Category Archives: Humor

Sunday Funday: 50 Years Ago Today

1963 was the year that the threads that were holding society together started to get frayed. In the US it was still pre British music invasion and we were still only ‘advising’ in Viet Nam. So we will reach back to … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday – St. Patrick’s Day Edition

Whether you are Catholic, Christian or none of the above, in the United States on March 17th every one becomes some version of Irish. And once again as has been true for the past 4 years Americans will be led … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday – Susan B. Anthony Edition

How terribly short sighted of me. Susan B. Anthony would be considered by many to be the original Feminist. Since her birthday is February 15th and the death date is March 13th this seems like a good time to ask … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday – Iowa Girls Basketball History

Well, that time of year comes once again. On a Friday evening, I climb into my PJs and the next thing I know is that the TV is on and I am watch some basketball tournament is flickering right before my … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday – Mississippi Joins The Union Edition

Slavery has finally been outlawed in Mississippi. Let the party begin. Only 148 years after most of the rest of the country. The Constitution is hard to amend. We don’t want our basic rules to be changed willy-nilly and we … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday – President’s Day Edition

One of my favorite trivia subjects are the Presidents. As a group we know a lot about them and their little quirks. And often the larger  than life people that have become president have some larger than life foibles and facts … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday Winter In Iowa

I think I have one of these quizzes every year about this time. The reason is that the first two weeks of February used to be the most brutal of times for us older Iowans. Brutal as in -30 degrees F … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday – Madam Secretary

Tomorrow morning Hillary Clinton gets to sleep in. For the first time in who knows when, she is not in some office or running for some office. So now she gets to wander around the house in curlers and a … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday – The Liberal Media

One of the big complaints while the Republican Party rose is that the media was behind them 100%. Well I am here to say that it is only about 98%. We do actually have a small corner of the media. You … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday – A Diller A Dollar

Well it is beginning to look like Republicans are going to make a shambles of that “full faith and credit of the United States” stuff. Not paying your bills when you have money is, well, a pretty stupid thing to … Continue reading →

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