Taking time out for Pullover Worthy pictures this month. As promised, this is the second in the Great Oklahoma Accidental Pullovers series.

While I was listening to my Rolling Stones music, which has been this weeks traveling sound track, I came across these “Wild Horses”. Not exactly out in the open prairie but on the front lawn of Durant Landmark Bank. They seemed happy enough, at least they weren’t fenced in and appeared to be free to wander the neighborhood.  

 

 

 

This is the best use of scrap metal that I’ve seen in a long time!

 Rolling Stones “Wild Horses”

“Childhood living is easy to do

The things you wanted I bought them for you

Graceless lady you know who I am

You know I can’t let you slide through my hands

Wild horses, couldn’t drag me away

Wild wild horses couldn’t drag me away”

                                                  Rolling Stones “Wild Horses”

<     http://youtu.be/q1NehBrqmAY

DSS

 

 

Very early in the morning,  somewhere on I-44. Yes, sunrise on the road. Had to pull over for this one. You have to be fast, the sun doesn’t just rise here, it explodes.

Risk of Blindness

“As we gaze out into the morning’s early start, it is predawn twilight. The Sun will surface very soon, but for now its only evidence is a lighter sky and crimson horizon. The Orange Orb will peek above the earth’s rim, through the lightly layered clouds, at first slowly. But with a squint and blink of the eye, it will appear to pop to the surface as an air filled buoy rising from the Atlantic’s depths. It will be a perfect Orange Circle with sharp defined edges. For just a moment, we get a glimpse of the Sun with the naked eye. For just a moment, as it rests in the distance, we can see its round completeness. We are allowed only that brief moment before it turns into a bright burning point of light that for the rest of the day we are forbidden to stare at for risk of blindness. This is how our days begin.” DSS 

 

This is the first in my series of  “Pullover Worthy” pictures.

DSS

 

     As I lie here, uncomfortably reclined and propped up by four entirely too firm half sized pillows, I check the time and see that I am wide awake an hour and a half before my alarm. I count the hours that I have been lying here. Let’s see, I finished my carryout KFC (original recipe, of course) while watching Chris Mathews, retreated to stretch out on the bed during his closing commentary close to 7 pm. It was about 2 am when I awoke from my dreamless sleep. Let’s see, 7 from 12 equals 5 hours, plus 2 equals 7, that’s 7 hours sleep, plenty enough for a man my age. Spent the last  2 hours reading the news, watching YouTube and organizing my suitcase. I have watched a time lapsed video of the arched bridge being built downstream from the Hoover Dam, a girl’s twerking fail that set her yoga pants on fire (Jimmy Kimmel hoax), the National Weather Service radar for every city I have ever lived in and in the darkness, after turning off the tv and the bed stand lamp, mentally recalled every name of every teacher I had in elementary school. Can I really say that I have had a sleepless night after having a full 7 hours sleep? If I now spend a few minutes writing a short post about this, it will be about time to get up and take a shower. Welcome to Hotel nights. 

This week I am staying just a few blocks from the OSU campus in Stillwater, OK. A lovely town really. I will probably have a few more weeks here, off and on, between now and the end of the year. I am running out of places to eat. I’m involved in a project that has been going on for the last few months. Where to eat is always the big question of the day no matter how interesting a city is that I am staying. I have a little more time now, a few pull-overs and picture taking  may be in store for the future.

Such is the life of John.

 

I think it is time to add one of our own bugs to Xanga 2.0. Feel free to take one of mine. 

 

 

DSS

 

Following those cement ribbons
the big green signs
Almost hostile here

Out of my way trucker!
you’re too slow
Out of my way Taurus
your blinker’s on.

Pass me will ya ?!
you maniac!
move… move!

No one smiles as we pass
But I love those bare feet on the dashboard!

M&M’s and coffee,
turning up the radio, wishing I was home.

Smile somebody!
Smile!

DSS

While we are here trying to make sense of our new Xanga we have been working pretty hard. So here is a link to break the tension and take our minds off of ourselves for a while. I was sent these maps the other day. They are very interesting and it did help me make better sense of  the world. Plus I wanted to figure out inserting hyperlinks here also.

Tell me what you found interesting and perhaps you may have an idea for a map that might help make sense of other subjects.  

 

http://twistedsifter.com/2013/08/maps-that-will-help-you-make-sense-of-the-world/

 

John

Checking out the new Xanga 2.0.1 I think it will be just fine. Now for kitty picture alignment and calibration:  Standby……

 

 

Kitty picture alignment to the right,  check!

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Kitty picture alignment to the left. —-   Check!

 

 

 

 

 

Kitty picture and text centered.    Check!

 

All systems — Go! For Kitty posting blast-off !

Let the kitty posting begin!!

(feel free to use this kitty picture for your own kitty calibrations) 

 

John