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The one feature that neither Google, nor Apple, nor Facebook nor the Kindle nor any of them will ever offer:

“One man alone… cannot fight the future.”

Is it just me, or is it starting to seem like significant floods are becoming something of a regular event in Iowa?

Seriously… if anyone back there has started building an ark, it might actually be less than 100% crazy. Times like these the unofficial Ohio motto, “boring but safe,” certainly seems appropriate.

On the other hand, this sure is awesome:

In this day and age I can't help immediately suspecting that this is a Photoshop job, but in this case who cares. Awesome.

(This photo seems like it bounced around a number of e-mails before reaching me, though I kind of think it may be the work of this gentleman, for what that’s worth.)

Come to think of it, it just occurred to me that:

“Right-wing humor” is to “something actually funny” as

“McDonald’s” is to “food” and

“Sprawling expanses of R1 connected by a freeway to strip malls and big box stores” are to “a community.”

(Which, in addition to summing up “conservative humor,” probably also serves as a hint about why progressives, despite being generally smarter, wittier and more thoughtful, seem to consistently come in second in America.)