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 Holabird AdvocateProviding all the news we see fit to print since 2002!Tuesday, September 06, 2005 VOL. IV Issue 9D Labor Day Brings Laughter and Rain to Ponderosa Many of this countries working people slept in on Labor Day. Holabird Advocate Publisher, Jerry Hinkle, sleeps in everyday, so got up early to see the MDA telethon. Every year, he waits to hear the wit and humor of Mr. Norm Crosby, a man Jerry calls "The funniest man in the world". Harold and Darrel Hinkle were also watching. All agreed that his "Ben Franklin Joke" was the funniest bit he had this year. It goes (as best we can recall, that is) thusly: "Ben Franklin is running up and down the street in front of his house, when his wife (Aretha Franklin) comes out and sees him. Aretha: Ben, you need more tale! Ben: Make up your mind woman! Last night you told me to "fly a kite"!" The Hinkles continued to chop corn, but were delayed by mechanical problems in the afternoon, and .39 of an inch of rain in the evening. Another Good Time With The Ditty Bops by J. Wiltz of A Day With J Lizzie and I had tickets to see Tori Amos in Houston this past Saturday (tickets purchased LONG before anyone had ever heard of Hurricane Katrina.) This of course is the 13th time I've seen Tori in concert, but the experience was unique in that this is the first time I've enjoyed seeing Tori's opening act. Usually, you see, Tori has these boring singer/songwriter-types opening up for her -the kind of people that have you repeatedly checking your watch and wondering when Tori's finally gonna make it to the stage. This time, though, she had one of my favorite new bands, the Ditty Bops, whom Lizzie accurately describes as "ragtime-bluegrass-country-plucking-with-a-touch-of-smart-a**" Do yourself a favor and check them out: thedittybops.com They're just too much fun. Even more fun than the Pepsi commercial with the sumo wrestling chickens. And yes, we met them too (the Ditty Bops, not the sumo wrestling chickens from the Pepsi commercial.) Too cool. Book Review by Jerry Hinkle I was on my way out the door to feed the steers this morning when I came across a rather interesting book that I found hard to put down. It seems that someone around here left their copy of "Your Haiwick Connection" by Greg Myers just laying around. One can tell that Greg spent much time and loving care gathering the information placed inside it. The plot of the book is not much, but the characters all seems familiar to me. Of course they should since they are my relatives, so maybe that has something to do with it. The book is not complete since the story has no end, and parts of the beginning are fuzzy. But unless someone can do a better job, this book is perfect as it is. If you have a Haiwick connection, or know someone who does, this is an absolute "Must Read". Oh, and before any of you should ask, I did get around to feeding the steers, after a while.
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