Circle Jerk at the Square Dance

by JHSEsq on April 2, 2008

I was raised in Iowa. I left there, at the ripe old age of 17 never to return. But, for some rea­son, my search for good blog posts today led me in the direc­tion of Iowa. There had to be funny or bril­liantly insight­ful blogs writ­ten by Iowans, for Iowans, right?
Then, I stum­bled upon Iowablogs.net, a direc­tory of Iowa blogs. Amaz­ing. Unfor­tu­nately, I found that the largest per­cent­age of them were about pol­i­tics. Yawn. Those Iowans, they are polit­i­cal ani­mals. And, every­one has a strong opin­ion – take the entire three months lead­ing up to the Iowa Pres­i­den­tial Cau­cus for example—it’s all you heard—what Iowans thought of the can­di­dates. But, I digress.
Finally, I stum­bled upon a blog with an intrigu­ing name: Cir­cle Jerk At The Square Dance. It’s polit­i­cal, but in a good, sick, warped, satiric kind of way. The guy, Brando, is not even an Iowan, he’s from Mar­quette, Michigan.
April 1st’s Top Ten Tues­day: What April Fool’s Day Jokes Did We Play? is very funny.
Take #8: Replace the Water in Water­board­ing with Pal­mo­live. I laughed. I’m sorry, I admit it. He’s irrev­er­ent and sar­cas­tic. He’s bold and has few bound­aries around the whole taste issue. He’s not an Iowan, but I can for­give him that.
I admit, I peeked back in time to his other Top Ten Tues­day fea­tures and they are just as funny. And, as sure as the corn needs to be knee high by the 4th of July, I needed the laugh.

For this rea­son, Cir­cle Jerk at the Square Dance’s April 1st, 2008 entry is The Ris­ing Blogger’s Post of the Day.

Review writ­ten by LORI HAHN.

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{ 2 comments }

1 Charles Gramlich April 3, 2008 at 6:57 am

I wish I’d thought of some of those april fools pranks.

2 Brando April 3, 2008 at 6:58 am

Hey folks, thanks for the award and the very nice write up on the post and the blog. Glad you liked it.

I am listed on the Iowa blog list because I lived in Iowa City for the last six years and started the blog while I was there. I sup­pose once an Iowan, always an Iowan.

I am not one for post­ing but­tons and other graph­ics on the blog — I post for the laughs, not the acco­lades. I’m a bit like Ty Webb in Cad­dyshack in that respect. But I dig The Ris­ing Blog­ger and will def­i­nitely blogroll you.

And I love that square danc­ing album cover!

Thanks again.

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