At approximately 6:10 AM (AM means the morning, for those in Goofy Ridge), a VERY special guest will call in from a far away country, and the WORLD PREMIER of a, soon to be a classic, song will resonate in your brains with the joy of Christmas sounds, that will, most likely be the highlight of this yuletide season, for all with that childlike wonderment still abiding in your little hearts. Here is a little reminder of when it will be on the air...
So, if you are willing to take a leap of faith...arise early, dust off the old radio, tune it to 1470 AM or 100.3 FM if you're in the central Illinois area, or click on the link if you live ANYWHERE else in the world and enjoy the festive, historical, hysterical, unconventional, iconic, Greg and Dan's Annual Christmas Extravaganza!
You may even hear this blogger on the show, but not realize it.
Me...not Chevy The Dog!
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Sorry, I Was Not Able To Entertain You With My Fascinating Blog Yesterday
Most of you already know why I didn't do my blog yesterday, but FYI, Breanna is doing as well as can be expected, after, still another surgery.
Thank you for your multitude of prayers for her. We are hoping she can be home for Christmas, Lord willing. Of course, my job is to bring Christmas cheer and lighthearted silliness to the starving masses (starving for humor), so I need to keep a "stiff upper lip," and "carry on my wayward son," or something like that.
My mom always told me, "Danny Boy (she called me that when she was about to share some words of wisdom), when you travel down the bumpy road of life, remember this, your smile can create a steamroller...
...that will smooth out those bumps, and your laughter will conquer a figurative fall from Mt. Everest, with a parachute of levity...
...and when EVERYTHING goes against you, your humor will push it back like four BIG DEFENSIVE LINEMEN pushing back the offensive linemen on the goal line to save the game!"
Okay, my mom never ever said that, but you get the point, right?
You don't?
This song will explain it better than I ever could...
Join me tomorrow for an exciting announcement!
Monday, December 17, 2018
Christmas Programs At YOUR Church...
Dreams Or Disasters?
Okay, you have a bunch of reluctant, amateur performers, for the most part, many under the age of five, an outdated sound system, not much practice time, always a few missing because of illness, somebody chickening out at the last minute...aside from that, what could go wrong?
I really should not be the one to write about this, because I love ALL Christmas programs, disasters included!
However, I've never been to one of those gigantic Christmas extravaganzas that fancy dancy churches display, with a symphony orchestra, a choir of 500 plus souls, professional singers and actors, and a live nativity scene. (Watch where you step!)
I'm sure I would like one of those deluxe performances as well, but I would miss the little disasters, mistakes, and technical equipment malfunctions that are sure to happen in a small church production like we
have every year.
Please don't misunderstand me. We have some tremendous performers at our small church. Click on the link below and you'll see Adam doing a super job on the Christmas version of Hallelujah, that was originally written by Leonard Cohen as a secular song.
Of course, we wouldn't expect Leonard Cohen to write a Christmas song, since he was Jewish, ALTHOUGH...Irving Berlin was Jewish and he wrote "White Christmas. "
What a great, multi-cultural country, folks!
I think I may be getting off subject a bit.
Christmas programs! That's it!
I get a big kick out of the kids saying the wrong lines, adding funny things accidentally, dancing when they are not supposed to be dancing, and generally messing up, unless it makes them cry, then I feel guity for laughing.
On the other hand, I don't get a chuckle when I blow it, like I did with my solo, yesterday. I blame the CD. The CD didn't provide me with enough notes! I need to have a sufficient amount of notes to follow, and there were so few of them! If you don't believe me, watch the video, especially at the beginning, and listen for notes...or lack there of...
As you could clearly hear, I got "off time" because of a lack of notes!
Anyway, EVERYBODY else did wonderful!
I guess there always has to be the ones to make the gaffs, like Uncle Joe Biden.
It keeps us humble.
When we start getting too sure of ourselves, God steps in and proves that whatever gifts and talents we have are dependent on him. A "big head" is not attractive to God, or anybody else!
Did You Know This Is "Buy Your Pet A Christmas Gift" Day?
Since our pets are people, too...Dec. 14th is designated as the day we go out and buy our pets Christmas gifts.
How do I know that? I know that because I just made it up. A GREAT idea, don't you think?
Tell me, how many times did Christmas morning come along and you see your pet's sad face, and suddenly realize you forgot to buy a gift for Fido, or Felix, or Flicka, or Moby, or Tweety.
Lots of times, I bet.
So now we have a special, designated, singled out, ear marked, set aside day to buy our dear pets a gift.
I know. I'm a genius.
So what are you waiting for? The designated day is almost done, dudes, and dudettes!
Get out there to the pet stores and do your duty! Pardon the expression.
Thursday, December 13, 2018
What Is Your Favorite Christmas Song?
I'm Looking For Audience Precipitation
I meant PARTICIPATION, so don't rain on my parade.
I've been getting a record amount of "likes" on my blog, lately, but me thinks it would be fun to have more audience precipitation..participation, to bring an aire of friendly interaction, personal communication and love for our fellow man/woman, in this age of bitter loneliness, isolation and desperadoism.
Love this song, but so sad.
Leave us not dwell on the melancholy feelings, but get back to the point of this totally interactive therapy session, shall we?
My favorite, serious, Christmas song is "Mary, Did You Know," or maybe "O, Holy Night."
This is not self promotion..or is it?
My favorite silly Christmas song is, of course, "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer."
I know...I know... I'm ALWAYS asking you to make comments in the comments section on my blog. Why, you ask so inquisitively?
To be honest, it's to find out who is ACTUALLY reading this crap, and who is pressing the "like" button just to be nice.
Now, don't get me wrong. If you wanna press the "like" button just to be nice, that's okay by me, but it would be super duper to discover what kind of human beans would be wacky enough to read this gibberish every day.
So who wants to take the lead, and be the first one on your block to share your most favored Christmas song in the comments section below?
You will not be criticized, made fun of, or even ostracized for your ridiculous choice.
os·tra·cize
/ˈästrəˌsīz/
verb
past tense: ostracized; past participle: ostracized
exclude (someone) from a society or group.
"a group of people who have been ridiculed, ostracized, and persecuted for centuries"
exclude, shun, spurn, cold-shoulder, reject, shut out, avoid, ignore, snub, cut dead, keep at arm's length, leave out in the cold;
I'm not being condescending by adding the definition
of ostracized. I just want to be helpful to each one of my readers, including myself, who wasn't quite sure about
the meaning of ostracized until I looked it up.
con·de·scend·ing
/ˌkändəˈsendiNG/
adjective
having or showing a feeling of patronizing superiority.
"she thought the teachers were arrogant and condescending"
Anyway, here are some choices, if you can't decide on what your favorite Christmas song is...
Soooo, now comes your one chance in a lifetime to just let go and tell the universe what your, personal, all time FAVORITE Christmas song happens to be...ln the comments section below, or on Fazebook, it doesn't really matter which, at this point in the game!
