Entry for August 10, 2007

Famous Georgians Conrad Aiken poet, Savannah James Bowie soldier, Burke County Jim Brown actor, athlete, St. Simons Island Erskine Caldwell writer, Moreland James E. Carter U.S. president, Plains Ray Charles singer, Albany Lucius D. Clay banker, general, Marietta Ty Cobb baseball player, Narrows Charles Coburn movie and TV actor, Macon Ossie Davis actor, writer, Cogdell James Dickey poet, Atlanta Mattiwilda Dobbs soprano, Atlanta Melvyn Douglas actor, Macon Pete Drake musician/record producer, Augusta Rebecca Latimer Felton first appointed woman U.S. senator, Decatur Lawrence Fishburne III actor, Augusta Henry W. Grady journalist, Athens Amy Grant singer, Augusta Oliver Hardy comedian, Harlem Joel Chandler Harris journalist, author, Eatonton Roland Hayes singer, Curyville Fletcher Henderson musician/songwriter, Cuthbert Hulk Hogan professional wrestler, Augusta John Henry Doc Holliday western hero, Griffin Larry Holmes boxer, Cuthert Miriam Hopkins actress, Bainbridge Harry James trumpeter, Albany Jasper Johns painter, sculptor, Augusta Bobby Jones golfer, Atlanta Stacy Keach actor, Savannah DeForest Kelley actor, Atlanta Martin Luther King, Jr. civil rights leader, Atlanta Gladys Knight singer, Atlanta Joseph R. Lamar jurist, Elbert Brenda Lee singer, Lithonia Juliette Gordon Low U.S. Girl Scouts founder, Savannah Carson McCullers author, Columbus Blind Willie McTell blues pioneer, Thomson Johnny Mercer songwriter, Savannah Margaret Mitchell author, Atlanta John Robert Johnny Mize baseball player, Demorest Jessye Norman singer, Augusta Otis Redding singer, Dawson Jerry Reed singer/songwriter/actor, Atlanta Burt Reynolds actor, Waycross Little Richard singer, Macon Jackie Robinson baseball player, Cairo Tommy Roe singer/songwriter, Alpharetta Billy Joe Royal singer, Valdosta Dean Rusk secretary of state, Cherokee Cty Nipsey Russell comedian, Atlanta Ray Stevens singer/songwriter, Clarksdale Janelle Taylor romance novelist, Athens Clarence Thomas supreme court associate justice, Savannah Travis Tritt singer/songwriter, Marietta Alice Walker author, Eatonton Joanne Woodward actress, Thomasville Trisha Yearwood singer, Monticello

Over the course of four albums, including the most recent top- seller, Time Well Wasted, Brad Paisley has grown from country music’s favorite young traditionalist to its most unpredictable hitmaker and most slyly exciting concert performer.

At first, we marveled at the breadth of his talents as a multi- threat singer, songwriter, guitarist, performer. Now we marvel at the breadth of Paisley’s vision: Who could have foreseen that an artist so rooted in tradition could succeed in taking the music he loves in so many creative directions and do so with such entertaining style?

His sold-out headlining concerts reveal similar surprises: From the computer-animated cartoons he creates and presents during his shows to the amusing way he leads his crack band through their breakneck instrumentals, Paisley broadens the idea of how country music can be presented and how music can hold an audience’s attention in a multi-media age.

“When I sit down with a guitar to write a song, or when going into a recording studio, the focus is really on one thing: ‘How will this song work on stage night after night?’ I think about that every time I write something and every time I record a song,” Paisley says.

Mostly, he stays fresh by challenging himself to keep coming up with something new and unexpected—whether it’s on record or on stage. His genius comes in how he continues to stretch his artistry while maintaining an easygoing, everyman quality that connects with his audience and invites them to join him on his journey.

For him, the variety and innovations serve one goal: To entertain his fans. “Every move is about creating an enjoyable experience for the audience,” says the laid-back West Virginian. “We want to take them on a musical ride that has a lot of different emotions and textures to it.”

That’s one reason he’s repeatedly remained at the forefront in the number of awards and categories in which he’s competing at both the CMA and ACM shows. His four 2006 Grammy nominations led the country field, and since the release of his first album in 1999, Paisley’s five CMA wins are the most of any new artist to emerge during that time. Moreover, his five No. 1 hits indicate his consistent success at radio, but the number is even more striking when realizing that several of his career-making fan favorites—“Whiskey Lullaby,” “Alcohol,” “Celebrity,” “Little Moments”—aren’t among those five.

Along the way, Paisley’s four Arista Nashville albums have all been certified Platinum or Double Platinum, with total sales well in excess of six million copies, while his two most recent discs—Mud on the Tires and Time Well Wasted—debuted at No. 1 on

 

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On your next aimless evening - alone, with a beloved, with a gang of pals - try tossing around a few of these probing thought - provokers from the number one best-selling book... 'The Book of Questions' - by Gregory Stock

*For a person you love deeply, would you be willing to move to a distant country knowing there would be little chance of seeing your friends and family again?

*If you could spend one year in perfect happiness but, afterward,would remember nothing of the experience, would you do so? If not, why?

*When did you last cry in front of another person? By yourself?

*Which sex do you think has it easier in our culture? Have you ever wished you were of the opposite sex?

*If you were able to live to the age of ninety and would retain either the body or the mind of a thirty year old for the last sixty years of your life, which would you want?

*Would you rather be extremely successful professionally and have a tolerable yet unexciting private life, or have an extremely happy private life and only a tolerable and uninspiring professional life?

*You have the chance to meet someone with whom you can have the most satisfying love imaginable. Sadly, you know that in six months the person will die. Knowing the pain that would follow, would you still want to meet the person and fall in love? What if you knew that your lover would not die but instead betray you?

*Do you prefer being around men or women? Do your closest friends tend to be men or women?

*While on a trip to another city, your spouse (or lover) meets and spends the night with an exciting stranger. Given that they will never meet again and that you would not otherwise learn of the incident, would you want your partner to tell you about it? If rolls were reversed, would you reveal what you had done?

*Would you accept twenty years of extraorinary happiness and fullfillment if it meant you would die at the end of that period?

*Would you be willing to give up sex for one year if you knew it would give you a much deeper sense of peace than you have now?

*What would constitute a "perfect" evening for you?

*If you could have free,unlimited service for five years from an extremely good cook, chauffer, housekeeper, masseuse, or personal secretary, which would you choose?

*If you knew that in one year you would die suddenly, would you change anything about the way you are living now?

*An eccentric millionaire offers to donate a large sum to charity if you will step completely naked from a car onto a busy downtown street, walk four blocks,and climb back into the car. Knowing that there would be no danger of physical abuse, do you think you would do it?

*If you could take a one month trip anywhere in the world and money were not a consideration, where would you decide to go, and what would you do?

*Would you be willing to reduce your life expectancy by five years to become extremely attractive?

*If your friends and acquaintances were willing to bluntly and honestly tell you what they really thought of you, would you want them to?

*If you were able to wake up tomorow in the body of someone else, would you do so? And whom would you pick?

*If you were happily married, and then met someone you felt was certain always to bring you deeply passionate, intoxicating love, would you leave your spouse? What if you had kids?

*If one hundred people your age were chosen at random, how many do you think you'd find leading a more sayisfying life than yours?

*Which would you prefer: a wild,turbulant life filled with joy, sorrow, passion, and adventure - intoxicating successes and stunning setbacks; or a happy, secure, predictable life surrounded by many friends and family without such wide swings of fortune and mood?


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*CURTAIN RODS----PRICELESS*

*She spent the first day packing her belongings into boxes, crates and
suitcases.*

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*On the second day, she had the movers come and collect her things**.*

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*On the third day, she sat down for the last time at their beautiful dining
room table by candle-light, put on some soft background music, and feasted
on a pound of shrimp, a jar of caviar, and a bottle of spring-water* *.*

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*When she had finished, she went into each and every room and deposited a
few half-eaten shrimp shells dipped in caviar into the hollow of the curtain
rods.*

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**She then cleaned up the kitchen and left. When the husband returned with
his new girlfriend, all was bliss for the first few days.**
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*Then slowly, the house began to smell **.*

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**They tried everything; cleaning, mopping and airing the place out**.*
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*Vents were checked for dead rodents and carpets were steam cleaned**.*
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**Air fresheners were hung everywhere. Exterminators were brought in to set
off gas canisters, during which they had to move out for a few days and in
the end they even paid to replace the expensive wool carpeting. **
**Nothing worked!!!**

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**People stopped coming over to visit.
Repairmen refused to work in the house.
The maid quit**.**

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**Finally, they could not take the stench any longer and decided to move.

A month later, even though they had cut their price in half, they could not
find a buyer for their stinky house**.**

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**Word got out and eventually even the local Realtors refused to return
their calls**.**

< BR>**Finally, they had to borrow a huge sum of money from the bank to
purchase a new place**.**

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**The ex-wife called the man and asked how things were going**

**He told her the saga of the rotting house. She listened politely and said
that she missed her old home terribly and would be willing to reduce her
divorce settlement in exchange for getting the house back**.< /FONT>**

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**Knowing his ex-wife had no idea how bad the smell was, he agreed on a
price that was about 1/10th of what the house had been worth, but only if
she were to sign the papers that very day**.**

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**She agreed and within the hour his lawyers delivered the paperwork**. **

**A week late r the man and his girlfriend stood smiling as they watched the
moving company pack everything to take to their new home........ .**
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**And to spite the ex-wife, they even took the the curtain rods!!!!!!** **

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**I LOVE A HAPPY ENDING, DON'T YOU?*

One day, god created the dog and said: "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years." The dog said: "That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?" So God agreed. On the second day, God created the monkey and said: "Entertain people, do tricks, and m ake them laugh. For this, I'll give you a twenty-year life span." The monkey said: "Monkey tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back ten like the dog did?" And God agreed. On the third day, God created the cow and said: "You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer's family . For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years." The cow said: "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. How about twenty and I'll give back the other forty?" And God agreed again. On the fourth day, God created man and said: "Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you twenty years." But man said: "Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?" "Okay," said God, "You asked for it." So that is why for our first twenty years we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves. For the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family. For the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren. And for the last ten years we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone. Life has now been explained to you

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