King of This Whole Earth

I know you are looking at this picture thinking I am going to make some social commentary about illegal immigrants and this country.  You are right.  I have no problem with people willing to work, which these guys are.  My problem is those that expect handouts without finding a job, citizen or otherwise.  But this is not a forum for that. 

That said, look at this ingenuity.  If you can see, against each tree is is a couple of crates, one for sitting and the other for back support.  I am actually impressed as I do not think I would have thought of this myself.  

This photo was taken on the legendary Telephone Road, also known as State Highway 35.  Further toward the city is a string of bars where you can meet some very exotic ladies who will seem to be quite interested in what you have to say.  Thank you 13 Undercover with Wayne Dolcefino.  Although it could have been one of the other local stations, I just imagine Wayne doing this, as this is up his alley.

But Telephone itself was apparently the inspiration for an absolutely terrible song.  Not to knock the legendary Steve Earle, this song is awful.  It is about his brothers Jimmy and Jack, who left Louisiana for Houston and oil jobs.  In it apparently Jimmy has a honey down on Telephone Road.  Please see previous paragraph and suddenly it all makes sense.  Thank you Steve Earle.

I guess I should mention I really don't know much about Steve Earle, except that Roger Creager mentions him in Everclear, and we all know that when one country singer mentions another in song, they clearly must be some sort of badass.  For the record I only know a few Creager songs, mostly due to me having seen him in concert shortly after I started dating Andrea.  I enjoyed the concert, and enjoy some of his work, but yeah.

*Taken with Canon Powershot SD 750, 11/7

PS: Apparently there are multiple bad songs about Telephone Road, as Andrea has pointed out.  I will say the other one could double as a rap song if done properly.