Well, nobody I knew showed up, so I skipped dipping my privates into freezing lake water, and I feel so much the better for it.
Instead I am now making ham and white bean soup, and potato-sweet potato-ham stoup (half way between stew and soup).
All terribly nutritious and so far promising to be tasty too, let’s see Newt Gangrene beat that.

PS: I’ve been through Iowa more than once. The aroma of the cattle death row pens is awakening. Having grown up in a tiny Wisconsin town, farm smells don’t bother me, but in this case mile after mile of cow poo and moo really kills the appreciation of the rolling countryside. Couldn’t they put them on the other side of the hill?

Another note, and no I’m not obsessive about breasts, actually prefer not too large, but I’m a liberal. More than once I have sauteed down the street of Dyersville and other notable Iowanian towns only to be awestruck by some sweet young thing with oddly large mammaries. Not by choice, it’s genetic. One wonders if those cow additives, BST? et al, might be getting into the local water.

I’m not pointing fingers, Lordie, no. We just had some Iraq vet go looney, shoot up the party in town, then go up to Mt. Rainier and take out a ranger, keep popping away at the incoming so they couldn’t be help to her. He finally dashed off into the woods–30 degrees, 2 foot deep snow. I don’t care how much of survivalist you are, if you leave your equipment back at the car, you’re pretty much toast. WHOA! MY BAD! You’re pretty much a popsicle.

Looks like he didn’t make it through the night, suicide or frozen, either way, how are we going to catch up with Texas for executing people if they don’t surrender alive?

And hence therefore and whatnot, Iowa caucases do your worst. One, no brainer, such a thrilling group of wannabes to choose from. Seriously, where were THESE guys and guyettes born?

Newt Gingrich: salamander stream, no proof he’s actually human
Nitt Romney: I’d rather not even think about it, the process, the humanity
Rick Santorum: he’s obviously done his time in the padded room, thumbs up
Ron Paul: Ummmm, how do we know if his name is really Paul Ron?
Michele Bachmann: an editorialist cartooner’s dream
those I’ve forgotten: Debbie Boone, Kathy Griffin, Will Ferrel, Owen Wilson, Oprah, Iron Chef Chairman,

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