I thought this wierd prospector looking dude might steal my donkey...

after all, it is a pretty good look for him.

Listen and You Can Almost Hear Evan Playing Guitar ....

....In between his mother's zealous encouragement and admonishments that he play "more," and "with BOTH hands." And while his response to my personal request for "Elmo's Song" sounds a lot like "I need dope" it is actually "I need 'up.'" At least this my story and I am sticking to it.

Weekend Revellers

Roxy, Will and Mary visited our humble burg this weekend.  On Saturday, after an emergency trip to the mechanic and a slightly more leisurely visit to the Music Museum, we had quite the "Mother of a Blow-Out." During which, Will and Mike wowed the crowd and , thanks to the internet, you as well.

 As you can hear, they soon had us "Feeling Alright."

El Jefe Announces Small Delay In Commenting Frenzy

Cornered by reporters while trying to sneak from his Des Moines residence this morning, one "El Jefe" was eager to assure the press that his vaunted HIA 2013 Commenting Extravaganza Project was not, despite appearances, completely derailed.

"Hey," said the alleged commenter, "2013 isn't over folks!  Yes, I'm behind schedule.  Yes, it's nearly June.  But there's still a lot of year left!  I can assure the HIA community that the commenting project will be proceeding...you know...soon..."

When asked about reasons for the delay, the self-proclaimed Comment King mumbled something about "applying for financial aid" and "finding myself" then quickly fled to his vehicle.

Reporters were reported to be "skeptical".


In a completely unrelated story, the deceased King of Rock and Roll, one Elvis Presley, responded to inquiries regarding his Elvis Sings Internet Memes project with the following comment:

"Hey, I'm in Heaven.  Time works differently here." 

WHAT WAS I THINKING!

How could I have forgotten to post this gem from our Des Moines hootenanny?

This is in honor of Jefe's much too short visit this weekend, here is to the hope of an Ames hootenanny soon!

Wedding Blizzard?

Heavy snow predicted west river on Wed.  Thursday Jim and I head east to Sioux Falls.  Scott and Miriam (Jim's daughter) are getting married on Saturday.  If any of my friends are in town maybe we could meet for breakfast Sunday?

I'm Getting Good At Waiting On the Clouds To Pass

The Honeycutter help us to get through this mid-spring blizzard.