RIP Shoe Tree of Middlegate, NV

The sad headline from the Roadside America website (mouseover for linky):

Shoe Tree--Chopped Down!

We're really not into publishing obituaries, but when a famous shoe tree is murdered, it's front page news. Here we have a streetview image of the shoe tree in happier days:

 

We have encountered many shoe trees; they're kind of a totem for roadtripping-type folk. Unfortunately, they usually die an ignoble death; chopped down or set on fire by some drunken yahoos.  While we frown on littering of any kind, somehow the lonely shoe trees of America get a pass.  Long live the shoe trees!

Young, healthy shoe tree outside of Vidal Junction, CA

Washington State Rte 97--2 miles east of Shaniko

Western Utah

Route 66, Amboy, CA

Jurassic Elvis

Technically speaking, this week's title should be Cretaceous Elvis. But that's not nearly as catchy if you ask us. And, hey, don't just ask us, ask anyone. When people vote for The King of Dinosaurs, there is only one candidate. There can be no debate: the biggest rock star in the panoply of terrible lizards is...

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Note: this represents just a small sample of T.Rex images in the TSG archives.  Time and space considerations prevented us from displaying more pics from our dinofiles.  We originally hoped to include a snapshot of Sue, but finding that photo CD proved to be harder than we expected.

Update: still can't find the photo CD w/Sue, but I did unearth this:

And, this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fp3HGtxlgA

Too Lazy To Send Out Christmas Cards

Yeah, so you can stop looking expectantly at your snail mail portal...TSG has gone totally digital this year. We're pushing our Season's Greeting right at ya, right here, right now. (Note: as usual, our tools let us down a bit with this project...we're blaming Windows Movie Maker for the out-of-sync music.)

Soundtrack trivia: the Who-ized JTTW/JB mashup is performed by The December People, from the album "Rattle And Humbug". The DP is led by the godfather of Silicon Valley's Prog Rock scene, Robert Berry.

Have a great holiday, everyone!