Since today is Willie Nelson's birthday, I thought I'd check up on him to see how he's doing. Except how do I go about doing that? I don't know his phone number. Then I thought, hey, it's the 21st century. Who needs a phone number when there's social media? I decided I'd start with Facebook. I had recently glimpsed a headline with the names "Mark Zuckerberg" and "Monopoly" in it and figured, a guy who likes board games can't be all bad. And that's on top of a radio report that said he trusts his auntie. Or maybe it was his auntie (strangely named Sherman) trusts him. Either way, the guy's all about family. Heartwarming. So I go on FB, type in Willie Nelson, and lo and behold his page pops up! And you can tell he's on it a lot. Every single post there's a picture of Willie along with a message that reads "𝗦𝗔𝗬 𝗬𝗘𝗦 TO ME 𝗜𝗙 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗘𝗘 𝗠𝗘 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬 & 𝙎𝙄𝙉𝙂" Who'da thunk that an artist with a net worth of $25 million could be so needy? His humility astounds me. Now you may at this point be asking yourself: how do I know this Facebook page is for real? That it's authorized by the actual Willie Nelson, and not some spammer or phisherman pretending to be Willie Nelson? Because I found the above picture on it, that's how! Sure looks like Willie to me! Doesn't it look like Willie to you? I thought so! And there's that letter he's holding up. Just look how BLUE those letters are! VERIFIELBLY BLUE in fact! And just look at how fun and cartoony those letters! I'm convinced Willie painstakingly by hand with a marker or crayon printed that whole message on that piece of paper he's holding up. It's much too playful to have been created by some serious ol' computer.
As for Willie's appearance on this blog, I'm afraid that itself lacks verification, as I snagged it from elsewhere. But I can get verification! Mr. Nelson, if you come across this post and want to verify it, feel free to text me. Or better yet (since every time I turn on a cell phone lately I get nothing but Executive Orders), please leave a comment below.
Oh sure, what more proof do you need that that’s legit!?!
ReplyDeleteMitchell, if he was only crossing his fingers in that photo.
DeleteThat's kind of nice to discover the real him on FB. Ah, I get the blue.
ReplyDeleteHow cool it would be if he did come across your post and comment.
I had two comments on my old blog from semi famous people.
Andrew, you'll have to tell me who those semi-famous people were.
DeleteWhen Clarence Clemons, Bruce Springsteen's sax player, died I did a post on it. A day later I check my stat counter and somebody from Asbury Park, New Jersey had checked it out. Could it have been...?
He must be at least 200 years old now!
ReplyDeleteHe turned 92, David.
DeleteWell, Kirk, I guess that now we know what your type is.
ReplyDeleteAre you punning me, Jim?
DeleteIt's just that you seem so font--I mean fond--of it.
DeleteHi, Kirk!
ReplyDeleteHappy 92nd birthday (here on earth) to Willie Nelson! Last time I saw Willie, he was crooning tunes on stage in support of Kamala. Can't figure out why such an iconic entertainer was unable to convince masses of country music fans in rural red states to break free from their baked-in allegiance to Trump's Republican party.
Hope you are doing as well as can be expected as we head into May 2025 in Trump's America, good buddy Kirk. I've got a new post running at Shady's Place and invite you to take a look and a listen if possible.
"Can't figure out why such an iconic entertainer was unable to convince masses of country music fans in rural red states to break free from their baked-in allegiance to Trump's Republican party."
ReplyDeleteShady, Willie is "outlaw country", remember?
He's doing great! And still at it. :-D
ReplyDeleteHaha not a fan of FB. I don't have any social media accounts!!
Well, Ananka, like me you're on Blogger. That's in the same social media neighborhood as Facebook, though probably not on the same street (maybe the other side of the tracks?)
DeleteDifferent planet I think! In my experience the folk on this platform are way nicer than others. Been doing it since 2011 so must be good. And I see you've been here since 2008! :-D
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