Friday, July 16, 2004

Even Cowgirls Write the Blues While we're riding the subject of cowgirls, betcha didn't know there are a bunch of cowgirl poets!  Just check out the website, www.cowboypoetry.com/cowgirl.htm.  This year's Lariat Laureate is Jo Lynne Kirkwood, who hails from the Colorado Strip of northern Arizona.  If you know your geography, you've got her placed OK.  Now take a look at her poem, "The Last Round-up": www.cowboypoetry.com/jlk.htm Later... 10:47:40 PM    comment []

Who's driving this bus, anyway? Ever notice that often the driver of a vehicle with vanity plates doesn't match the plate?  Like the old guy driving MOMS TAXI?  On the way home from Milwaukee tonight, I spotted a blue Chevy 4x4 pickup one lane over and ahead of me that bore a star-spangled COWGIRL decal across the back window.  OK, it wasn't a vanity plate, but it had the same effect.  On one side of the decal was a smaller one saying something about kicking butt and on the other side, one that read "No, this is NOT my boyfriend's truck!" Of course, I was curious to see what the cowgirl looked like, so when I could, I slid forward in my lane and looked over at the driver.  There was also a FOR SALE sign on the tailgate, which should have tipped me off that something might be amiss here.  The 40-something dude behind the wheel was definitely NOT a cowgirl. Her boyfriend?  Dad, maybe?  Perspective buyer? Anyway, I was a little disappointed, but not much more than I am when FOXY LDY turns out to be a dowdy grandma.  You'd think the guy would be just a bit embarassed to be driving a truck strutting all that ballsy cowgirl stuff.  At least it wasn't pink! Later... 10:34:45 PM    comment []