RITCHIE COUNTY'S BEASON NEWS

(07/14/2009)

Kathleen H. Taylor
fieldaflowas@yahoo.com

Welcome to Beason. The road has been patched and is now semi-safe to drive upon. I want to thank the State for providing me with proof that my tax dollars are paying for more than just the prisoners' internet service. In my opinion, if the jail guests are on Myspace, they have way too much leisure time. I thought jail was supposed to be an unpleasant experience? Well, they should all fall to their knees everyday and be thankful I am not in charge of their daily activities. If I were, I would redefine the word "unpleasant" for them.

I would like to thank our Beason celebrity (well, the celebrity other than me) for putting the salon name on his Number 44! I knew I was cool before, but, this has catapulted me into "goddess-like" status. It has been awesome. We went over to Tyler County to watch our car leave the rest in the dust on July 3rd. It was a really exciting evening as we got to go to the "pit area" and check out all the behind-the-scenes action.

Tyler County had the Monster Trucks at the races that night and I thought I would barely be able to peel my sons off the poor souls driving those things. But, my boys surprised me by taking much more interest in that Number 44# car. I think that secretly they are believing their social status will be ignited as well.

Both my jobs have kept me very busy. It has been an incredible challenge to keep what little sanity I have left. I want to thank all my co-workers, clients and customers for being so very patient and for the most part, very good to me. I really appreciate it.

So, what do you think of the drama surrounding Michael Jackson's death? I was really surprised to hear about it. My first thought, it was some sort of flaky publicity stunt he pulled. But, then, when it turned out to be legit, I was really shocked. I think there has been entirely too much drama over it. The man is dead. D-E-A-D. Why must everyone continue to ponder on why he died? It's not like one can magically bring him back once some reason is found. Like I said, D-E-A-D.

Just to prove to you how dedicated I am as a writer, I am writing this from a hotel at Myrtle Beach. I can tell you that spending what seemed like an eternity in the car with small children can turn your creativity off. Why? Because one has used up all their sense of creativity while making up things to do and games to play on the way down. I thought my head was going to blow off by the time I reached Myrtle. But, I made it and have already visited the Harley Davidson store today, so I have gotten my cheap "fix". I can't believe the store rents those things out! That blew me away. What kind of fool would rent a Harley to me? I guarantee you if someone rented me a Harley, they would never see me again.

My music pick of the week is, "Rockin the Beer Gut" by the Trailer Choir. I must warn you: it is a very tacky song. However, it makes us chunky chicks feel a little bit better about our guts and butts in a redneck sort of way. But, you know, that redneck coolness is something special, not everyone is lucky enough to have it.