CLEOEJACKSONIII.COM
  • My Home Page
  • My Life and Ministry
  • My Ongoing Thoughts
  • My Favorite Bible Verses
  • My Favorite Stories
  • My Favorite Jokes
  • My Favorite Quotations
  • My Favorite Web Links
  • My Contact Info
"Helping Others Communicate"

MORE THOUGHTS FROM MY MUSICAL WORLD

6/27/2011

 
In my previous post, I talked about my ipod.  While on vacation recently, I rearranged some of my music.  While waiting on some of that music to load, I took time to do a little research on some of my favorite artists. 

In my childhood years, my parents enjoyed Easy Listening.  As an adult, I now prefer Nashville Country.  However, as a teenager, I listened to Rock, particularly that of the 1970’s.  One of my favorite artists at the time was James Taylor.  Obviously, I was not alone.  In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him as #84 in their list of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time”.  No wonder his music has been credited with earning forty gold, platinum, and multi-platinum awards.

Along the way, he has also won five Grammy awards.  These include:  
■1971 — Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male, "You've Got a Friend".
■1977 — Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male, "Handy Man".
■1998 — Best Pop Album, "Hourglass".
■2001 — Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male, "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight".
■2003 — Best Country Collaboration With Vocals, "How's the World Treating You" with Alison Krauss.

Other significant recognitions he has received include:

■1995 — Honorary doctorate of Music from the Berklee College of Music, Boston.
■2000 — Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
■2000 — Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
■2003 — The Chapel Hill (N.C.) Museum opened a permanent exhibit dedicated to him.
■2003 — The James Taylor Bridge, Chapel Hill, North Carolina dedicated.
■2004 — George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement, UCLA.
■2006 — Grammy Award-sponsored MusiCares Person of the Year.
■2009 — Honorary Doctorate of Music from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts.
■2010 — Inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.

James Taylor was also married to singer/songwriter Carly Simon.  She also achieved great success in the music business.  And like Taylor, she won multiple Grammy awards.  Hers include:

■1971 — Best New Artist.
■1989 — Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television for "Let the River Run" from Working Girl (1988).
■2004— Grammy Hall of Fame Induction for "You're So Vain" (1972).

She has also received other significant honors.  Among them are:

■1988 — Academy Award for Best Song, "Let the River Run" from Working Girl.
■1989 — Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, "Let the River Run" from Working Girl.
■1994 — Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
In fact, she was the only artist ever to win a Grammy, an Academy, and a Golden Globe Award for her own songs.  Impressive, to say the least.

Now, I am not condoning the lifestyles, beliefs, convictions, or political stances of either of these artists.  Indeed, I would probably be juxtaposed to them on many such matters.  What I am commending, however, is their initiative and hard work.  Let me explain.

It is arguable that both Taylor and Simon were born into American royalty.  James Taylor’s father was the Dean of the Medical School at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.  Carly Simon’s father was the co-founder of Simon and Schuster Publishing.  It strikes me that it would have been fairly easy for either of them to have adopted the attitude in life that they were somehow privileged, and that they had certain entitlements due to them as a result. 

Either one of them could have easily chosen to sit back and enjoy the benefits of their family’s earlier prestige and accomplishments.  And thereby, they could have chosen to spend their own lives in relative anonymity, hiding behind the trappings of wealth, and satisfied to ride the proverbial coattails of their forebears. 

But to their credit, each of them apparently chose not to take such a path.  Rather, they each chose to recognize that they had been gifted with incredible talent, and also that with hard work and a little persistence, they could each use their respective talent to make a big difference in this world.  And that is just what they did.

Now, here is the point.  What about you and me?  What are our respective gifts?  What are our talents?  How have we chosen to use them?  And for whose benefit?  In Matthew 25:14-30 and Luke 19:12-28, Jesus gives us the parable of the talents.  Each of us fits into His story somewhere.  Whether we are five-talent, two-talent, or one-talent individuals, the important thing is that we recognize both the quality and quantity of our God-given gifts; and then that we put them to work for Him and His kingdom. 

The other option, of course, is simply to bury those talents.  But, oh what a shame that would be.  Imagine a world with no Fire and Rain, no Handy Man, no Our Town, no Up on the Roof, and no You've Got a Friend.  If that were the case, I assure you this would indeed be no Wonderful World, nor would we see near as much of either my or Your Smiling Face along the way.  More to the point, How Sweet It Is to our Creator when we do discover that He loves to Shower the People with gifts and talents; and then when we find the ones He gave to us, and put them to use for Him and others!

WHAT’S ON MY IPOD

6/24/2011

 
Recently, while perusing the internet, I came across a church website where, apparently, the Pastor regularly updated the staff webpage with an answer to the standing question, “What’s on your ipod?”  His point was obviously to illustrate to whom and/or to what he was listening:  i.e., what all his current influences were.

I too have an ipod.  What I love about it is that it is my own personal world.  In a day and age where everyone has his or her own media preferences, both religious and secular, my ipod is my own personal refuge where I can listen to and enjoy the sort of things I like without apology. 

For what its worth, my ipod is filled with a wide variety of media, including the following:  thousands of Old Time Radio shows - like “Dragnet” and “Amos and Andy”; scores of podcasts - ranging from individuals like Zig Ziglar to “Military History Podcast”; dozens of audio-books - by writers such as Michael Crichton and Alistair MacLean; quite a few sermons - by both newer preachers and giants of the past such as Vance Havner; and certainly, with a whole lot of music. 

My musical playlists include a wide variety of styles:  including Easy Listening, Country, Pop, Rock, Big Band, Jazz, Rhythm and Blues, Bluegrass, Classical, and Instrumentals – ranging from the 1940’s down to today.

As one might expect, I also have lots of religious music as well.  Now I recognize that few subjects are as rife with potential controversy these days as is the subject of musical styles in church.  Personally, I am in the middle of the road on this rather overblown matter.  Like many, I was raised on the old hymns of the faith.  I will always treasure them.  At the same time, I have come to value and appreciate the newer songs as well. 

Because of this, my ipod has playlists for Hymns, Praise and Worship, Gospel, Southern Gospel, and even Gregorian Chant.  I think each one of these styles has both value and appeal.  I wish for others a similar perspective on the importance of diverse musical styles for worship that I have come to appreciate.

I challenge those my age and older to see that there is some value in the newer music.  The creativity which God has given to men and women was not limited to those few writers and composers who lived in the latter half of the 1800’s and first half of the 1900’s (when most of our classic hymns were written).  Surely Bill Gaither is proof of that.  His “new-fangled songs” that first appeared in the 1970’s (such as Because He Lives) are now firmly entrenched in modern hymnals. 

And in future years, no doubt, the songs of Steven Curtis Chapman, Michael W. Smith, Rebecca St. James, and Chris Tomlin will do much the same (though the future hymnals that include them will invariably be released in digital rather than in printed formats).

But I also challenge those younger than me to see in the music of the past a vital component of the rich spiritual heritage to which they are now heir.  And therefore, not to simply write it off as old-fashioned.  One would do well to return regularly to the worship songs of yesterday, and to include them in their ongoing devotion to God.  The hymns of yesterday very much inform our theology and thereby help to make us who we are today.

But that’s enough preaching for now.  I thought I would conclude this post with a little humor.  A friend sent this to me.  Perhaps you, lime me, have seen this piece before.  It can be readily found on the web.  Nonetheless, it is worth a good laugh.  Enjoy…

DO YOU KNOW YOUR HYMNS?

Dentist's Hymn.................................Crown Him with Many Crowns

Weatherman's Hymn..........................There Shall Be Showers of Blessings

Contractor's Hymn.............................The Church is One Foundation

The Tailor's Hymn............................. Holy, Holy, Holy

The Golfer's Hymn..............................There's a Green Hill Far Away

The Politician's Hymn.......................... Standing on the Promises!

Optometrist's Hymn............................ Open My Eyes That I Might See

The IRS Agent's Hymn.......................... I Surrender All

The Gossip's Hymn...............................Pass It On

The Electrician's Hymn..........................Send The Light

The Shopper's Hymn............................ .Sweet Bye and Bye

The Realtor's Hymn.............................. I've Got a Mansion

The Doctor's Hymn............................... The Great Physician

AND for those who speed along life’s highway - a few others:

55 mph ............................................ God Will Take Care of You!

75 mph ............................................ Nearer My God To Thee!

85 mph ............................................ This World Is Not My Home!

95 mph ............................................ Lord, I'm Coming Home!

100 mph ........................................... Precious Memories!

WE LOVE YOU, GRANNY!

6/19/2011

 
I have been away from my blog for a while.  The last of my beloved grandparents, my maternal grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Lucile Williams Burdette, passed away this past week.  The funeral service was held on Wednesday, June 15, 2011, at 11:00 AM in the Chapel of Mowell Funeral Home, Fayetteville, Georgia; and the burial followed at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery in north Fayette County, GA.  For my part, I was honored and privileged both to conduct her memorial service and to preach her funeral.

By the world’s standards, my grandmother may not have been considered a success.  She never went to college.  She never had a career.  She never even worked a public job.  In fact, she never actually had a driver’s license!  She was just an old-fashioned, stay at home wife and mother.

Yet, in God’s eyes, what a tremendous success she was!  For this humble and unassuming woman all but perfected the art of being a Godly wife and mother.  I want to stress the fact that she gave up a career path to marry my grandfather.  (She was offered a job at the County Courthouse in Fayette County, Ga in the midst of the Great Depression – security that many in that day would have all but died for.  Yet, she turned this down to marry my grandfather.) 

From this union, she birthed and reared seven children.  From these came twenty-nine grandchildren, seventy-four great-grandchildren, and eventually twenty-five great-great-grandchildren!  Wow!!  How’s that for a legacy?! 

In discussing the woman of noble character in Proverbs 31, King Lemuel says her husband praises her, and also that “her children arise and call her blessed…”  (Verse 28).  In Granny's case, indeed they did.  The chapel was packed for her memorial service – most of which consisted of the huge family detailed above.  The only real problem we had at the service was in getting those of her prodigy to limit themselves as they shared their memories and gave testimony to her influence. 

For me, charged with delivering the actual eulogy, her life was best summarized by the statement of Jesus as remembered by Paul in Acts 20:35:  “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

Margaret Burdette spent a lifetime on earth in giving.  As a pastor’s wife, she gave her time to her neighbor.  As a wife and mother, she gave her love to her family.  As a person, she gave her heart to her Savior.  And now, she will spend an eternity receiving from her Blessed Savior.  She will receive her eternal rest from a life of labor.  She will receive her eternal reward for a life of sacrifice. 

Best of all, she will now receive her eternal reunion – both with God and with her beloved friends and family.  And so will we all, if we will but follow her example, and live a life that glorifies Jesus Christ!

Her Life Legacy (obituary) reads as follows (Source: 
http://www.mowellfuneralhome.com/sitemaker/sites/Mowell1/obit.cgi?user=399411Burdette):

Margaret Lucile Williams Burdette, 91, of Fayetteville, passed away on June 12, 2011.  Mrs. Burdette was born in Fayette County, Georgia on August 17, 1919 to the late Earnest Bogan Williams and Sally Elizabeth Harris.  She was preceded in death by her beloved husband Preacher Chester W. Burdette; sisters, Dorothy Burdette and Kathleen Bray; brother Leonard Williams.  She was survived by her children, Margie B. Taylor and her husband Robert of Fayetteville, Marguerite McCurry of Gainesville, GA, Helen C. Goodman and her husband Wendell of Fayetteville, Julia Goodpastor and her husband Robert of Blairsville, Chester Burdette, Jr. and his wife Vickie of Aledo, TX, Stephen Burdette and his wife Linda of Tallassee, AL, and Marylin Pullen and her husband Frank of Newnan; twenty-nine grandchildren; seventy-four great-grandchildren; twenty-five great-great-grandchildren; sisters Doris (Fred) Watson and Evelyn Williams, both of Fayette County; brother Earnest B. (Carol) Williams, Jr. of Fayette County; nieces and nephews.

A DAY LONG REMEMBERED

6/9/2011

 
Twenty-eight years ago this Saturday, on June 11, 1983, Vickie and I were married at New Hope Baptist Church in Fayetteville, Georgia.  I recall with great joy and fondness so many of the events of that wonderful day in my life, especially the actual wedding ceremony.  Three things in particular stand out in my memory.

The first were words of instruction from God’s Word.  Two passages of Scripture were read. First, from Genesis 2:

7 the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.  8 Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed… 15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it…

18 The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone.  I will make a helper suitable for him." 19 Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air.  He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field.  But for Adam no suitable helper was found. 21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and closed up the place with flesh. 

22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.  23 The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman,' for she was taken out of man." 24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh…

And also from I Corinthians 13:

1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.

11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12 Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 


Fitting words to be read at the union of a man and woman. 

The second were words of celebration from Rev. Roger Christian.  I remember well the chosen song and its lyrics he sang.  At the time, it was a very popular song titled simply The Wedding Song (or There is Love) by Noel Paul (of “Peter, Paul, and Mary” pop music fame).  The words are:

He is now to be among you at the calling of your hearts
Rest assured this troubadour is acting on His part.
The union of your spirits, here, has caused Him to remain
For whenever two or more of you are gathered in His name
There is Love. There is Love.

Well, a man shall leave his mother and a woman leave her home
They shall travel on to where the two should be as one.
As it was in the beginning is now until the end
Woman draws a life from man and gives it back again.
And there is Love. There is Love.

Well, then what's to be the reason for becoming man and wife?
Is it Love that brings you here or Love that brings you life?
Or if loving is the answer, then who's the giving for?
Do you believe in something that you've never seen before?
Oh there's Love, oh there's Love.

Oh the marriage of your spirits here has caused Him to remain
For whenever two or more of you are gathered in His name
There is Love. Ah there's Love.


Beautiful words to be sung at the celebration of love between two of God’s children.

Lastly, I remember well the words of admonition from Dr. Ike Reighard, the officiant.  As a part of the ceremony, he shared these time-honored thoughts from the English Christian tradition:

Marriage is God’s first institution for the welfare of the race.  In the quiet bowers of Eden before the forbidden tree had yielded its fateful fruit or the tempter had touched the world, God saw that it was not good for man to be alone.  

He therefore made a helpmate suitable for him, and in so doing established the rite of marriage, all the while heavenly hosts witnessed this wonderful scene.

Originated in Divine wisdom and goodness, designed to promote human happiness and holiness, this rite of marriage is the foundation of home life and social order, and must so remain till the end of time.  

It was sanctioned and honored by the presence and the power of our Lord Jesus Christ at the marriage in Cana, of Galilee, and marked the beginning of His wondrous works.  So also is it commended by the Apostle Paul to be honorable among all men.

So it is ordained that a man shall leave his father and his mother and cleave unto his wife; and they together will become one flesh, united in all the hopes and all the aims and all the sentiments and in all the interests of this present time.   

It is into this holy estate that these two persons come now to be joined.  Since marriage is holy, it is not be entered into unadvisedly or lightly; but reverently, discreetly, and in the fear and admonition of the Lord.

Appropriate admonishment to be shared as a young couple becomes one in Christ.  As we celebrate our God given love for one another as husband and wife, we glorify our creator by fulfilling His purpose in having brought us together.

Thus June 11th, for all it represents, will always be a very special day in mine and Vickie’s memories.  And now it will be even more special. 

For it is also the day selected for our daughter Andrea’s wedding.  Vickie and I will henceforth celebrate this very special time in the life of her and her new husband, Billy, as well. 

It is our fervent prayer that the events of June 11, 2011, and especially the wedding ceremony, will be a cherished memory that will last the two of them a lifetime as they live out their allotted days together before Almighty God – even as the events of June 11, 1983 have been for the two of us.

A PRAYER FOR D-DAY

6/6/2011

 
It was 67 years ago today that Allied Forces fought their way ashore on the bloody beaches of Normandy, France.  The invasion of Hitler’s “Fortress Europe”, known to history forever thereafter as “D-Day”, was a titanic struggle involving the largest single invasion force in all of history.  Over 5000 craft transported nearly 200,000 soldiers, sailors, and airmen across the English Channel in the early morning hours of June 6, 1944. Awaiting them was the dogged resistance of fanatical Nazism.  

At the end of that “Day of Days”, whose bloody horror, sacrifice, and honor have been chronicled in such classic war movies as The Longest Day, Saving Private Ryan, and Band of Brothers, among others, the Allied armies had gained a foothold on European continent.  One year later, the vaunted Third Reich, which had caused so much misery and suffering and which was supposed to have lasted a thousand years, lay in utter devastation, her tyrannical Fuehrer ignominiously dead by his own hand via suicide, after having hid away for weeks in fear.  Ever since, the name Hitler has evoked only contempt and disgust.

Another world leader would also be dead by that time.  His name was Franklin Delano Roosevelt.  This leader, however, would die a hero, beloved by hundred of millions of people.  Arguably America’s greatest President, FDR guided her through the Great Depression and the greatest war (WWII) in all of history. 

What was the difference between Germany’s Fuehrer and America’s President?  I believe it to be this:  one believed only in himself, only his own will, only his own might.  Alas, the man who lived by Nietzsche’s philosophy died by it as well.  Apparently, neither he nor his cause was nearly the fittest, and thus neither he nor his cause was the survivor. 

The other man believed in something else.  He believed in an Almighty God, the power of prayer to that God, and the righteousness of the cause of the people devoted to that God.

Perhaps no better indication of all this exists than Roosevelt’s prayer, which he delivered before the nation on live radio the night of D-Day, June 6, 1944.  Here is the text of that prayer:

My fellow Americans: Last night, when I spoke with you about the fall of Rome, I knew at that moment that troops of the United States and our allies were crossing the Channel in another and greater operation.  It has come to pass with success thus far.

And so, in this poignant hour, I ask you to join with me in prayer:

Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our Nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity.

Lead them straight and true; give strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness in their faith.

They will need Thy blessings.  Their road will be long and hard.  For the enemy is strong.  He may hurl back our forces.  Success may not come with rushing speed, but we shall return again and again; and we know that by Thy grace, and by the righteousness of our cause, our sons will triumph.

They will be sore tried, by night and by day, without rest-until the victory is won.  The darkness will be rent by noise and flame.  Men's souls will be shaken with the violences of war.

For these men are lately drawn from the ways of peace.  They fight not for the lust of conquest.  They fight to end conquest.  They fight to liberate.  They fight to let justice arise, and tolerance and good will among all Thy people.  They yearn but for the end of battle, for their return to the haven of home.

Some will never return.  Embrace these, Father, and receive them, Thy heroic servants, into Thy kingdom.

And for us at home -- fathers, mothers, children, wives, sisters, and brothers of brave men overseas -- whose thoughts and prayers are ever with them--help us, Almighty God, to rededicate ourselves in renewed faith in Thee in this hour of great sacrifice.

Many people have urged that I call the Nation into a single day of special prayer.  But because the road is long and the desire is great, I ask that our people devote themselves in a continuance of prayer.  As we rise to each new day, and again when each day is spent, let words of prayer be on our lips, invoking Thy help to our efforts.

Give us strength, too -- strength in our daily tasks, to redouble the contributions we make in the physical and the material support of our armed forces.

And let our hearts be stout, to wait out the long travail, to bear sorrows that may come, to impart our courage unto our sons wheresoever they may be.

And, O Lord, give us Faith.  Give us Faith in Thee; Faith in our sons; Faith in each other; Faith in our united crusade.  Let not the keenness of our spirit ever be dulled.  Let not the impacts of temporary events, of temporal matters of but fleeting moment let not these deter us in our unconquerable purpose.

With Thy blessing, we shall prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy.  Help us to conquer the apostles of greed and racial arrogancies.  Lead us to the saving of our country, and with our sister Nations into a world unity that will spell a sure peace a peace invulnerable to the schemings of unworthy men.  And a peace that will let all of men live in freedom, reaping the just rewards of their honest toil.

Thy will be done, Almighty God.  Amen.

Amen indeed!  Praise God for a leader who was not averse to prayer or to the willingness to pray to God before his people.  Would that we had such leadership in the world today!

SOURCE: 
http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/odddayp.html.  An actual audio version can be found at:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-weBUzQleo.

ANOTHER GOOD ONE!

6/3/2011

 
This seems to be the week for humorous posts.  So, here's another funny one.  I meant to use it in the recent message on Acts 19:15, but got too focused and overlooked it.  It's an oldie but goodie...

JUST WHO ARE YOU?!

Did you hear about the college student who was taking the course in ornithology, which is a study of birds? 

This class in ornithology had the reputation of being the most difficult class in the whole curriculum.  And the professor was an extremely difficult professor.  Everybody feared him.  But it was a required course, and every student had to take it. 

Most students simply preferred to sit as close to the back row as possible in order not to stand out.  By doing so, they hoped to avoid interacting with and thus in any way antagonizing the professor.

As the course began, the professor announced there would be a test in forty days and it would compose a large portion of the grade.  So you had to do well on that one test.  Everybody studied.  They took copious notes.  They made sure they understood everything the professor said. 

On the fortieth day, the students filed into the lecture hall with sweaty palms, extremely nervous.  On the stage was a table with five cages on it.  Each cage had a cover and beneath the cover, they could see the feet and spindly legs of a bird. 

At the sound of the bell, the professor addressed the students, “Here’s the test.  You can see there are five birds and they are all covered except for their feet and legs.  You must tell me the identity of each of those five by looking only at their feet and legs.”

Everyone had studied long and hard, but no one had anticipated such a test.  And they were all sweating, trying to remember something, anything that could help them pass the test. 

Finally, one student had simply had enough.  He stood up defiantly and said, “This is ridiculous.  This is the craziest test I have every seen, and you’re the worst professor in this whole school.”  He said, “I quit.  I‘m out of here.  I’m not going to take this ridiculous test.”  With that, he turned and walked toward the door.

“Just a minute young man.” said the professor.  “Who are you?  I demand to know your name right now.”  The young man stopped, took a long look at the professor, and then pulling up both of his pant legs said, “You tell me!!!”

SHAKESPEARE IN DALLAS

6/2/2011

 
Just a quick posting for those who asked about the Shakespeare joke from last night.  Enjoy…

A kid and his mom were walking on the sidewalk in Dallas.  The kid, being 100% Texan, upon seeing some cowboys, said, "Hey Maw, look at them thar men with them thar bowed laigs."

She said that if he did not start speaking correct English, she was going to send him to a Shakespearean English school. 

A little further along, they saw some more cowboys.  "Hey maw!  Look at them thar men with them thar bowed legs!" he said. 

So, true to her word, she sent him off to a Shakespearean English school to learn correct English. 

He came home several months later on vacation.  As they walked together down the sidewalk, they saw some cowboys. 

"Hark!" he said, "What manner of men be these, who wear their legs in parentheses?!?"


Source:  http://www.cybersalt.org/cleanlaugh

    Cleo E. Jackson, III

    Occasionally I will add
    a few thoughts to my blog. If you find them inspirational, I will be
    honored.

    Archives

    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    May 2011
    April 2011
    March 2011
    February 2011
    January 2011
    December 2010
    November 2010
    October 2010
    September 2010
    August 2010
    July 2010
    June 2010
    May 2010
    March 2010
    February 2010

    Categories

    All