Waste basket of America?

A good friend pointed out a very interesting little graphic to me yesterday. It comes from Oklahoma Department of Transportation’s latest anti-litter educational campaign. Take a look (push reload if it’s not moving on your screen):

 

But what is that thing to the left? It could be a very asymmetrical wastebasket, but it also bears a striking resemblance to this state: 

The icon in the Oklahoma slogan has clearly been gif-ified and all the little bumps and irregularities on the borders smoothed out.  But even more striking is the placement of this Arkansas-shaped icon: directly to the right of “Oklahoma” just as it would be on the map. And there’s no mistaking that lumpy little yellow ball is going straight from Oklahoma into the heart of Arkansas.

So what happened here? Was this intended? Oklahoma litter campaign = put trash in Arkansas. You’d think someone would have noticed by now and gotten the campaign graphic changed. Otherwise, Arkansas, start monitoring those Okie borders!

Subs and monkeys

I spent yesterday in North Tulsa and made some really exciting finds. First of all, the Boy and I crossed off one of the top Things We Should Do in Tulsa: have lunch at Hero’s Subs and Burgers. It’s an old-style deli run by a family at Admiral and Sheridan. The lunch deals were pretty good. I got the gyros special, a large “authentic” gyro and a packet of fries bigger than I could eat. The Boy got the Hero Sub that was -seriously- over a foot long. The gyro was the best I’ve had in Tulsa. (This is no idle statement: I brake for Greek food.)

Afterwards, we headed over to Mohawk Park to find the Oxley Nature Center. The center was closed, but to our surprise the Zoo was open. The Tulsa Zoo is nestled in the Mohawk Park complex, a sort of catch-all parks and recreation area built by the city. The Boy and I wavered around the zoo entrance, until an employee told us that tickets were half off because it was under 32 degrees. Cool! We swanned in and found ourselves to be pretty much the only people wandering around inside. I enjoyed the zoo much more than I usually do going in the summer. The animals were more active, there were fewer kids running around and the trainers take the time to pull you over and point out the small prosimian dangling over your head. Unfortunately I didn’t think to take my camera, so no pictures. My favorite exhibits were the Rainforest pavillion and the seal diving tank. I thought the fish tank in the rainforest was amazing, but I wish that there had been labels of the very large and exotic fish.

Still alive and kicking

Just want everyone to know, I’m not dead yet, LTT still has a pulse. I’ll post more frequently soon.