Light posting this week

I've been fighting a cold most of this week, and today I had to spend time cleaning up our reader forums.

So let me apologize for the light posting this week, and let me close the week with an announcement that came in the mail. It came to our Life editor Robyn Rison, but she passed it on to me because I was one of two or three people in the newsroom who would care.

Here is the announcement in its entirety, sent to media in a wide area:

Dolly Parton invites you and one guest to share in her special tribute to Porter Wagoner.

Saturday, April 12, at Dollywood

VIP Reception at 9 a.m. in Adventures in Imagination

Rose Planting Ceremony at 10 a.m.

Musical Tribute at 1:15 p.m. in PD's Celebrity Theatre

Also, Dolly unveils an ew Porter Wagoner exhibit in her Chasinbg Rainbows museum.

It goes on with RSVP information.

The stationery has an illustration of Porter and Dolly.

It's good that someone gives this television pioneer the tribute he deserves.

In college, my Beatles-loving friends couldn't understand my enjoyment of country music. I assume they have matured in the meantime. Maybe they can put Johnny, Willie, Merle, Waylon, Tom T., Loretta, George, Tammy, Patsy, Hank and others (forgive me for not naming them) on the same plane with John, Paul, George and Ringo. If not, they're not worth a good (whatever).