http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-happy-foot-sad-foot-sign I recognized the sign from the Eels song about it, "Sad Foot Sign." In the Useless Trinkets liner notes Mark Oliver Everett says, "As soon as I first saw [the sign] I developed a pathological superstition where whichever side was facing me just as I drove by would dictate the kind of day I was going to have, i.e., sad side: bad day, happy side: good day. Years later I learned that Beck lived up the road from it and had the same superstition, of course." http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/youre-worst-says-goodbye-sunday-funday-crazy-scave-243746#comment-2935963695