of Billy taking a picture this is the one picture I took that's in in the pictures and so Billy's taking a picture of merlette on the right re rebot on the left and you can tell he's actually holding the camera up to his eyes but not looking through it he sort of going through the motions you go through you take a picture and this is the picture
We covered a lot of the-- singing Rambos' music. But it was Merle Haggard, Ronnie Milsap, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette type songs. Oh my gosh, I love it.
in style -- Arkansas style. The next afternoon, we had a repaired car and an interesting story to tell. So that was my adventure with Merle . I put in a chapter about my first daughter. Having children is wonderful. There can be surprises. So show of hands. Do some of you have kids? So, okay great. So there's always surprises. So
two most common answers and and uh leash sometimes too it's actually the handle that rings a bell in a bell tower on campus and merlette took it who's totally blind and this was this was their dominant experience on campus the Bell marked the beginning of the day the beginning and ending of classes uh it sort of contained their day so she
And then some of it I just kind of made up. And he played me some old Merle Haggard and these guys.
and so she uh decided to do a photo story and sort of face this fear that she had directly and then this is merlette actually interviewing the groundskeepers and setting up the interviews and then she's on the tractor that she was so afraid of just loving
not looking through it he sort of going through the motions you go through you take a picture and this is the picture he took so I I was interviewing merlette who's on the right the black girl on the right about her pictures they were in the photography project later and the idea of race came up and what does race mean when you're
above the roar of the truck as I pointed at the gun. "Yep", said Merle . "Okay if I put on the radio? My favorite show is on now," he added. Not being in an argumentative mood, I agreed and he clicked the button.
And then some of it I just kind of made up. And so these guys, kind of like Merle Haggard-- these guys will tell these stories.
And it's so amazing going out and following and eating the dust of the Red-Headed Strangers tour bus across thousands of miles of barren American countryside. And when this band first started, I met Willie Nelson when I was 18 at Merle Watson Festival. And he came out of the bus.
the gospel choir on the radio at full blast. Soon we were at the dealership where we dropped the car by the front door. A few blocks away at the motel we bid farewell to Merle with our sincere thanks and a small tip since at that point we barely had any money in our checking accounts. Merle did his job well and he did it
front door. A few blocks away at the motel we bid farewell to Merle with our sincere thanks and a small tip since at that point we barely had any money in our checking accounts. Merle did his job well and he did it in style -- Arkansas style. The next afternoon, we had a repaired car and an interesting story to tell. So that
small travel bag, I tossed the newspaper into the backseat. The ride to the exit took less than three minutes and we hopped out of the filling station and waved good-bye and I really did appreciate his help. The station owner said we were in luck since Merle was just bringing the tow truck into the shop right now and he would be happy to tow us into a place he knew in Little
man. I helped Glenda up the high step into the front seat next to the driver and then I stepped up, slid on to the seat, shut the door. Off we went to retrieve our sick car. Merle told us to take any other valuables out of the car since he would drop the car at the dealership then drop us at a nearby motel. This time when I reached
into the Charger, I had a couple of minutes to stuff the communist newspaper into one of my small bags out of sight. I didn't want that in the car where the workmen might see it. Merle raised the front wheels of the charger and hooked it up. We climbed back into the front seat and off we went to Little Rock. It was now dark.
argumentative mood, I agreed and he clicked the button. The church choir was just starting "Holy, Holy, Holy" and Merle turned the volume up higher as the engine roared. I think he also picked up the pace to 90 miles an hour.
So let me just tell you the top five stories in the last year in economics comedy. And a fellow who's a financial analyst by day and by night, he sings country music songs about economics under the stage name of Merle Hazard.