State of the Union

The Editorial Board was divided as to the correct taxonomical designation for this Hugh Jorgen ground-breaker outta the Left Coast bureau.

Is it agrarian-bucolic, restricted DNA pool?

Connubial?

Existential Despair?

The Kierkegaardian Knot?

For the record, 64% of the Editorial Board believe connubial pertains to the consumption of human flesh. With fries.




Three cowpokes were sitting around the campfire comparing notes on the marital duties of their respective wives.

The first good ole boy had married a woman from Montana and had duly informed her she'd be doing the dishes and housecleaning. It took a couple days, but on the third day he came home to a clean house with all dishes washed and put away in good order.

The second cow puncher had tied the knot with a woman from Texas. He'd given the missus orders that she was to do all the cleaning, dishes, plus the cooking. The first day he didn't see any results, but the next day he saw the situation had definitely improved. Throwing out his chest, he informed his fellow bovarians that by the third day, the house was spic and span, the dishes spotless and there was a huge steak dinner on the table waiting for him when he arrived home.

The third cowpoke had married a girl from California. He'd informed his enamorada that her duties consisted of keeping the house spotless, dishes pristine, lawn manicured, laundry washed, starched and ironed, and haute cuisine prepared to a 4-star level upon his traversing the threshold upon arrival home after work. He said the first day he didn't see anything, the second day he didn't see anything, but by the third day some of the swelling had gone down and he could see a little out of the left eye, enough to fix himself a bite to eat and load the dishwasher.