Weekend Update

Last Friday the Air National Guard mistook Tulsa for Kansas and dropped a 22 lb practice bomb about 3 miles from my house! The drop occurred at night which begs the question how can one mistake a lit up mid-sized city, in this case Tulsa for Kansas, a huge flat square dark empty expanse. The bomb hit Canyon Creek Apartments and buried itself in the buildings concrete foundation, lucky no one was hurt and the bomb was not armed.

On a positive note this weekend the City of Tulsa is finally shutting down its makeshift mulch factory behind my house. Imagine living right next to a lumber mill going 24/7 and trying to keep a pool clean much less endure the smell and dust penetrating your clothing and home. The city has ground enough trees limbs to make 120,000 cubic yards of mulch … in my back yard and it's gross. The mulch has been pretty much removed now but we are left with a huge city park that looks like a tilled empty pasture with a big concrete parking lot. I think the persons whose bright idea it was to setup a mulch factory in a city park should have to replant the entire park by themselves. My heart goes out to the residents living around the airport and across the Arkansas River in the Turkey Mountain area as mulching is most likely going to be ramped up in these areas. Fun!

Tuesday Oklahomans for Equality and Oklahoma PFLAG will be hosting two rallies in Oklahoma both at the Tulsa Equality Center and at the State Capitol building as Oklahoma citizens call for Rep. Sally Kern to either apologize or step down due to hate speech and her expressed bigotry towards the LGBT community and Oklahoma Muslims. Everyone is encouraged to attend and express your support of equal rights for all Oklahomans. 

 

 

Finally on a personal note I will be leaving for Texas after the rally on Tuesday to check on my Father who is scheduled to leave soon from the physical rehabilitation center he has been in for the last few months. Most of my time will be consumed taking care of his affairs but I hope to snap some photos of Spring 08 in East Texas. It's very pretty this time of year in Texas and will make for a wonderful drive south.  Have a great week everyone and I hope to see many of you at the Tulsa rally Tuesday.

Special thanks to My Tulsa World for Image