Here's what I think about it....

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Attended a Jeff Dunham appearance last Sunday. Seven thousand irreverent fans waiting to hear their own biases from the mouth of a dummy...not Jeff, although he writes the stuff...but Achmed the Dead Terrorist ("Silence! I keeel you.), Peanut, Walter, Jalapeno (on a Stick) and the real live Guitar Guy.

Since Sunday I have been on YouTube revisiting their skits.

Jeff's stuff is not for the pious or easily offended. It is not for those whose ears fold up at the sound of a 'bad' word....it is just so darn much fun and laughable that for some, me and both daughters for example, it is easy to forget that we don't talk like that and we don't think like that...mostly.

And yet, one of the reasons why Jeff and Guitar Guy are so popular is that they are saying what many of us believe and are too 'politically correct' to say ourselves.

I'm thinking about that today but not too deeply.

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The most important thing about me that you might want to know is that I am a Christian. Unapologetically. You'll not have to wonder when you read from day to day or occasionally what world view I'm coming from.

That said I have lived in four states and now make my home in Middle America, in tornado alley...without a basement...thus my world view.

Lucky me to have traveled to eleven foreign countries and shame on me for not knowing any other language well enough to do more than say 'please' and 'thank you' in any of them.

I pig out on Junior Mints and am healthier now that my favorite soft drink has added vitamins to their formula.

The family? Two daughters, delights in every way and four grand daughters, ditto that. A near-perfect son-in-law (but only since no one can be really perfect) and a cat named Kat Karson, rescued from the animal shelter.

Oh yes, Jim, my good friend and husband. He's sort of retired but is still an attorney and thought it was very funny when he put a link on my blog to his favorite home-cooked recipes and then when I clicked on it it found it was empty. He is funny and wise, a reconciler and all-around good guy.

We spend a lot of time at soccer games, track meets and choral concerts.

I'm mostly retired also. I read, volunteer as a child advocate in the local court system, teach at the church and speak where ever people will gather to listen. My daughter and I lead a book discussion group and I play percussion in one of the church's worship bands.

I follow the Indianapolis Colts, the Cleveland Cavs, world soccer, and especially Big Ten football and Ohio State.

I try never to miss The Office and realize I've worked with or been every character on the show.