FLASHBACK: Rapid City, SD

Driving out to Mt. Rushmore I stopped at the lovely and majestic Presidents Park, a series of three giant busts of Reagan, Kennedy, and W in a vacant lot next to a gas station. It totally worked as a roadside attraction because I had my choice of 3 or 4 mini-marts and made my choice based on the presence of the statues. Take note that Bush's tie has little elephants on it...I think he does wear Republican stuff like that all the time. I've also noticed that when he's in casual wear he sports federal gov't gear - FBI windbreakers, NAVY pullovers, etc. - that looks like he got it for free with a subscription to ESPN the magazine

UPDATE: After using the Googles I found out that the three statues I saw are an advertisement for President's Park, named by USA Today as one of the Top 10 Places to See in the USA and one of Life Magazone's 21 Hidden Treasures of the USA.

FLASHBACK: Badlands, SD

I don't know why I never posted these before because they're pretty good. As y'all may or may not remember, while in Rapid City, SD I spent a day driving through the Badlands and visiting Wall Drug. At the end of the loop, just a few miles before hitting the interstate to get back to my hotel, I spotted this sign and realized that I had to stop. Free Prairie Dogs watching? Hell yeah!!

This gift shop was really in the middle of nowhere. I was super excited to find that in addition to a free prairie dog viewing area the gift shop had a 20 foot cement prairie dog statue in the parking lot.


This is the other side of the gift shop.



The statue is heroic and noble, yet at the same time I sense tragedy.

The shop owners had an approximately 40 ft. x 40 ft. fenced in area where most of the prairie dogs congregated, although because they dig tunnels and are wild animals the fence didn't keep them in. I think so many hung out there because the fence gave them a nice, defined living area, kind of like screens in a loft.


They are pretty damn cute. I bet they would make good pets if you could catch a baby & raise it.

The lonely prairie dog gazing across the plains. What is he waiting for? what does he see?

DATELINE: Badlands, outside Wall, SD

I haven't posted these yet, I don't think. After visiting Wall Drug I spent the rest of the day driving through the Badlands in some national park. it was really pretty, and because there weren't very many people at all, very calming as well. I did see a goat but missed the buffaloes.

Animatronic Gorilla playing piano at Wall Drug Wall, SD

DATELINE: Outside Rapid City, SD

Two muffler-type men form outside Rapid City.

Dinosaur at Wall Drug Wall, SD

Animal Barn Dance From Wall Drug

DATELINE: Wall, SD

Wall is a pit stop along the hiway where the famous Wall Drug store is located. I gather that at one time it was an actual drug store but now it's a medium-sized tourist trap, replete with restaurants, jewelry stores, historic replicas, animatronic displays, and cute Russian immigrant gals behind every counter. I'll be posting some videos a bit later, as well as a very special picture of The Man and a certain larger-than-life jack-o-lope.

I really don't have much to say about Wall Drug. There are some relatively amusing attractions and if you're in the area you have no choice but to stop. As I left the compound I bumped (literally) into an extremely drunk 50 year old or so Native American who asked for a ride, so of course I said yes. Once he was inside my car I realized that he very easily could puke all over everything but it was too late. Luckily his stop was just a few blocks away. I wish I had something interesting to report about our conversation but he was fucked up out of his mind and made no sense at all. If I was back near my hotel I probably would've bought a case of beer & hung out at his motel for awhile, but as it was I had to roll on to the Badlands.








This is a replica of Wild Bill Hickok sitting at a table playing cards but not his last game of cards where he was shot in the back (this took place at Deadwood, SD just over an hour away). I can't imagine why they didn't set up a replica of his last moments...there couldn't possibly be a copyright on that, right?

Hey all,

I am still totally swamped with the report. God do I need someone to follow me around and write down my thoughts...someday I'll have my own communications department. Right now I would settle for a lackey to dump this work off onto.

Bad News: In Space, no one can hear you scream.
Good news: In Space, no one will pull you over for a DUI.

Check out the map at the bottom of the page - I've been looking for one of these for sometime. It displays where visitors to Business n'at are accessing the site from. I wish I had had this when all the Rock of Love traffic was coming through.

Until late tonight, my pretties.

BREAKING NEWS:

The Man has been swamped with TPS reports to complete and is not sure when he'll be able to post something interesting. I've got some fun pictures from Rapid City - including one of myself riding a giant Jack-0-Lope - that I hope to be able to to put up soon. In the mean time, here's a statement from Brandi C on her recent career moves:

"Hey!Thank you guys so much for all of the messages, comments, friend requests, etc.. I am trying to respond to everyone as best I can, but I have been so busy lately! I do read each and every message, and the vast majority of them are really very sweet. So thank you guys so much, and keep them coming. If you have a question send it to me, and I will try to get an FAQ together soon. I know a question that is on EVERYONE'S mind is about what was posted on TMZ.com yesterday. Yes it is me, but what you all should know is that I am not actually in the adult entertainment business. What you are seeing is something that I decided to try out and see what it was like. I did it after the show was done filming, so that is why you won't hear about it on there. We finished filming back in March, and a few weeks after I got home I was kinda bored. I have a couple of girl-friends in the business who love their jobs, so I was curious what it was like, and if that was something I wanted to pursue. I talked to them about it, and Roxy from MetroTalent hooked me up with some gigs. It was fun, but I decided it wasn't for me and moved on. So what you see is all you get. I tried it out, got it out of my system, been there done that, the end. I'm young, and I've always had this passion to get all I could out of life by trying things at least once. So there you go. ;) So what is next? There's a ton of projects I am working on that are so exciting and I will tell you about them as soon as I can. As for right now I am working on press and promotion for the show with interviews, appearances, and now running my much larger myspace network ;) My girl Heather from the A Team will be here tomorrow (thursday) and we have a lot of things planned for the weekend. If you live in LA you might see us out and about being crazzzyyy. Make sure to say Hi. ;)Kristia my other barbie-twin half will be here on the 31st and is staying for two whole weeks so we can work on our barbie twin projects together. August is looking to be a super exciting month!! Big announcements to come, so keep checking back. If you haven't already be sure to add The Barbie Twin's myspace page @ www.myspace.com/vh1barbiesSo I think that is all for now... Have a beautiful Wednesday babes!!!xOxOx"

If you were so inclined you could click here and look at her model page advertising her availability for adult movies (with naked pictures and a list of what she will do on screen). If y'all have any free time you can test you skill at Jam Band Fan or Taliban, the very addicting and soothing game Boomshine, debate this person's list of the sex toys that changed the world, or read yet another article about why you should stay away from Geek Squad at Best Buy.

Later haters.

DATELINE: Rapid City, SD

I'm flying out today & may or may not be able to post something this afternoon. If y'all don't see anything by 6pm EST I won't have anything up until Saturday. Peace out. G