A raccoon sleeping in a hollow in a tree

This dirt ball has been sleeping all day. I tickle his tail and he just readjusts and gets more comfortable.

Heath insurance is jumping up another $900/month in the new fiscal year. All so my wife can keep seeing her doctors an hour away in another state. Thanks Kim, thanks Don.

If anyone wants to know my thoughts on the current situation in country and the world, I'll direct to Sunday Valley's (Sturgill Simpson) song "Folded Flag".

From what I know about history, most of these fucks won't get their comeuppance while they are alive, but they'll be hated in 100 years.

Ep. 809: The 209 - A Backyard Hunt For An Iowa Giant | MeatEater Podcasts Steven Rinella talks with Iowa Auditor of State Rob Sand. Topics discussed: Iowa's big-buck-killing Auditor of State and what an Auditor actually does; 406 Boneworks; running for Iowa Governor;…

Need something to listen to during your holiday travel? Want to learn about the Des Moines Urban Bowhunting program & about my campaign for governor? Take a listen: www.themeateater.com/listen/meate...

Sometimes I think about leaving teaching, but the idea of joining the corporate world would make me want to jump off a cliff.

"Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty." - Aleksandr
Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago

Go watch "One Battle After Another." Great movie.

Just started rereading this book, no real reason whatsoever...

Man, Vincent Van Gogh's Mom took Tylenol while she was pregnant? That's crazy.

Never forget that day. Never forget the 2,997. Never stop telling the story. Never stop being thankful for those who risked their lives. Never forget those who continue to die each year from health related causes. Never forget how we all felt united. Never stop loving your fellow man.

The anti-vaccine crowd hasn't walked through a cemetery that had pre-1940 head stones. They'd learn a whole buch about child mortality if they did that.

This kid turns 11 next week. She's the best dog a guy could ever ask for.

We are alive in a time when bands like the Red Clay Strays, the Turnpike Troubadours, and Shane Smith and the Saints are making music. How lucky are we?

I am officially Fantasy Football free.

It feels good not to have to care about shit I shouldn't care about.

Five straight years seeing and standing by kids from Charles City on the big stage at the National FFA Convention as national finalists. I don't take any of ot for granted. Charles City is a pretty special place.

If you want to enjoy the lighting bugs, you have deal with a few mosquitos.

I've been thinking a lot about that guy with his arms crossed as an entire crowd salutes Adolf lately.

Mike Lee lost, America won.

Keep up the fight to protect your birthright.

I bought an electric mower, and I make freeze-dried snacks for my toddler at home. Am I a Hippie?

Iowa State had twice that many this past year. This makes no sense.

a man with a beard is making a funny face in front of a house ALT: a man with a beard is making a funny face in front of a house

My 2 year old hasn't napped for 3 days in a row....

Mood

My house must have a hidden breaker box, because I flipped all of them and the basement lights have not turned off.

My daughter, seeing Darth Vader on TV and asking "Bad Guy?" turned into a 5-minute one-sided conversation of me explaining how Anakin Skywalker was the chosen one and restored balance to the Force after a slight detour as a "bad guy."

Grateful that my dog killed a Squirrel in the yard on trash day.

Four years ago today, we were sitting in a hospital room at Mayo waiting on a liver transplant. Today, Anne is doing craft projects with Rylee Jo, who turns two on Friday. How incredibly lucky I am that my wife is still here. Be an organ donor. Save lives. #donatelifemonth #donatelife

For a sincere Catholic, having the frail, elderly Pope drag himself back from the brink of death to summon you to his office for remedial catechism would result in guilt so powerful that they would have to invent new physics to sound its depths.