Eye-Oh-Wayne-E-an AMA

[Iowanian]

Today is a milestone day of sorts for me and I'm a little reflective. I've got some unexpected downtime so today is your lucky day.

Answers will reflect the questions...serious will be taken seriously, great questions will receive a thoughtful answer, and anything else will be handled accordingly.

[displacedinMN]

I miss Iowa. Hopefully I can retire in Okoboji.

[BossChief]

Did you ever do 2 chicks at the same time?

Do you think Mahomes will bring KC a Super Bowl title to us?

How big of an idiot do you think I am?

[Shag]

Have you ever seen the witch from the DSM capitol building?

[Iowanian]

Originally Posted by Shag

Have you ever seen the witch from the DSM capitol building?

I admit to being stumped. I've seen a lot of witches at the capitol but they are usually crazy cat ladies protesting something.

[Iowanian]

Originally Posted by BossChief

Did you ever do 2 chicks at the same time?

Do you think Mahomes will bring KC a Super Bowl title to us?

How big of an idiot do you think I am?

I know better than to answer the first question.

Yes, Patrick mahomes will also lead the Chiefs to a Super Bowl. 2020.

I'm not registering you on my idiot meter.

[Buehler445]

Describe a time when you were irrationally angry about something fairly benign.

I love Iowanian stories

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by Iowanian

There is a relatively new music festival in the small town of St Charles that is about half an hour from Des Moines called Hinterland. I'll be going there to see sturgil Simpson and several other great bands this summer.

Des Moines has a shitload of live music if you watch...in a couple of weeks I'm going to a show on the river at the simon Estes outdoor theater. It's cool. Lots of shows.

There is a shrine built completely out of small stones located near west bend Iowa that is pretty impressive Called the grotto of the redemption. It's a religious site but you don't have to be churchy to think it's cool.

A guy has a thing called the freedom rock, where he has and does military appreciation type paintings on large rocks. He does one every year near greenfield for Memorial Day and it always has a theme. Veterans have their ashes sent to the guy to have them mixed into the paint for them. He has one in many counties and they are all unique. You could turn those into several day trips.

If you like pure athletic competition at a high level....go to the Iowa high school wrestling championships. You'll probably shit yourself at the atmosphere at the finals even if you are t a huge fan.

Every part of the state has something interesting that I like.

Hinterland looks crazy, almost like a mini-Woodstock.


I'm pretty sure I saw that grotto when I was very young, I have a vague recollection of it. Not sure how we ended up way up there as it's in a part of the state we rarely spent much time in.

The Freedom Rock thing is interesting, I found a map of them and apparently there is one in Kimballton which is just down the road from the family farm. Been in that town countless times and had never heard of it. Definitely something I'll keep in mind when I'm planning my visits to the state.

DSM does have a fantastic riverfront, rode through it several times. I really need to spend a weekend there sometime.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Describe your last hoggin experience...

[rocknrolla]

Iowanian, you are a stand up guy. This is the most honest AMA to date, You seem to be an honest guy with a fulfilling life, thanks for sharing.

[rico]

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

I will be spending my 4th of July vacation in Galena and Dubuque. Convince me not to just end it now.

Full disclosure, I was born in Dubuque.

Ah man, I love Dubuque. Lived there for 6 years. Have spent probably ten 4th of July weekends there...always fun.

Also love Iowanian...onto my question for him...

[BryanBusby]

Originally Posted by Iowanian

Truth, I have no interest in plastic women. I'll take the girl next door over a plastic face, bolt on hooter-trimmed lip cooter-American any day.

She just doesn't do it for me. Maybe it's because in High School I kissed a girl that had bit lips like hers, and they were cold, dry and cracked and a total turnoff.

I'll never receive a finger that isn't attached to a medical professional for a highly necessary reason.

In all actuality, I was maybe one of the few that thought it was confusing that Brad Pitt left Jennifer Aniston for Jolie.

[rico]

Austin DeSanto is notorious for being the guy who beat Spencer Lee in the finals at state when Lee was going for his 4th state championship (along with an undefeated HS career). Lee was competing with a torn ACL, but DeSanto is notorious for it nevertheless.

Now, he is becoming known for some of his on the mat antics that he pulled at Drexel. He displayed bizarre behavior at times, most notably trying to break Stevan Micic’s arm with a Kai Mura Jiu Jitsu move at the end of their match in the quarters at nationals...this was when it was obvious that he was going to lose the match...he was getting his butt kicked. After the match, there has been an abundance of rumbling about DeSanto having autism...something that had never come out prior to that match..

Since nationals, DeSanto has been granted his release from Drexel and it looks very likely that he is going to transfer to Iowa. He attended the World Cup with Lee this weekend...definitely being recruited.

Do you think it is a mistake for Iowa to be recruiting this kid, given his behavioral concerns? Should they treat him with kids gloves due to his alleged autism? How much different should the coaches handle or treat him due to his autism? Do you think it’s a good idea that they are pursuing this or do you think they are just asking for disaster?

[Iowanian]

Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball

Describe your last hoggin experience...

I know what you mean, but I'm playing dumb and answering this way.


Last spring, myself and five of my circle of trust went to the Paris Texas area to shoot pigs. We were to pay with cash and arrived in a small RV. We met the alleged proprietor who and and his yes man in a walmart parking lot to buy licenses. The guy with the rat tail on the top of his head who smelled like he had been rolling with wild hogs for a month claimed to be the owner and pilot. We'd seen that guys pic and knew he was lying and called him out. The real guy came out and said they were trying to pull a joke on us. It was stupid. We were then told to follow them to the lodge and turned down a dead end road and a tuck pulled in behind us. It felt like a robbery attempt to be honest, but let's assume that was a terrible terrible idea.

We made our plans and we're told to be ready to leave at 6am sharp and would be left at 6:01. The guy begins to talk to us like it's our first day hunting, we explain that we're seasoned shotgun deer hunters and have shot moving animals before, we're killers. He basically says "yeah, whatever". Several of us appear to know more about taking the weapons he has apart to clean than the guy he has doing it, but they accept no advice....
We were ready, they rolled in at 7:15. The tone is being set.

We arrive at the hanger, pick our partner and draw straws for hunts. I draw second straw along with my brother who did 2 tours in Iraq and spent some time as a gunner. If he puts us on hogs, hogs will die we tell him.

For this hunt we are required to use their weapons. I select a saiga style 12 ga. With 00 buck shot over the AR. We step into something similar to a roofing harness and are clipped to a tether the size of a pinky finger. The engine whines and begins to roar...as the helicopter shakes and lifts off the ground. We zip into s field with a single tree where we are told to step out one foot onto the rail, lean out until the tether is tight and fire one round when told at the base of a lone tree in the hay field.....I don't shoot quick enough and the guy bitches st me.

He begins to orate about his awesome mapping and navigation system...and I quickly identify it as an iPad with google earth, and a kmz file with boundaries of land we can shoot on....I mention it because I have suggestions to improve it....the guy no longer wants to discuss that. What a dick.

We crest a ridge and out of the corner of my eye spot five pigs breaking cover from scrub brush and heading across a hay field to a drainage. We are told to step to the rail....the helicopter tiles sharply to the left leaving us facing the ground as he drops over the field about 50 yards from the ground......i position the fire stick to my shoulder, look through the red dot and aim just behind the rear hog in the group......After a series of 3 round bursts from the front and back seat, 3 vermin hogs lay dead in a field.

To be continued.

[Graystoke]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

Ever been to Nordic Fest in Decorah? Highly recommend it if not.

I spend a lot of time in the North East part of the State. Decorah kicks some serious ass. Nordic Fest is pretty cool.
Other cool is the Brewery scene with Toppling Goliath, Pulpit Rock.
The Upper Iowa River is one of the most spectacular floats you can do in the Midwest. Great Trout Streams etc...

[Graystoke]

Originally Posted by Iowanian

I've been in Galena for non-recreation purposes a few times. There are things to do there for sure.

To keep you from "ending it"....I'd tell you to go down to Marquette-McGreggor to Pike's Peak state park to camp and hike. I'd tell you to go to effigy mounds, mines of Spain, there is a new aquarium in Dubuque, stone cliff winery, and it seems like we went on a canoe ride in a cave somewhere...Ghost cave? Spook cave? Something like that.

Spook Cave. South of McGreggor.