In Defense of Earl

No, I'm not serious all the time. Not by half. If I began my new blog with a serious and convicting post you'd probably never return. I will ease into the serious stuff by penning a heated defense of one of my most recent favorite tv shows: "My Name is Earl".

I know what you're thinking already:

"RED-neck!"

"That show is foul!"

"Everybody on that show is dirty and disgusting!"

"The humor on that show is poor!"

And on all of those counts, you would be correct. Even my husband and I find ourselves saying, "why can't Randy shave?" or "can't Earl spare $10 for a haircut?" or, my biggest issue, "why doesn't Catalina get fired?"

So it's not a perfect show. I get that. Maybe you're more accustomed to shows about educated people, like lawyers and doctors; people that shower, like models and housewives (but really, after 6 years of "Lost" we should be used to pit stains); or people that don't talk coarsely and hang out in a bar (although most tv shows film a fair amount of scenes in a local hangout of some sort).

Now for the good stuff:

Every episode of "Earl" has a moral.

The bad guy always loses.

Treating people kindly and placing others above yourself always wins.

And really, who can argue with that?

So even if you have to endure with incredulity the fact that Earl slept with Giovanni Ribisi's mother, and must marry her so that Giovanni won't kill him. Or you have to listen to Joy's incessant bossing of her husband Darnell and her terrible treatment of minorities and selfish ignorance of people in need. At the end of the day, goodness prevails, and we get the warm fuzzies. It's a win for us.

My Makeover

My husband is the blogger in the family. He's quite good at it, too. Just look at our family blogs for evidence of this. However, I've recently decided that I could possibly use a blog to communicate Truth (with a capital 'T', no less), and encourage people, and do it in a way that will (hopefully) make you laugh, smile, chuckle, chortle, grin, smirk, or snicker.

If I have achieved any of these aims, and have made you think outside the box, than I have succeeded and I am thankful.

And anyway, I have a place to write, air grievances, tell stories, and and discuss whatever I wish; and if you're here, you'll have to read it.

Think of it as one continual Facebook status update.

See you soon.