There is a landmark, highly visible from I-75 between Cincinnati and Dayton, that I find disturbing... as opposed to inspirational... We call it "Touchdown Jesus" or "Drowning Jesus", but a friend visiting from out of town recently referred to it as "Half-a-Jesus". I worked a catering job in Glendale a few months ago, and one of the women I worked with called the thing "Butter Jesus". Apparently the roadside attraction has inspired a musical artist:


www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq01UYiMyHg

Here are some nice pictures:

www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/OHMONjesus.html

I don't know why, but I had been operating under the assumption that this thing was generally accepted as normal.

Buster tagged me to list things I want and don't want for Christmas, knowing full well that my blogging habits don't conform to that sort of time frame. Or maybe not... he is, after all, a little dog. Here they are, in plenty of time for Christmas, 2007:

Three things I want for Christmas:
1. Continued good health for me and my loved ones
2. US out of Iraq
3. Signs of ecological improvement

Three things I don't want for Christmas:
1. Another cat
2. Diamond solitaire anything
3. Another year of George Bush

But really now, why wait for Christmas?

RHYMES WITH DENIAL

Somewhere in the general vicinity of Bernheim Forest in KY, there is a place called "Penile Baptist Church". Really. I have a picture of it somewhere. I haven't been able to figure that out...
www.geocities.com/unusualkentucky/penile.html

Here in Southwestern Ohio, we have this:

Just next door to the carwash:

I never thought I would see this:

For years I have wondered why we sing Carols, but not "Happy Birthday" at Christmas time... with all the gift-giving, I think we ought to have cake and party hats, too.

The Wal-Mart is coming along nicely. Its construction has necessitated the near destruction of the main thoroughfare that we use to get from here to wherever, so I wish they would finish already. We have a nice view of the Wal-Monolith from the deck, between the little white frame house across the road and the church with the "Happy Birthday Jesus" sign. They have thoughtfully installed some industrial lighting so that we can find the store in the middle of the night.