After watching Nat Geo and other nature programs, Graham decided that he could help prevent global warming by building a windmill to provide the power for his home. When the equipment arrived, he recalled that the magazine said “Some assembly required . . .”
First it had been Madonna, then Pink and Lady Gaga, now Frizzy thought she would have a go at the pop music circuit. Her first single hit, “Howl like a she wolf,” while short on actual lyrics, carried with it with raw emotion of the head back, wide-open-mouth canine howl at the moon that some claimed she borrowed from Texas Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee when complaining about George W. Bush . . .
Oswald had signed up as an independent in the race for governor as the champion of the Avian party. It had just been a joke with a stated goal of “Avian Equality”, but when the Democratic candidate got caught for improper campaign fund use, and the Republican candidate had been arraigned for misuse of power, Oswald had been the last man (bird?) standing. He wondered if he would have to give up his Barista job . . .
When the Montana mothers saw on Google News that Montana was thinking about adopting the Common Core curriculum, they started immediately for Texas. They were also intrigued by the lower taxes and better job market . . .
First, the Republican candidate for governor–the guy in the wheel chair–came to bend their ear, then the “Big Hair” blonde Democrat came with her pitch, followed by the paparazzi. When the pollsters finally rolled in, trying to see which way the girls were leaning and wanting more of the girls’ time, they said, “No thanks, we’d rather go to the mall . . .”
Seeing many professional and college athletic teams bowing to political correctness and changing their names from a Native American variation to something else caused Howard make a concerted effort to get one of the teams to be named “The Cottontails” but had no takers. He thought them shortsighted. Cottontails were fast– legendary sprinters–and could (and would) really dig in when the going got rough. What more could a team ask for in a mascot and namesake?
