Merry Christmas from the Stranded Clan

It is our hope that you all have a Merry Christmas, and thanks to each of you that stop by.

And a little Christmas re-gifting from last year:



By Des Moines artist Roxi Copland

Is This Hell? No, It's Iowa

Is This Hell? No, It's Iowa

[ed note: Found! In a dumpster behind Hamburg Inn, the first draft of University of Iowa professor Stephen G. Bloom's anthropology dissertation for Atlantic magazine explaining the bizarre cultural mores of the primative Aborigines who pay his salary.]

Iowahawk gives his unique perspective on the latest blather from a snobbish elite professor.

Iowahawk has a few ideas of what will happen after the default

Among his ideas:

Beltway policy experts begin living by own wits; after 45 minutes there are no survivors.

Sesame Street descends into Mad Maxian anarchy; Oscar the Grouch fashions shivs out the letter J and the number 4

Find more at Default, Dear Brutus, Is Not In Our Stars, But In Ourselves

SailorCurt found a bargain

"Apparently the Hope and Change luster has lost some of its sheen." - SailorCurt

Is it too soon?

David Burge at Iowahawk gives his take on Osama's capture.

He certainly has a way with pictures.

Biden to jump the Grand Canyon

Iowahawk reports: Biden Vows to Jump Canyon by Amtrak

I'll be groped for Christmas

By Des Moines artist Roxi Copland

Some of the people I work with

Are kind of like this:


There are no leads. Yep.

This is where I work

I know many who are out of work and struggle to pay bills. I work with some people who should be out of work.

This picture describes many of our situations better than words.

Danger! Local Warming

From Borepatch

We hear the never ending drumbeat of doom concerning Global Warming. A more immediate - and serious - problem is local warming. Especially for men who blog.

The dangers of Local Warming

(I use a desktop at home, notebook for work - no blogging on work PCs)

GM's Volt

Regarding the new Chevy Volt, David Burge notes:

Dance, hipster marionettes! Dance to the jaunty, infantile Sesame Street folk guitar beat, thinly warbling the Gaia-saving virtues of your eco-appliance, designed by law school engineering experts in Washington DC. Maintain your vacant smile and perhaps you will be issued extra rations of driving privileges.

$41,000 (minus $7000 for compliant citizen tax credit) for a car that get less gas mileage than my 08 Corolla (I'm averaging 43mpg city and highway) and without the batteries to worry about.

Find more of his thoughts on GM's (Government Motor's) new car of the future at Drove My Chevy Off the Levee

Sunday not so funnies, 7/18/10

Me neither.

Sunday not so funnies, 7/11/10

A couple of things, Sunday not so funny 7/4/10

Wait for the punch line and ask yourself, have we squandered both of these things as well?

History poster

From Hope and Change Cartoons

New addition to what I read

Hope n' Change has been added to the list of blogs I go to read.

A perfect blend of wit and snark with a big side helping of talent. A cartoon a day and links to back up what has been created. Like: Why Is Your Ass Ticking?

To defeat inspections and metal detectors, an Al Qaeda terrorist recently smuggled a bomb to its target in his rectum...then had another terrorist detonate it with a cellphone call. Obviously, if Homeland Security decides to start checking all passengers for butt bombs, the airlines had better plan to give away plenty of complimentary drinks before boarding.

The only good news is that the terrorist failed to kill his intended victim, and succeeded only in blowing his own bowels into harmless but exceedingly repulsive bits of shrapnel. On the plus side, after forensic experts had measured the width of the crime scene, the dead terrorist was recognized posthumously as "biggest asshole" (at 33 meters) by the Guinness Book of World Records.

That's sad.

Earn the big bucks from NEA grants

Iowahawk helps out by giving instructions on getting big government grants from the NEA. In a return to classic comic book style Earn Big $$$ the NEA Way! he reminds us to poke fun at them about a serious subject.

While we're talking about big money:

Found here: ACORN Screw robbery kid! You can earn BIG money with ACORN! - Buzz Baxter

Too bad it's for real.