The Story and Lyrics behind 'Modest is the hottest'

Modest is the hottest
In California little girls can be seen wearing shirts that read ‘porn star’. I’ve read interviews of young teenage girls who idolize a certain adult film actress. Seems like we’ve gone over the edge and “Modest is the hottest” is a push-back in the other direction because, while attraction is important in a relationship, it’s admiration for ‘who’ another person is that makes a relationship last.
“Put your cows in the barn/if your house ain’t for sale take the sign off the lawn” is just another way of sayin’ ‘stop showin’ so much’. Hope you find this interesting.

She was workin’ really hard to catch his eye
Showin’ lots of body but he gave no sign
Of havin’ any interest even turnin’ his head
Strange cause when it came to looks she was drop dead
Fin’ly she just stopped him—asked him what the problem might be
He said ‘listen here honey, to my philosophy’:

Modest is the hottest
Put your cows in the barn
If your house ain’t for sale, keep the sign off the lawn
It’s true that there’s some guys
Who wanna take a look at your thighs
But if I had to say and be honest, modest it the hottest.

Daddy’s little girl was turnin’ 17
And just like her mama she was long lovely and lean
In her jeans and cowboy boots she was lookin’ really strong
She was headin’ out to her party when Daddy saw the back of her thong
He said ‘you still live in my house, get back and change your clothes, and let me tell something girl, your mama learned long ago

Bridge 1:
It’s true that playin’ the hoe
Is part of our society
But the only thing that’ll get ya, is a nasty STD
Smart guys are lookin’ for a woman, they’ll still like when they’re old
So put some girls on girlfriend, before ya catch a cold yeah

Bridge 2:
It’s true that playin’ the hoe
Is part of our society
And Britney kissed Madonna one night on MTV
But I ain’t bout all that
And that’s just where I stand
Cause I likes a woman who likes to kiss a man

Cause one day down bout the day it’s time to retire
That cutey fanny and six pack gonna be a cooler and a spare tire
Lil’ liposuction and botox, only take a girl so far
And then when then her chassis’ rusted you’ you’ll be stuck with a rusty car
So slow down little lady, no need to go so fastCause what lots of guys are still lookin’ for a little piece of class

You can listen to a clip of the song @ the itunes store, just type in Chris James Traut

Why Lent is one of the worst and best ideas ever

Nope, not talking about the stuff you pull from your dryer screen or even (let's be real), your belly button. Not talkin' about lint, I'm talkin' 'Lent'. Yep, that yearly lowlight in the calendar of every Catholic and many other Christians.

Raised in a Catholic family, I really was never much a fan of Lent. Ya see (for those who don't know), Lent is the 40 days of intense spiritual preparation--fasting/prayer/meditation/giving--leading up to Easter Sunday. As a tradition, many Catholics and Christians would give up their vices and guilty pleasures during this time in hopes of becoming a better person and to prove to ourselves that we're really not addicts after all, really, we're not (how do you spell 'denial'?). And therein lies one of the reasons that Lent is one of the worst ideas ever.

People get the bright ideas to give up caffeine, alcohol, desserts, smoking, TV, basically anything that could send them into DT's. And while this 'holy sacrifice unto The Lord' might in some way draw the persons, themselves, closer to God it generally makes them cranky as a bear on PCP to deal with. People get grouchy, irritable, sour and dour; and while they are 'supposedly' on some spiritual high, we all are forced to cope with the side effects of withdrawal from their normal, regularly ingested/inhaled/imbibed mood altering substances which in turn compels us to begin use of said substances.

Moreover, many spiritual pilgrims, as a sign of our spiritual sincerity, abstain from meat on Fridays during Lent. As an alternative, we gorge ourselves on fish, which would explain (if you hadn't noticed) the rash of fast food places that seem flooded with new 'deluxe topped with tarter mcwhaler fish sandwiches' every February. As long as people are being spiritual by gorging themselves with fish, why not turn a profit? It's America. I keenly remember visiting a local establishment in my home county on Fridays during Lent for their 'all you can eat' fish fries during Lent, which I understood to mean 'eat all you can'. Wow, that was sacrifice. Yep, I've always thought Lent is one of the worst ideas ever.

But then, I actually try it myself. Each Lent, for the past 4 years or so, I've renewed my own personal commitment to give something up in an attempt to focus more on God. You know what? It works. This year I gave up chocolate chip cookies (my favorite indulgence) AND snacking between meals, a favored habit of mine that creeps back into my life like a Frito Lay truck driver making his rounds before sunrise. Each year I have found that Lent is like a 'reset' button on my spiritual life, it shows me how soft I've gotten the rest of the year, how I've forgotten that to be a follower of Jesus means I'm to carry my own 'cross' just as he carried a cross. Lent reminds me that there's supposed to be suffering and sacrifice involved in this life with Jesus, a truth that escapes me in my normal-happy-snackin'-chocolate-chip-cookie-eatin' life. When those passing, satisfying yet superficial joys are removed, I press into prayer and meditation in Lent, and I find a deeper peace, love, joy, and satisfaction which became foreign to me (again) throughout the year. Makes me wonder how I find myself in that place again, year after year. The Good Book says 'as a dog returns to it's vomit, so a fool repeats his folly'. Yep, I'm a fool, but Lent always helps me return to my senses.

And for that reason, Lent is one of the best ideas ever.