I went to get my allergy shots today. I go to this small city near here for the shots. It's the middle of Middle TN. Redneckvegas. White boy haven with a smattering of black folk and a hand full of mex's. Yea, there's all kinds of peeps out here and to see a muslim or whatever is really no big deal especially at the allergy shot store/doctors offices.

So, I'm walking toward the door. I walk with purpose. I clean out three feet per step when I'm moving. I was raised to take three foot steps because crop furrows are three feet apart and that's what the old man trained me to do from a very young age. That's just the way I do it. It's somewhat intimidating, I'm sure. It also makes you look less like a victim.

Anyway, I'm purposely walking in and see a muslim woman coming out wearing one of those tote bag dresses and a half a KKK hood. No big deal. I go through the door and there sits a middle eastern looking guy with a rent-a-cop looking uniform on. No big deal.

I come out with purpose. I see rent-a-cop now standing outside with his back to me. I'm cruising outa the place...you know...with purpose. He turns around to see me storming at him. I say...how ya doing and crack a half ass smile at him to let him know I'm being friendly.

That asshole just looks at me and says squat. Now...when I speak to you in a situation like this, I speak to you. It resembles my walk...purposeful. Somewhat intimidating...possibly...but if I take time out of my day to be normal and greet you...you need to respond. Nay, it behooves you to respond. He didn't, so I swerve real close to him with eyeball glare going pretty hard and in an even more purposeful tone of voice...THAAAT'S GOOOOD!

To chicken chit to respond was he, I go on.

What I saw next was puzzling and the purpose of the long story. There was a thing there...it looked like one of those road side warning things that has a generator that powers a light sign that tells you to be careful of whatever. That part wasn't working...instead there was a pole about twenty feet high with a cross bar that had camera's on each end.

That's never been there before...nether had there been a muslim looking rent-a-cop zero. The muslim women have always been there. I have to wonder if, in lieu of the NZ killings, did they put that spy camera thing there to make the muslims feel safer??

Curious...I lumber over to the thing. I stand there for a second to see if there's writing on it telling me what's up. No. So I do my best Forest Gump hands on hips pose...looking around...move around to the other side...take my cap off...scratch my head while looking up at the camera's. I spent a long minute doing that and walked away. Every few steps I'd stop and look back at it. Studying it. Kinda mocking it. I see you, too...spybot cop toy.

I half expected the cops to talk to me through the thing...move along monkey boy...don't even think about touching it.