My cousin runs a website that dishes out the latest in net gossip. I must admit that I find the site rather amusing and I do check it out quite often, even if it is just to find out what she has been up to.

She tells everyone that it is a site for entertainment reviews, but half of the stuff on it is not true. That is why I prefer to call it a gossip site. I don’t know if she, herself, makes it up or if she has really bad sources, but I know most of it is hogwash.

If there is something she posted that I am unsure of, I check out ratingzone for the answers. They are always accurate and I find them to be a reliable source for everything entertainment.

That is where I find the most honest reviews. I go there for the truth. I go to my cousin’s website for entertainment. Because made up stuff about the entertainment industry is just plain entertaining. Those poor people.

Merle Haggard.  Son of a railroad worker, Merle is known as one of the most influential country signers to emerge from the 1960s.  His combination of folk, blues, pop and jazz gave him a unique sound and also influenced many other country singers over the years.

Some of his most famous songs were “Okie from Muskogee” and “Someday We’ll Look Back”.  Because of his large body of work and success in the music industry, Haggard was inducted in the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1994.

You can learn more at the Merle Haggard fan site.