: "What goes up a hill with three legs, and comes
down with four?" The lawyer looks at her with a puzzled look. He
takes
out his laptop computer and searches all his references. He taps
into
the Air phone with his modem and searches the Net and the Library of
Congress.

Frustrated, he sends E-mails to all his coworkers and friends he
knows. After over an hour, he wakes the blonde and hands her $500.
The
blonde politely takes the $500 and turns away to get back to sleep.

The lawyer, who is more than a little miffed, wakes the blonde and
asks, "Well, so what IS the answer!?" Without a word, the blonde
reaches into her purse, hands the lawyer $5, and goes back to sleep!
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"According to the energy department, high gas prices may be around
for the next six months. After that they'll be followed by really
high gas prices." --Jay Leno
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"In a recent interview, Arnold Schwarzenegger said cannabis is
not a drug. Of course, when Arnold said it, it sounded like,
'Cannibals need a hug.'" -Conan O'Brien
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When I was a newly commissioned Lieutenant in the Army, I was
assigned as a temporary assistant in an administrative office in
a Military Intelligence unit.

One day a long memo came around with a cover sheet in- structing all
assigned officers to read it and initial it as indication of their
compliance. I figured it meant me too, so I read and initialed it.

BUT a few days later, it came back addressed specifically to me. An
attached note read: "You are not permanently assigned to this unit
and are thus not an authorized signee. Please erase your initials
and initial your erasure."
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My friends and I were on a beer run and noticed that the cases were
discounted 10 percent. Since it was a big party, we bought 2 cases.

The cashier multiplied 2 times 10 percent and gave us a 20 percent
discount.
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Dead people are increasingly going out with a bang in Sweden and
the trend is posing serious occupational hazards for crematorium
workers, a Swedish newspaper claims.

A growing number of explosions in caskets during cremations,
sparked by undetected items including heart pacemakers, whose
batteries ignite in the intense heat.

Swedes have increasingly taken to cremation and the report said
next of kin and friends were adding to the problem by leaving
explosive farewell tokens such as bottles of alcohol, ammunition
cartridges and pieces of fireworks in the coffins.

Silicon implants in women who had had cosmetic breast surgery were
also known to have exploded during cremation.
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In April, Maya Angelou was interviewed by Oprah on her 70+ birthday.
Oprah asked her what she thought of growing older.

And, there on television, she said it was 'exciting.' Regarding
body changes, she said there were many, occurring every day...like
her breasts. They seem to be in a race to see which will reach
her waist, first.

The audience laughed so hard they cried. She is such a simple and
honest woman, with so much wisdom in her words!

Maya Angelou said this:

*'I've learned* that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems
today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.'

*'I've learned* that you can tell a lot about a person by the
way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage,
and tangled Christmas tree lights .'

*'I've learned* that regardless of your relationship with your
parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life.'

*'I've learned* that making a 'living' is not the same thing as
'making a life.'

*'I've learned* that life sometimes gives you a second chance.'

*'I've learned *that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's
mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back.'

*'I've learned* that whenever I decide something with an open heart,
I usually make the right decision.'

*'I've learned* that even when I have pains, I don't have to
be one.'

*'I've learned* that every day you should reach out and touch
someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on
the back.'

*'I've learned* that I still have a lot to learn.'

*'I've learned* that people will forget what you said, people
will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you
made them feel.'
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A student at our high school a few years back, having had his
fill with drawing graph after graph in senior high math class,
told his teacher, "I'll do algebra, I'll do trig, and I'll even
do statistics, but graphing is where I draw the line!"
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While extolling the virtues of PETCRAFT to a pet shop owner in
Manhattan, a elderly woman burst into the store. "I want to buy
a canary, but it's got to be a good singer. I've got good, hard
U.S. cash, but I'm only paying for a good singer."

The shop owner began moving a ladder towards a small cage on a
shelf about fifteen feet up, near the ceiling of the store. "Ma'am,
I'm forty years in this business. In that cage is the best singer
I've ever seen."

"Don't think I'm gonna feel obligated to pay for some- thing
I don't want just because you're climbing up a ladder like a
monkey. I want a canary but it's got to be a good singer."

By this point the shop keeper was coming down from the
ladder. "Ma'am, this bird is a veritable feathered Caruso!" Placing
the cage on the counter, the bird burst into melody after melody.

Awed the woman murmured, "This bird is a good singer."

Suddenly in a shrill scream, "Hey, this bird's only got one leg."

The pet store owner was unperturbed, "Lady what do you want a
singer or a dancer?"
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In Miami, the jurors in a multi-billion dollar lawsuit against the
tobacco industry were ordered by the judge to not see the new movie
titled "The Insider," because it might influence their verdict.
He also ordered them not to see "The House on Haunted Hill."

The prosecutor was surprised to hear this instruction and he said,
"I understand why you've instructed the jurors to not see 'The
Insider,' Your Honor, but why should they avoid the second movie,
your honor?"

Being quick, quite terse and to the point, the judge firmly stated,
"Because it stinks!"
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A friend and his wife were considering traveling to Alaska
for a trip that the husband had long dreamed of taking. He kept
talking about how great it would be to stay in a log cabin without
electricity, to hunt moose, and drive a dog team instead of a car.

"If we decided to live there permanently, away from civilization,
what would you miss the most?" he asked his wife.

She replied, "You."
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Billy, my seven-year-old grandson, was putting on a pair of
new pants when he discovered an extra pocket. "What's this
pocket for?" he asked.
"For a watch," explained his father.
"I want one," demanded Billy.
"You can have one when you grow up," promised his father.
After a moment of silence, Billy replied, "But I won't be wearing
these pants when I grow up."
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My husband and I bought a camcorder just before our daughter,
Heather, was born. We wanted to capture her "firsts" for
ourselves and for the two grandmothers who lived across
the country.
When Heather began talking, we encouraged her to tell Grandma
"bye-bye" or say, "I love you, Grandma." Now she initiates
conversation with them and often sings them songs, too.
The other day, however, she must have had enough of this
"movie-making." At the end of another video segment, she
said good-bye to Grandma, then looked at me and said,
"Mommy, turn Grandma off!"
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Today's Links:

Video Golf Range

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UwJmUbBsnE

 

How's this for a truly goofy product?

http://www.bananaguard.com/

 

Icon Links to hundreds of favorite places

You will want to bookmark this site

http://www.allmyfaves.com/

 

This is a very cool site for gardeners and plant lovers.
http://www.yougrowgirl.com/ 

 

210 radish recipes from around the world:
http://fooddownunder.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=radish 

 

 All about apples
http://chetday.com/appleaday.htm

 

Game Weekly Vocabulary Quiz
Level 1 is new every week (Sunday) *You need to score 70%

on each level to advance to the next level. Their is no carryover.
The stats shown after you fail a level is a total for all levels played. 

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Peel And Stick pitons
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Blue Light
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</a>

Where are you riding?
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New Road Sign...
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All is calm...all is bright
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</a>
Anybody who knows everything should be told a thing or two.

Please help, it won't cost ya a thing
but it will really feel good
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Free Food For Homeless Dogs
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com

Here's the web site! Pass it along to people you know. 
http://www.thebreastcancersite.com

Organ and Tissue Donation/Transplanation 
http://www.organdonor.gov/ 

The band, Five for Fighting, is generously donating $0.40 to AutismSpeaks
for *each time* this video is viewed. The funding goes toward research studies
to help find a cure for autism. 
 http://www.whatkindofworlddoyouwant.com/videos/view/id/408214

About Free Rice
Free Rice is a sister site of the world poverty site
http://www.freerice.com/about.html
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No one should ever go to sleep hungry....Jim
 TV is called a medium because it is neither rare nor well done.

****Bill's Country Calendar ****
****This Country Music History Calendar is reprinted with permission
from the original work copyrighted by Bill Morrison © ****
Thanks Bill

-20-

Jimmy Driftwood born, "James Corbet Morris," in Mountain View, AR 1907.

T. Texas Tyler, singer/songwriter born Mena, AR 1916.

Marshall Pack born 1922.

Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins, born Luttrell, TN 1924. Inducted CMHF 1973.

Ann Murray born Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada 1945.

Eddy Arnold topped the charts with "It's A Sin" 1947.

Faron Young's single "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" was #1 in 1955.

Evelyn Marie Cox, "Cox Family," born Springhill, LA 1959.

Buck Owens' single "Act Naturally" topped the charts 1963.

Ira Louvin, age 41, and wife Anne, died in an automobile accident near Williamsburg, MO 1965. Member Grand Ole Opry. Inducted NSHF 1979, CMHF 2001.

Jerry Reed's "When You're Hot, You're Hot" was #1 in 1971.

Buck Owens recorded "You Ain't Gonna Have Ol' Buck To Kick Around No More" 1972.

Kenny Rogers' single "She Believes In Me" was #1 in 1979.

Louise Massey, age 80, of "Louise Massey & the Westerners" died 1983.

Whitey Ford, "The Duke Of Paducah," died at age 85, in Nashville, TN 1986. Joined the Grand Ole Opry 1942, inducted CMHF 1986.

Randy Travis topped the charts with "Forever and Ever, Amen" 1987.

Changes to the set, and lighting on stage at the Grand Ole Opry were made in 2000. A huge projection screen was added to the new backdrop. These were the first changes to the d?cor in twenty years.

Gretchen Wilson's album "Here For The Party" was # 1 2004.

Also visit: Bill's "Rockabilly Country News & Views" Page
Compiled by Bill Morrison - billmorrison2002@hotmail.com

 **** Country Music News ****

We have lost one of our truly great country performers and comedians James "Goober" Buchanan. 

He was born on June 17, 1907

Visitation: 4-8 P.M. - Wednesday

Funeral - 1 P.M.-Thursday at the Johnson, Vaughn, Phelps Funeral Home
N. Bowling Green, Kentucky

Burial will be in the Hillsdale Cemetery- Franklin, Kentucky
 
Singer Eddy Arnold's will doesn't mention Calif. man

The late country singer Eddy Arnold named his grandson, Shannon Pollard, as the trustee of the Richard Edward Arnold Revocable Trust and his daughter and son as the heirs of an estate estimated to be worth more than $40 million.

Arnold's last will and testament, with no details in the will, was filed May 19 in Davidson County Probate Court. Richard E. Arnold Jr., and his sister, Jo Ann Arnold Pollard, are listed as the heirs.


There was no mention of an illegitimate son, who recently filed a petition in Davidson County Chancery Court to establish paternity. Christopher Edward Tanner, 47, of Anaheim, Calif., filed a petition last week requesting DNA testing.

Arnold, who died at age 89 on May 8, was a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame who sold more than 85 million records.

Tanner's mother, Arlene Tanner-Glynn, said she met Arnold in the 1950s while working in the music industry. Arnold's attorney has said that the singer denied to his family the claims that he fathered Tanner.

— CHRIS ECHEGARAY
cechegaray@tennessean.com

**** Amy's Kitchen ****  
Granny Cake from Dessert Du Jour

3/4  cup butter
3  eggs
3  cups all-purpose flour
2  cups granulated sugar
1  teaspoon baking soda
1  teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2  teaspoon salt
1/2  teaspoon ground cloves
2  cups mashed ripe banana (about 6)
1  8-ounce can crushed pineapple, undrained
2  teaspoons vanilla
1  cup finely chopped pecans
  Powdered sugar (optional)

1. Allow butter and eggs to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, grease and flour a 10-inch fluted tube pan; set pan aside. In
a medium bowl stir together flour, granulated sugar, baking soda,
nutmeg, salt, and cloves; set aside.
2. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. In a large mixing bowl beat butter
with an electric mixer on medium speed for 30 seconds. Add banana,
undrained pineapple, eggs, and vanilla. Beat until combined. Add flour
mixture. Beat on low speed until combined. Beat on medium speed for 1
minute. Fold in pecans. Spread batter into prepared pan.
3. Bake for 70 to 75 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted near
the center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on a wire rack for 10
minutes. Remove cake from pan. Cool thoroughly on wire rack. If desired,
sift powdered sugar over cooled cake just before serving. Makes 12
servings

Nutrition facts per serving:Calories 477 Total Fat (g) 20 Saturated Fat (g) 9
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 8 Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 3 Cholesterol (mg) 86
Sodium (mg) 343 Carbohydrate (g) 70 Total Sugar (g) 41 Fiber (g) 3
Protein (g) 6

****A Parting Thought ****
Among the most effective labor-saving devices is the neighbor who
hasn't returned your garden tools.

Last Call Y'ALL

 For the second time in six weeks a man had fallen off his horse and broken some ribs.
Coincidentally, the doctor in the emergency room at the hospital was the same both times.
Since there isn't much that can be done for broken ribs, he prescribed a pain killer and
sent the man on his way. As the man turned to leave, he jokingly asked, "Is there anything