I say it is time that America stand up to these invaders! Year after year Canada sends down these icy blasts trying to freeze us into submission. Let’s make this the last one. Let us put up a 2000 mile fence about 25000 feet high and tell Canada that we have had enough! No more Canadian highs! This insanity must stop.

If you hadn’t heard it is supposed to be quite cold tonight and tomorrow with a good chance that snowballs will survive in Hell the next couple days. Let me say a couple of words that may warm you: early August in Iowa.

What happened last week, anyway?

1) How about them Hawkeyes? I mean it – how did they do in their bowl game? (the Outback Bowl if you can’t remember)

2) Looks like the passengers off the Russian ship stuck in Antarctica may be rescued, but another ship got stuck attempting a rescue. What country is the second stuck ship from?

3) Smoke ’em if you got ’em. What state legalized recreational marijuana sales beginning 1-1-2014?

4) After tons of fighting, court cases, bills to stop it etc., what finally went into total effect Wednesday?

5) Stating NYC will not become the “Exclusive Domain of the one percenters” who was sworn in as the first Democratic mayor of NYC in 2 decades Wednesday?

6) There has been some preliminary talk about ash trees in Iowa that may need to be removed. About how many ash trees are located in Iowa’s urban areas?

7) Oh noes! The price of a first class postal stamp will be going up to what on January 26th?

8) 40 years ago December 28th, what President signed the Endangered Species Act into law?

9) Did you notice that the Iowa senate race had one less Republican? Which one dropped out to run for Tom Latham’s congressional seat?

10) Bob Krause bowed out of the Democratic race to oppose Terry Branstad for governor. This leaves who as the lone Democratic gubernatorial candidate right now?

11) Call them the big 2 as which one of the big 3 automakers was finally bought out Wednesday?

12) Whoooeeee! He was a heckuva basketball coach and one funny guy. What former Iowa State head basketball coach died Tuesday?

13) Take a few minutes, sit in a chair, watch some TV or read a magazine. Then a nurse sticks a needle in your arm. Who gets a special notice in January?

14) Tomorrow, January 6th, is also known as what?

15) School was already called off in Minnesota for tomorrow because of what?

Our cats literally sit on the heat registers. No wonder I am so cold. I am sure they would like it if I could bring in their food and litter box and place it at appropriate ends so they would never have to move.

Here are the answers:

1) They lost to #16 LSU but played well 21 – 14

2) China

3) Colorado (want to sing ‘Rocky Mountain High’?)

4) the PPACA aka Obamacare

5) Bill Di Blasio

6) 3 million in urban areas with @60 million total in the state

7) 49 cents

8) Richard Nixon

9) David Young

10) Jack Hatch

11) Chrysler was bought out by Fiat

12) Johnny Orr

13) January is blood donor month.

14) 12th night (as in the 12 days of Christmas). Also known as the Epiphany

15) cold!