{"id":1927,"date":"2016-01-04T12:55:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/?p=1927"},"modified":"2016-01-04T12:55:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T12:55:00","slug":"hitting-the-western106-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/hitting-the-western106-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"Hitting The #Western106 Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a title=\"Dispatches From Western106 by Man With No Course\" href=\"http:\/\/tinyletter.com\/western106\">pony express<\/a> delivered a message from <strong>The Man With No Course<\/strong> this morning. Looks like it is time to kick over the traces and git started.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve already started some of the daily chores and adding to <a title=\"106 drop in \u00bb western106\" href=\"http:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/tag\/western106\/\">this here tally-book<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We have already come a way down the trail, so it might be time for a look back:<\/p>\n<p>In December Mariana handed over the <a href=\"http:\/\/daily.ds106.us\/tdc1444\/\">reins to @cogdog<\/a> #tdc1444:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/49.media.tumblr.com\/f8e5e3cc58c65007725938f8dbdc92ff\/tumblr_nzs3wxRaxZ1rggurro1_500.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Was my response after a quick google for cowboy dogs.<\/p>\n<p>The next day <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tdc1445\">we looked west<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/CW7HdyTW8AEWHHL.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and a couple of days later I arrive at the barn:<br \/>\n<a title=\"Barn Glen Douglas\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/troutcolor\/19561103331\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 100%; heigh: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/487\/19561103331_aea07cd8e1_z.jpg\" alt=\"Barn Glen Douglas\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve bought my hat:<br \/>\n <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/CXaS83GWsAA381x.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday we gather round to watch the sun go down:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 478px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1927-1\" width=\"478\" height=\"360\" poster=\"http:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PINegDbAbCTTO8BO53.png\" loop autoplay preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PINegDbAbCTTO8BO.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PINegDbAbCTTO8BO.mp4\">http:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PINegDbAbCTTO8BO.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Note to self, this was a gif uploaded to twitter, for some reason I deleted the original, this is a download ot fthe twitter video!<\/p>\n<p>Mine was not the most cowboy of skies so I borrowed a pile from the Honcho <a id=\"fnr1-2016-01-04\" href=\"#fn1-2016-01-04\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/a> and whipped up a video with an <a title=\"106 drop in \u00bb Blog Archive \u00bb #DS106 Flickr Daily Creates Pummelvision style\" href=\"http:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/ds106-flickr-daily-creates-pummelvision-style\/\">old lariat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"cogdog flickr sunset\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jdd4o8qm-no?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>Food for thought:<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cogdog\">@cogdog<\/a> Like to question the mythical personage or icon : the cowboy. found this: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ao3L1ymNjB\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ao3L1ymNjB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 profCaritat (@ProfCaritat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProfCaritat\/status\/683736389549199360\">January 3, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve not really watch cowboy movies for a long time, and there is a lot to dislike in the politics of the cowboy. The movies I remember best, High Noon &amp; The Searchers hopeful push against this a little.<\/p>\n<h3>Handy Links<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lingojam.com\/OldWestSpeakGenerator\">Old West Speak Generator Translator | LingoJam<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/106tricks.net\/\">106 Tricks<\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a id=\"fn1-2016-01-04\"><\/a> <em>Honcho &#8211; Often mistaken as a Spanish cowboy term, this word actually originated during World War II and is derived from a Japanese title for a military squad leader. In current usage, it means a foreman or other person who exercises control over workers.<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lemen.com\/dictionary-h.html\">Free Cowboy Dictionary &#8211; Letter H &#8211; useful words of the cowboy lifestyle &#8211; definitions, terminology, slang, jargon, word origins<\/a> <a href=\"#fnr1-2016-01-04\">\u21a9<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pony express delivered a message from The Man With No Course this morning. Looks like it is time to kick over the traces and git started. I&#8217;ve already started some of the daily chores and adding to this here tally-book. We have already come a way down the trail, so it might be time &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/hitting-the-western106-trail\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hitting The #Western106 Trail&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Hitting The #Western106 Trail","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[81,212],"tags":[211],"class_list":["post-1927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dailycreate","category-western106","tag-western106"],"better_featured_image":null,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3RLlC-v5","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1927"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1931,"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927\/revisions\/1931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}