Category Archives: Silliness

Signs – Morning Line Church

Spotted close to a huge Indian Casino in southern Oklahoma

The chapel is not a gimmick nor is it the latest and greatest in “Name it, Claim it” Prosperity Gospel, it houses a hard working chaplain for a local horse race track. It is part of The Race Track Chaplaincy of America a network of 62 chaplains all across America. As described in The Surebet Racing News:

“In addition to holding weekly services and prayer meetings, many racetrack Chaplains also perform marriages, officiate at funerals, and serve as marriage counselors, drug counselors. They are good listeners. Much as with your traditional Minister, they do whatever is needed. That is their calling.”

Signs, Signs

Qualified Applicants Only Need Apply

I had a job opening a while back. Here is one resume that I got.

We hired somebody else. Should I give this guy another chance? He does have a way with words don’t you think?

Boomer Sooner!

At the Autism Center of Tulsa‘s Smarts and Arts trivia game fundraiser last Friday a University of Oklahoma football helmet signed by head coach Bob Stoops was one of the top items in the Silent Auction.

Fellow blogger and chair of the event, Jonni, demonstrates how the helmet is used. As you can tell from her shirt Jonni is a Sooner. Don’t feel sorry for though as she has mostly overcome that.

(Photo ripped off by me from Jonni’s Facebook page)

Ruby Tuesday

Occupying Skywatch

Lots of Weather and Geological Drama in Oklahoma this week. Tornadoes, three earthquakes, and some much needed rain. The state tourism department, trying to capitalize on the moment, jumped on the opportunity.

Yesterday a front came through and afterward the sun was shining.

Meanwhile at Tulsa’s downtown Centennial Green Park the Occupy Tulsa folks were trying to dry their stuff out after all the rain.

They have had their own drama. The city has a park curfew from 11pm to 5am that they have decided to enforce and the occupiers have decided to resist.

What kind of drama have you had where you live?

Skywatch

Wordless Wednesday – Health Insurance Open Enrollment

Costs, Deductibles and Co-Pays up, Coverage Down.

Wordless Wednesday

Annual Hayride

It’s time for the school’s annual hayride.

You don’t want to miss it. Come feed the goats!

Hang with your friends around the campfire.

Have some smores. Yummy.

Listen to a scary story.

You don’t want to miss the last ride of the night. No you don’t. It is special! Lots of room for everybody, pack in tight. Any parents want to go? Hop in!

The last ride of the night is the most fun.

The Seniors make sure of that.

Come back next year!

Happy Halloween

A Home for Little People

My favorite cache from the geocaching campout we attended this past weekend.

Cheap Sunglasses

When you get up in the morning and the light is hurt your head

The first thing you do when you get up out of bed

Is hit that streets a-runnin’ and try to beat the masses

And go get yourself some cheap sunglasses

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

Spied a little thing and I followed her all night

In a funky fine Levis and her sweater’s kind of tight

She had a west coast strut that was as sweet as molasses

But what really knocked me out was her cheap sunglasses

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

Now go out and get yourself some big black frames

With the glass so dark they won’t even know your name

And the choice is up to you ’cause they come in two classes

Rhinestone shades or cheap sunglasses

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

Cheap Sunglasses

Gaillardia Serendipity

Friday was my day off, so Sweetie and I dropped the kid off at school, had breakfast and then headed to Tulsa’s fabulous Philbrook Museum. We saw the most valuable items ever found on the show Antiques Roadshow. These five rhinoceros horn cups were appraised for $1.3 million when the show came to Tulsa on July 23. If you have any rhinoceros horn cups in the attic I’d go find them if I were you, they are worth some serious money!

We also saw some weeds. Except don’t touch, they are not weeds. This is art. By Tony Matelli. Click on the link to see his web site. He is seriously not from Oklahoma. Very talented though.

And then to the gardens. They are beautiful.

We saw my old friend, the car bumper rhino.

And what Sweetie told me was Gaillardia, I said “Whoa, get back!!” Isn’t Gaillardia a serious tropical disease? Like coral snakes though, deadly but pretty.

Then we left Philbrook and went to the Linnaeus teaching gardens. There we found some Gazania. Beautiful.

At the entrance we saw the statue of Linnaeus. Wait, what does he have in his right hand?

Hey, the deadly Gaillardia. I wonder if that is what he died of?

And look at the book in his left hand, again.

And on a plaque behind him.

Supposed Gaillardia thrives in hot weather. It should be the kudzu of Oklahoma in that case. Turns out, Gaillardia Pulchella is Oklahoma’s State Flower. It is otherwise known as Indian Paintbrush.

Today’s Flowers

Oklahoma Antiques Roadshow Find Is Most Valuable Ever [Television] (gawker.com)

Church Camp 2011

Everybody is going to camp these days. SuperPizzaBoy is headed off to Camp Grey Squirrel. My blog friend Impulsive Addict just got back from a great Church Camp in Austin, Texas.

So what the hey, I’m going to Church Camp also. I’m going to Camp OIPA near Dallas. Sweetie isn’t going with me. She is taking SPB to his camp. She said that she was going to be really sad being all by herself for a few days. I can’t figure out why she was smiling when she said it. Do you have an idea?

Good old Sarah led the way. Do you know her? Sarah Garmin? She never gets lost. Amazing. She gets a little annoyed when she has to recalculate when I deviate from her instructions. Its a good thing she doesn’t have hands. She would whack a ruler across my knuckles if she could.

We stopped to have lunch in Norman, Oklahoma. (You know, the home of the University of Texas at Norman). After lunch we did a little skirt lifting. Skirt lifting is fun at Church Camp. Or any other time really. Sarah is really good at leading me to the best skirts. I wonder about her sometimes.

We found other types of geocaches besides skirt lifters. This one was memorable. Reaching in to grab it I scratched my ear lobe. It bled, it bled a lot. The blood ran down my neck and on to my shirt. I looked like a lost a knife fight. I didn’t know it. Made for some odd looks when I checked into Church Camp. I couldn’t figure it out until I looked into a mirror later. I didn’t take a picture of it. Believe me, I did you a favor. I’m still hurt that Sarah didn’t say a thing about it. The little passive aggressive hussy. If she wasn’t so good at helping me lift skirts I would leave her home.

This was inside the cache. A couple of my fellow campers call the Church Camp, “Cabo”. I thought they would like this.

Stopped at a rest stop to find another cache. If it weren’t for the plethora of geocaches at rest stops I’d say lets close them all down. I think the only people who stop at them are pervs, truckers, and geocachers. What do you think? (Oops, I can’t believe that I said “perv” in a Church Camp post.)

We passed the notorious Falls Creek Church Camp. This is the SuperMax of Church Camps. Only hard core Church Campers are allowed anywhere close to this facility. Maybe one of these days I’ll be deemed worthy. I doubt it, but you know, you have to have lofty goals.